Poynter Online: Digital Journalist Survival Guide: A Glossary of Tech Terms You Should Know
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 11:35
Jennifer 8. Lee: "The days are over when a journalist could ignore those geeks in the corner who typed lines of code, worked on the website and spoke in a bizarre language populated with acronyms. Any journalist's story now may be distributed with an API; information gathered by a reporter could be used in a mashup or shared via Scribd. This glossary will help you wade through such terms."
CNet: Has business press lost touch with the tech industry?
Sunday, 7 March 2010, 18:30
"A new report from ITDatase that examines tech coverage over the last six months from eight top business news publications … shows that Apple and Google dominate, while Twitter and Facebook are far more discussed in the business press than Intel, Dell, IBM, or even HP (the largest tech company in the world). … Enterprise IT is woefully underrepresented, despite being the cash-cow in the industry."
That’s the Press, Baby: It’s Only Logistical
Saturday, 6 June 2009, 06:30
David Sullivan: "[Newspapers] are essentially a logistics business that happens to employ journalists. That's why newspapers didn't invent Google. That's why journalists, most of whom have little idea what an inserter is, always seem ahead of the business side folks on new technology."
paidContent:UK: Guardian May Kill Tech Supplement; Could Go Online-Only Or Merge With Media
Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 22:59
"Guardian News & Media told paidContent:UK: “We are reviewing our technology offering to readers and one idea is that we might merge the printed section with Media on a Monday; this is still under consideration. We are, however, committed to expanding our technology coverage online to better meet the needs of the technology audience."
stevenberlinjohnson.com: Old Growth Media And The Future Of News
Sunday, 15 March 2009, 22:44
"I think it’s much more instructive to anticipate the future of investigative journalism by looking at the past of technology journalism … It is the sub-genre of news that has had the longest time to evolve. The Web doesn’t have some kind intrinsic aptitude for covering technology better than other fields. It just has an intrinsic tendency to cover technology first, because the first people that used the web were far more interested in technology than they were in, say, school board meetings or the NFL. But that has changed, and is continuing to change. The transformation from the desert of Macworld to the rich diversity of today’s tech coverage is happening in all areas of news."
CNET News: News has a bright future, says Steven Johnson
Saturday, 14 March 2009, 12:50
"just because the impressive advances in newsgathering on the Web were seen first in technology journalism doesn't mean they won't spread to more mainstream–read: important–topics like local government, crime, and so forth. "The Web…just has a tendency to cover technology first," Johnson said, "because the first people to use the Web were much more interested in technology than" things like school board meetings. … "Five years from now, if someone gets mugged within a half-mile of my house,' Johnson said, 'and I don't get an e-mail alert about it within half an hour, it'll be a sign that something is broken.'"
E-Media Tidbits: Working with Journalists: What’s in It for Geeks?
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 14:09
Amy Gahran: "[I]it’s becoming obvious to many journalists that our field sorely needs lots of top-notch, creative technologists … [But] What compelling reasons can journalists offer that honor geek values, culture, and goals? How can journalists demonstrate that we can and will respect talented, passionate geeks as full partners (or even potential leaders) in collaborative efforts — not pigeonhole them as IT lackeys?"
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 14:57
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"In a nod to the morphing world of media and technology, The Wall Street Journal is combining its New York tech bureau with the Media & Marketing group."
Saturday, 16 June 2007, 19:47
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"Many go to journalism school because they like to write. They don’t think of themselves as techie-types and certainly not as math-types. But these two skills – understanding of technology and comfort with math and statistics – are ever more important for
Friday, 11 May 2007, 09:45
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Andrew Marr on the pile of newsprint in his house: "The waste of time and space, as well as paper and transport, increasingly offends me." E-books might be the answer.
