The Independent: Demise of news barons is just a Marxist fantasy
Monday, 4 January 2010, 07:48
Yet another very odd column from Tim Luckhurst: "Citizen journalism's most devout evangelists are wrong. Their wisdom is purely ideological. In fact, the people who now predict the end of professional journalism's reign of sovereignty have attacked edited, fact-based reporting for decades. They think it is as an ideological invention created to sell myths to the masses. … Forget it. Professional journalism will survive because it is necessary and the market will find a way to supply it. People who claim otherwise only pretend that their mission is prediction. In fact, they are working to mould the future to match a postmodern Marxist fantasy. "
New York Times: Passenger Hailed as Hero Quickly Finds Spotlight Can Have a Harsh Glow
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 10:04
"[Jasper Schuringa]’s work with the news media outlets raised questions: Was he inappropriately profiting from a national-security incident? And should broadcast networks and newspapers be paying for photo rights from sources they interviewed? Given the changing tone in the coverage, Mr. Schuringa appeared to rethink his approach."
Mediaite: CNN Pays For Cell Phone Image, Plane “Hero” Wants Payment For Interviews
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 09:59
"CNN clarifies the network did not pay for the actual interview during CNN Newsroom. However, there’s a reason Schuringa has not appeared any further on CNN or any other network – we hear he has asked for additional payment for any future interviews. The practice of paying a 'licensing fee' rather than a direct exchange is a way networks who claim to never pay for interviews can get around the issue. By paying for images and video, they are free to say no money was exchanged hands for the actual interview."
Gawker: The Shady Mainstream Media Payday of Flight 253 Hero Jasper Schuringa
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 09:57
I'm really struggling to understand why the US media is so annoyed about this: "[Jasper Schuringa] sold the 'TV Rights' of the first of his two photos to CNN for $10K. The 'print rights' went to the Post for $5K. Later, Schuringa was paid upwards of $3K by ABC News for a second photo, which Schuringa tried to sell to other local news outlets for $5K, unsuccessfully. Jasper Schuringa made at least $18,000 from two shitty, blurry photos."
Jonathan Warren: Climate Camp: Code of Conduct
Friday, 28 August 2009, 18:46
Jonathan Warren on the Climate Camp's media policy: "Their right to be on the land is equal to mine and any other member of the public. Just because they’ve put a fence up does not give them the right to restrict access or impose restrictions on access."
Online Journalism Blog: Citizen journalism and investigative reporting: from journalism schools to retirement communities
Monday, 11 May 2009, 18:47
"[A] potential goldmine for citizen journalism at the hyperlocal level appears to be populations of retired individuals, who have both the time and inclination to perform watchdogging functions for their communities, as Jack Driscoll found with Rye Reflections, a user-generated site run by retirees in a small community in New Hampshire. The drastic reduction in local news reporting by newspapers that have cut down their resources and budgets has meant that citizens are willing to take up the slack. This sort of community reporting offers people intellectual and social stimulation while fulfilling civic needs, according to Driscoll."
ReadWriteWeb: Journalism 2.0: Don’t Throw Out the Baby
Saturday, 2 May 2009, 09:47
"To a techie, 'content' is just something to throw in a software system. Content creators don't talk about 'content.' They talk about their art or craft. Journalism is a form of art, albeit closer to craft than art. To a techie, art is just content. Which is more important, code or art? If you had to choose between a world without computers or a world without art, which would you choose?"
BBC News: Twitter’s iconic image of US Airways plane
Saturday, 17 January 2009, 12:23
BBC News item on Janis Krums' now-famous Twitpic picture of US Airways 1549 in the Hudson River (with comments from Kevin Anderson).
Silicon Alley Insider: U.S. Airways Crash Rescue Picture: Citizen Journalism, Twitter At Work
Friday, 16 January 2009, 11:38
"Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida posts the first photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on Twitter from his iPhone. Thirty-four minutes after Janis posted his photo, MSNBC interviewed him live on TV as a witness…"
FT.com: Why journalism wins my vote
Sunday, 12 October 2008, 09:02
FT editor Lionel Barber on the state of newspapers in the US: "[I]t seems undeniable that 2008 – and the coverage of the presidential election – will be seen as a tipping point in American journalism. The imperial status of the mainstream media – the television networks, big metropolitan dailies and lofty commentators – has been shaken. The lay-offs of hundreds of US newspaper journalists are a symptom of a wider malaise. We are witnessing a shift in the balance of power towards new media, with wholesale repercussions for the practice of journalism."
CNET: SEC launches probe into phony Jobs heart attack report
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 16:34
"Jennifer Martin, a CNN spokeswoman told CNET News that SEC investigators contacted the cable-news broadcaster seeking information on the person who posted the phony story to iReport.com. The CNN-owned site is dedicated to hosting news submitted by members of the public."
paidContent.org: CNN’s iReport Under Fire For Fake Jobs Health Report
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 16:14
Staci Kramer: "It’s up to us as journalists and sharers of information to decide how we make use of any unsubstantiated reports."
Chicago Tribune: Eric 2.0: Apple’s Jobs is fine. Why didn’t anyone ask?
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 16:10
"It’s flat-out embarrassing, dangerous and a blow to the credibility of an experiment that portends to tap into the Web’s community spirit. I have no problem with the notion of citizen journalism—it’s a perfect solution for covering neighborhood news and for eyewitness reports of major events. But when it’s used to break news, as the Jobs report did, facts need to be checked first. … CNN needs to rethink it’s citizen journalism approach. It apparently doesn’t want to take any responsibility when something goes awry. "
Silicon Alley Insider: Post Hate Mail About Our Link To Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report Here
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 15:09
Henry Blodget: "A small, vocal minority … –including some members of the mainstream media–believe we should have waited to comment on the iReport story until we had heard back from Apple. We respectfully disagree. As many observers have noted over the past five years, online journalism occupies a new and unique niche in the media continuum: Specifically, it lies somewhere between print, broadcast, and person-to-person communication, and shares attributes of each."
