Category Archives: innovation

Recovering Journalist: Who’s Doing Good Work in Online News? (Part 2)

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Mark Potts: "[An] excellent view of the Australian fire story comes from a somewhat unexpected source: Wikipedia, whose entry on the fires is voluminous, comprehensive and up-to-the-minute. A lot of journalists like to knock Wikipedia because it's user-generated and therefore vulnerable to inaccuracies; in fact, the site is surprisingly accurate for most purposes and is turning out to be a very underrated collector of breaking news coverage. "

ZDNet.com: Let’s talk about the economics of great journalism

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Mitch Ratcliffe: "Innovation must find a foothold with people who demand that great news be available. The users of news have to support it to get it going. In the past, rich men made this investment and we got what they paid for. ... [T]he break-even point for a $130,000-salaried reporter would be 15,000 readers. That’s well within the realm of possibility for a reporter supported by a non-profit that lists their offerings and ensures payments will be fulfilled."

Journalism.co.uk: ‘Nibby’ blogs transmit basic information, nice and tersely

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"Biggest doesn’t always have to be best, as the Shortformblog and Big Fat Story prove: both sites pages show current news very briefly and clearly laid out. ... Musebin is another proof for the theory that brief doesn’t have to mean bad. Users give one-line music news and reviews about the up-to-date LPs."

New York Times: How Industries Survive Change

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"'You have to be willing to walk away from the things that have made you great,' says Scott D. Anthony, president of Innosight, which consults with companies (including newspapers and automotive businesses) on how to foster a culture of innovation. He argues that the incumbents in the newspaper industry were caught sleeping during the initial meteoric growth period of Web sites like Wikipedia because the avenue for innovation — letting crowds rather than experts aggregate and filter data — seemed so antithetical to what newspapers did well."

Holdthefrontpage.co.uk: Trinity Mirror titles launch wiki for the North-East

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"Trinity Mirror put out a national call to staff to come forward with bright ideas in a bid to find 'the next big thing.' ... The competition was won by web developer Louise Midgley, who works for Trinity's North-East division... [She] has already received a cash prize and ... will also win a future share of any profits from her idea."

Sueddeutsche.de: ”Presse ist Vergangenheit”

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Herr Jarvis auf deutsch! "Eines ist sicher: Zeitungsredakteure sollten sich einen festen Termin setzen, an dem sie ihre Druckerpressen anhalten werden müssen, und zwar weit früher als sie es eigentlich für möglich halten. Das ist die einzige Art und Weise, mit der Medienhäuser perspektivisch ihre Angebote planen und produzieren werden, und der einzige Weg, mit dem sie ihre Belegschaften, Nutzer und Werbekunden in Richtung Zukunft führen werden."