It’s easy to forget that the field we are entering isn’t as simple elsewhere in the world. There are millions of others aren’t lucky enough to have the civil liberties American journalists have. To drive home the point, take a look of a map I put together of the locations and circumstances of journalists who have been killed throughout the world within the past year.
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists
1. Cyber Journalist The mother of all journalism blogs! Published by Jonathan Dube, the site features the latest news and information on the latest developments in online news.
2. Mindy McAdams OK, so this is technically a blog for online journalism teachers, but it doesn’t mean you can’t be privy to some of Mindy McAdams’s unique perspectives on journalism education. She’ll sometimes even have tips on how to use different multimedia tools.
3. News University A part of the Poynter Institute, this site has countless interactive quizzes that will help develop your online journalism news judgment (in addition to helping you learn about Online Media Law and other countless things). Click on “Online, Multimedia” and let the learning begin. [Read more...]
I recently read a question posed to Joe Grimm on the Poynter Institute’s Web site. I feel it’s appropriate to acknowledge the question and answer because of an inaccurate assumption most seem to have about college journalists.
Because those in my age group have been raised with the luxury of the internet, one would think that the younger journalists would be devoid of any sort of negative attitude towards online journalism. However, in my experience at least, this could not be further from the truth.
My first run-in with online journalism being looked at as a “lower” version of print journalism is when I told my extended family that I was interning for Philadelphia Magazine’s Web site, Phillymag.com.
Here’s what I’ve been reading on the web:
Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004 [Wired] Is it really possible to compete?
Obama ‘enjoys Web 2.0 benefits’ [Bafton] How Barack turned the internet into new political battleground
For Web 2.0 Startups, What’s Next Beyond Ads? [Business Week] Lucrative alternatives according to Rob Hof
What happened to ‘Citizen Journalism?’ [Politico] New approach to online news
I recently read Dave Lee‘s post on the Huffington Experiment. I give credit to him for being so honest and open about his future ambitions. It’s not an easy thing to do. I know I struggled with it as well.
However, I could not help to note his vast acknowledgments of The Huffington Post, saying that the Post; is proof that
“online newspapers WORK. They work very well. What the Huffington Post does well is showcase its own journalism alongside good journalism elsewhere.”
Dave Lee’s not alone in his belief that The Huffington Post is an online entity that has changed the face of online journalism. However, I can’t help but believe that The Huffington Post is getting FAR more credit than it deserves.
Here’s 8 reasons why:
Jim VandeHei, co-founder of Politico was quoted as saying,
“I think what the modern media does is, it puts a real premium more on the individual and less on the entity. So reporters can build up their own public signature and they can have their own following and their own influence that sometimes transcends an institution,”
in “Twilight of the Media Idols” in The New York Observer.
