Some interesting insights into Gen Z and how they want their news.
Showing posts with label digital journalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital journalism. Show all posts
February 21, 2022
May 16, 2014
Feeding the goat: Why smaller newsrooms aren't using digital tools
This is an important report from Duke's newsroom project (with a catchy title).
The report confirms what I have found: Too often smaller newsrooms are ignoring digital tools that are free or low cost and could help them do a better job.
We ride the hamster wheel because we want to, not because we have to.
Related: NY Times report raises alarms about newsroom's digital future.
The report confirms what I have found: Too often smaller newsrooms are ignoring digital tools that are free or low cost and could help them do a better job.
We ride the hamster wheel because we want to, not because we have to.
Related: NY Times report raises alarms about newsroom's digital future.
May 08, 2014
Readers more loyal to large digital news sites. Implications?
This piece from Poynter caught my eye -- Report: readers more loyal to large news sites.
Although this is talking about mostly pure digital sites, it makes me wonder if there are implications for smaller community publishers as well. I've been pondering the potential squeeze on local media - it doesn't scale in an era when there is a race to the bottom in online ad rates and so scale is almost mandatory, and then when people get online I've often suspected just from observation that they gravitate to the larger national and international sites.
This makes for some very interesting thinking on the business model for local media, especially that midrange of small dailies, as mobile makes its relentless penetration.
The latest report by analytics firm Parse.ly indicates large news sites see a greater percentage of visitors return within 30 days than small news sites do.(Note, this is one of those reports that to get you have to give out an email to get on a mailing list, so it's good to have a garbage email account handy.)
That finding runs counter to the company’s internal hypothesis that niche sites would have higher return rates, the company said in an email.
Although this is talking about mostly pure digital sites, it makes me wonder if there are implications for smaller community publishers as well. I've been pondering the potential squeeze on local media - it doesn't scale in an era when there is a race to the bottom in online ad rates and so scale is almost mandatory, and then when people get online I've often suspected just from observation that they gravitate to the larger national and international sites.
This makes for some very interesting thinking on the business model for local media, especially that midrange of small dailies, as mobile makes its relentless penetration.
September 06, 2012
Call for Submissions
Journalism Practice: Special Issue Call for Papers
Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution Guest Editor: Sue Robinson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Submission Deadlines:
Abstract: 1 November 2012
Full Manuscript: 15 January 2013
This special issue, "Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution,” will explore the intersection of community, news and digital technologies. We invite manuscripts that explore community journalism – that is, newswork based on local, grassroots topics and for local, grassroots audiences – during this incredible transformation. This special issue will thread all of its works by the theme of change – change in community, change in the press, change in audiences, change in community story, and change in mediated forms and platforms. Read the full call for papers here. If you would like to read this special issue when it is published online, register to receive table of contents alerts for Journalism Practice.
Digital Journalism: Special Issue Call for Papers
Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age
Guest Editors: Steen Steensen and Laura Ahva
Submission Deadlines:
Abstract (no more than 500 words): 15 January 2013
Final submission to guest editors: 31 January 2014
Publication: Late 2014 / Early 2015
This special issue of Digital Journalism welcomes contributions that reassess theories of journalism related to digitalization and the normative assumptions underpinning most of journalism studies, especially regarding the relationship between journalism and democracy. Although this call for papers takes processes of digitalization as its starting point, the special issue does not intend to promote deterministic theories. Contributions that critically question the assumed causal relationship between digital technologies and the changing practices and cultures of journalism are welcomed. Read the full call for papers here. If you would like to read this special issue when it is published online, register to receive table of contents alerts for Digital Journalism.
Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution Guest Editor: Sue Robinson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Submission Deadlines:
Abstract: 1 November 2012
Full Manuscript: 15 January 2013
This special issue, "Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution,” will explore the intersection of community, news and digital technologies. We invite manuscripts that explore community journalism – that is, newswork based on local, grassroots topics and for local, grassroots audiences – during this incredible transformation. This special issue will thread all of its works by the theme of change – change in community, change in the press, change in audiences, change in community story, and change in mediated forms and platforms. Read the full call for papers here. If you would like to read this special issue when it is published online, register to receive table of contents alerts for Journalism Practice.
Digital Journalism: Special Issue Call for Papers
Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age
Guest Editors: Steen Steensen and Laura Ahva
Submission Deadlines:
Abstract (no more than 500 words): 15 January 2013
Final submission to guest editors: 31 January 2014
Publication: Late 2014 / Early 2015
This special issue of Digital Journalism welcomes contributions that reassess theories of journalism related to digitalization and the normative assumptions underpinning most of journalism studies, especially regarding the relationship between journalism and democracy. Although this call for papers takes processes of digitalization as its starting point, the special issue does not intend to promote deterministic theories. Contributions that critically question the assumed causal relationship between digital technologies and the changing practices and cultures of journalism are welcomed. Read the full call for papers here. If you would like to read this special issue when it is published online, register to receive table of contents alerts for Digital Journalism.
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