Everyone has the power to participate in communication today through blogs and community groups. Many bloggers have become powerful, given the popularity of their blogs. Some have become citizen journalists - citizens who play “an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news.” But with millions reading their words through a medium that seems to give equal weight to traditional journalism, what does this mean for journalism, and for the code of ethics that journalists traditionally understand? Jennifer McClure is the founder and executive director of the Society for New Communications Research, a nonprofit think tank focused on the study of advanced communication tools. She spoke with Marketing Voices host Jennifer Jones about the status of citizen journalism today.
Marketing Voices caught CNET’s Rafe Needleman at the PodTech BlogHaus at CES in January. In a candid conversation, Needleman shares his thoughts on how he views “traditional” versus new media. Jones and Needleman discuss the frustration of journalists who wish many of the bloggers had more academic training ...
Jeremiah Owyang interviews Web designer Josh Hallett at Miami’s WeMedia conference at the University of Miami, in February, 2007. Josh shares his observations on the clash between traditional media and social media. As a designer, Josh has shared his experience on web design, and tells us what to ...
Andreas Kluth (Technology Correspondent, The Economist) continues his discussion of the new news during the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 07. Ann Grimes (Acting Director, Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University), Alan Warms (CEO, BuzzTracker), Chris Tolles (CEO, Topix), Dan Cohen (CEO, Pageflakes) all contribute ...
Newspapers, social networks, ad rates, and participatory journalism are all among the topics moderated by Andreas Kluth (Technology Correspondent, The Economist) during the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 07. Ann Grimes (Acting Director, Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University), Alan Warms (CEO, BuzzTracker), Chris Tolles (CEO, ...
Tony Perkins (Founder, AlwaysOn) introduces George Gilder and Dan Farber (Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet). Dan Farber moderates the discussion group of Andrew Keen (author, Cult of the Amateur), Bill Cleary (Founder, Cleary & Partners), Barbara Waugh (Director, University Relations, HP), and George Gilder (Chairman, Gilder ...
Harry McCracken is the editor-in-chief of PC World. He recently resigned when his publisher asked him not to publish an article critical of Apple, fearing Steve Jobs’ reputation for holding long grudges and not wanting to risk the loss of Apple’s advertising dollars. Things are tough in the publishing ...
Al Saracevic is the deputy business editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. I caught up Mr. Saracevic at a recent conference on innovation journalism at Stanford university. In this segment, he is on a panel and talks about the Silicon Valley beat and how to get original news stories. It ...
What will the future media landscape look like? How will Web 2.0 effect reporting and how will future media be consumed? What products and tools will journalists and other creators use? PodTech takes some of the big questions to ScobleShow’s Robert Scoble, Google Vice President Marissa Mayer and Web Strategist ...
This week on The Vloggies Show, Irina tries lifecasting for a day… and asks Jackson West, “who needs editing when you can stream live?” And the Mommy Vlogger struggles to manage her uber difficult hyperactive child… It’s tough being a parent. But on a more serious note, ...
Lawrence Liang is the legal lead for Creative Commons India, and has helped set up the India chapter. The Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that encourages people to share their creativity and make it available for others to legally build upon and share. By joining the Creative Commons, ...
Gear Live CEO Andru Edwards doesn’t just believe that tech trade magazines will move from the print medium to an entirely-online presence — he’s seeing it happen already. His magazine has more than 500,000 unique viwers each month, and along with some of its competing publications, it’s rapidly ...
Some good coverage from the day’s activities in New Hampshire. Looks like our embed has recovered from a late night — by the way, a few other folks have enjoyed the phone call with PodTech’s Paul Lancour last night.
One topic today that’s occupying some space — is ...
LOS ANGELES, October 10, 2006, (PodTech News) - Last month, Apple unveiled its long-awaited movie download store and within a week sold 125,000 downloads, generating $1 million in revenue for the House of Mouse. Yet despite the success, only 75 Disney titles were available. Absent were movies from some of the largest Hollywood studios. Some insiders believe WalMart and other big retailers Hollywood cannot afford to alienate were to blame. But technology may also play a part in the slow adoption by studios
About Kiruba Shankar:
Kiruba Shankar is Associate Director at Sulekha.com, one of the biggest online portals for Indians worldwide. Blogstreet.com and BusinessWorld magazine rank him as one of India’s leading and most influential bloggers for the Kiruba Shankar blog, though he thinks the results are skewed.
In New Orleans, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Richard Whitmire, Education Op-ed writer for USA Today and Secretary of the Educational Writer’s Association. He talks about educational journalism, and the seeming lack of awareness in the US of slipping educational standards.
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Next week there is a cutting edge conference at Stanford that is free for journalism and innovation professionals to attend. Registration: http://scil.stanford.edu/InJo-2006/signup.fft. Vint Cerf, PodTech, Google, CNet, Tony Perkins, Ross Mayfield, Dan Gillmor, USVP’s Paul Mateucci, and other great folks like Harry McCracken, Michael Kanellos.
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