Time: Polarized News? The Media’s Moderate Bias

Posted on 6 November, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"[The] news audience, if not news itself, is getting more polarized. But categories like Pew's 'liberal,' 'conservative' and 'neither' ... overlook the most significant bias out there: moderate bias." (HT: Jeff Sonderman)

BBC iPlayer: The Media Show: 28/10/2009

Posted on 29 October, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Includes an interesting segment with Dr Natalie Fenton from Goldsmith's University "who argues that instead of democratising information, the internet has narrowed our horizons."

AJ Notebook

Posted on 20 October, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Design inspiration. Selected by you, curated by the Architects' Journal."

New York Times: Link by Link – The Amish Paper The Budget Explores a Move Online

Posted on 21 September, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"For two weeks this summer, Jessica Best, a 22-year-old journalist from Wales, fell into that role as the intern at The Budget of Sugarcreek, Ohio, a weekly that is the largest newspaper serving the Amish."

New Scientist: ‘Infectious’ people spread memes across the web

Posted on 12 August, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Spanish researchers claim to have found a way to accurately predict how quickly and widely new pieces of information, or "memes" as they are called, will spread. The ability to forecast this 'viral' behaviour would be of great interest to sociologists and marketeers, among others."

Nieman Journalism Lab: Niche outlets replace newspapers in Washington

Posted on 19 July, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Washington is still teeming with hacks. They’re just working for new types of organizations. American newspaper reporters accredited to the Senate Press Gallery have declined 30 percent since the 1997-98 session, but the total number of U.S.-based reporters has remained steady (from 1,362 to 1,319). That’s because reporters from niche news outlets — think Politico, Roll Call, political magazines, and endless industry newsletters — have increased a stunning 49 percent (from 335 to 500)."

Techcrunch: AOL’s PoliticsDaily Quickly Surpasses Rival Politico, MediaGlow Sites Continue To Grow

Posted on 2 July, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"AOL’s new political news and blog site, PoliticsDaily.com has surpassed rival Politico.com in unique visits in May, after being launched only a month and a half ago."

Reuters Editors: Rethinking rights, accreditation, and journalism itself in the age of Twitter | Blogs |

Posted on 26 June, 2009 by Martin Stabe

David Schlesinger: "Fundamentally, the old media won’t control news dissemination in the future. And organisations can’t control access using old forms of accreditation any more."

Journalism.co.uk: ‘Democratic legitimation via the web is not enough’, says Clay Shirky

Posted on 4 February, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Shirky says he previously made certain assumptions about the result of what he calls 'crowd wisdom' and its positive impact for democracy. Now he believes that public pressure via the internet could be 'just another implementation layer for special interest groups'."

Telegraph: Arsenal fans will be able to watch highlights on their PSPs after Sony deal

Posted on 22 January, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"It will allow any of the 60,000 fans that attend the Emirates Stadium to tune into their PlayStation Portables – a handheld games console – and watch live streaming of the match with a five second delay from next season. This will mean fans that missed a tackle or goal could glance down and see an immediate replay."

Iain Dale: Will Derek Draper’s new Labour website give me some competition? I hope so

Posted on 15 January, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"[Derek] Draper plans to spend three days a week on the site. That's not enough. He needs to breathe it morning, noon and night, especially in the first six months. It's his baby and it is his efforts that will make it succeed or fail. He's got to be the inspirational driving force behind it. It needs to be updated many times a day. Just posting the odd new article will not be enough. I update my site between 5 and 10 times a day. "

Techcrunch: When Everyone Is A Blogger, Nothing You Say Is Off The Record

Posted on 29 November, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"There’s a lot of buzz here in the Belgian blogosphere and mainstream media about an incident involving a New York-based blogger, who was fired from her job as a bartender after publishing a post on the bar visit of a Belgian politician."

Times Online: Journalists cry foul as politicians put the boot in

Posted on 29 October, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"[A] a charity football match between Scottish politicians and sports journalists which had to be abandoned after descending into a brawl..."

Journalism.co.uk: Rise in political blogging results in more government press officers

Posted on 23 October, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Sir Gus O'Donnell, cabinet secretary and head of the Home Civil Service, today defended an increase in the number of press officers in government and said the increase was a response to the 1,600 political bloggers in the UK."

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