Archive
5 Jan

Newspapers twitter, but could do it better

A study of Twitter usage by the top 100 U.S. newspapers found that while all hosted feeds, almost 40 per cent didn’t link to those feeds from their websites. The Bivings Group study also […]

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4 Dec

In Journal: Weekend papers, reporting on surveillance and assessing journalism

Recent articles of interest published in scholarly journals: “Evaluating Journalism: Towards an assessment framework for the practice of journalism,” by Ivor Shapiro, Journalism Practice 4 (2), April 2010. Abstract: The […]

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18 Nov

Consumers willing, not, to pay for online news

With ad revenues slumping and web readership growing, news industry leaders are again mulling over making people pay to read online news. Two consulting companies recently released results of their own studies into consumer […]

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15 Nov

Bold advice for news orgs: Follow customers before money

News organizations that wait for online revenue to increase before reallocating major resources from traditional products to online products are making a huge and possibly terminal mistake, according to a research paper presented to a conference on the future […]

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20 Oct

The audience is still just the audience

There is clearly defined space for the public to participate in journalism, but, writes Alfred Hermida, there are still very few signs that news organizations are reinventing their relationship with […]

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7 Oct

In Journal: The remaking of newswork

In a special issue, Journalism examines how transformations in the media business are impacting working conditions and labour practices in journalism. Articles include: “Between tradition and change: A review of […]

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7 Oct

Public supports watchdog press: Pew

Although recent Pew surveys in the United States have documented a serious decline in the public’s perception of news media’s performance in areas like accuracy and neutrality, the role played by the press in monitoring […]

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30 Sep

It’s the content, stupid!

Despite the surging popularity of social media sites, content-oriented sites are by far the biggest attraction online, according to figures compiled by the Online Publishers Association. In fact, the number of […]

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15 Sep

New site focuses on sports journalism

The National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University has just launched sportsjournalism.org, a website devoted to the subject of sports journalism and sports media.

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14 Sep

Pew survey: U.S. media credibility at all-time low

The latest Pew survey into the credibility of U.S. news media paints a bleak picture, with the news media’s reputation reaching or matching all-time lows for accuracy, neutrality, independence and willingness […]

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