American Journalism Review: The Romenesko Revolution
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 18:00
"Jim Romenesko, who essentially created the world of media news aggregation, announced his semi-retirement today from his influential and widely read blog on the Poynter Institute Web site."
Nieman Journalism Lab: How journalists can make use of Facebook Pages
Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:41
Facebook's Vadim Lavrusik provides tips for journalists on how to use Facebook Pages. He suggests individual reporter Pages, "social storytelling" to give users a behind-the-scenes look at the newsgathering process, establishing a "…
Steve Rubel: As Curators Proliferate, Media Brands Face Loyalty Crisis
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 12:04
"Suddenly media brands are facing increased competition from an array of upstart curators that are growing in popularity. These services, which include Flipboard, Feedly, Zite, Pulse and News360 – a Russian app that's my personal favorite, pi…
The Guardian: How live blogging has transformed journalism
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 18:19
"The reward is huge traffic spikes, hundreds of comments – so far in March, live blogs (including minute-by-minute coverage of sporting events) on guardian.co.uk account for 3.6 million unique users, 9% of the total – and the wrath of some tra…
New Media Age: Power is shifting in who chooses the news
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 16:58
Michael Nutley: "The role of editors has been vital to the media success stories of recent years, where niche audiences have proved willing to pay for products closely tailored to their interests. … We may be approaching a tipping point, however…
New York Times: News Is Power in Washington, and Aides Race to Be Well-Armed
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 17:31
Tales of professional news curators: "[Bobby] Maldonado, 26, is one of the dozens of young aides throughout the city who rise before dawn to pore over the news to synthesize it, summarize it and spin it, so their bosses start the day well-prepared…
Wired UK: The ‘interestingness curators’ of social news
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:35
David Rowan: "Welcome to the new era of social curation. We're drowning in data … we all need a little help in smartly filtering which of those unmediated news items matter to us. And though I'd love to think that, as a professional magazine editor, I know what's right for you, I'm honest enough to admit that your social network understands your interests better than I do."
Search Engine Watch: Link Building via Curation
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 11:17
This strategy for establishing yourself in a new industry is relevant to blogging and journalism, not just SEO: "the basic strategy is the same: contribute to the conversation in your industry, build relationships with influencers, and hope that those relationships lead to links. "
Search Engine Watch: Link Building via Curation
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 11:17
This strategy for establishing yourself in a new industry is relevant to blogging and journalism, not just SEO: "the basic strategy is the same: contribute to the conversation in your industry, build relationships with influencers, and hope that those relationships lead to links. "
Telegraph: Andrew Ross Sorkin: The man behind Dealbook
Monday, 8 November 2010, 11:17
"[Dealbook editor Andrew Ross Sorkin] is part of new breed of entrepreneurial journalists, blazing an unmatchable trail in their respective areas of expertise and using the power of technology to do so."
The Shatzkin Files: Aggregation and curation: two concepts that explain a lot about digital change
Saturday, 24 October 2009, 12:55
"Aggregation … simply means pulling together things which are not necessarily connected. Curation is a term that has always referred to the careful selection and pruning of aggregates, such as for a museum or an art exhibition. But the concept in the digital content world means the selection and presentation of these disparate items to help a browser or consumer navigate and select from them. Aggregation without curation is, normally, not very helpful. Curation creates the brand."
Publishing 2.0: Best Practices for Journalists Curating the Web: New York Times Bits Blog “What We’re Reading”
Sunday, 19 July 2009, 21:07
"The New York Times technology blog, Bits, which features original online reporting by all of the NYT technology journalists, has formally launched a new feature called “What We’re Reading.” This feature (powered by Publish2) illustrates a number of important best practices for how journalists and news orgs can create significant value for readers by curating the web."
BuzzMachine: Journalists: Where do you add value?
Saturday, 25 April 2009, 09:30
Jeff Jarvis: "Journalism can’t afford repetition and production anymore. Every minute of a journalist’s time will need to go to adding unique value to the news ecosystem: reporting, curating, organizing. This efficiency is necessitated by the reduction of resources. But it is also a product of the link and search economy: The only way to stand out is to add unique value and quality. My advice in the past has been: If you can’t imagine why someone would link to what you’re doing, you probably shouldn’t be doing it. And: Do what you do best and link to the rest."
Recovering Journalist: It’s Not the News. It’s the Packaging
Monday, 20 April 2009, 06:06
Mark Potts: "Nobody's ever bought news by the story. … What people do buy are packages of news, often supported by other, non-news content. Journalists don't always like to think about this, but the reasons for subscribing to a newspaper often are as much about the comics, the crosswords and the ads as they are about the news itself. That's what people plunk down their quarters for: the package, not the story. News collected in a convenient, easy-to-use form that adds value."
