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Creation or aggregation: What is the real added value of today's journalism?
Brian Manzullo says: "Actually, this is a trick question... because they're the same thing. In journalism, our "original" content always has been the product of aggregation."
Tagged: Media & Journalism, aggregation, Journalism, original content, Newspapers, online journalism
Why news media should not wait to develop iPad apps
Brian Manzullo says: The iPad, releasing in April, is "tailor-made" for traditional news media. But will it become widespread enough to "save" journalism?
Tagged: Technology, ipad, Journalism, Newspapers, applications
Google's Chief Economist: "Newspapers Have Never Made Much Money From News"
Brian Manzullo says: A lot of nice graphs/data here explaining how newspapers make their money (now and then). Very interesting.
Tagged: Media & Journalism, Newspapers, advertising revenue, economics
WordPress Guns for Web Content Management Duties
Daniel Bachhuber says: Edit Flow gets a bit of high-profile attention.
Tagged: WordPress, Edit Flow Project, Publishing, content management systems
Summer internship
Daniel Bachhuber says: Get paid to work with the awesome News Apps team at the Chicago Tribune.
Tagged: Chicago Tribune, Newspapers, hacking journalism, internships
The importance of social media during natural disasters: a first-hand perspective in the aftermath of the Chile earthquake
Brian Manzullo says: "I know that a lot of false information was spread though Twitter, such as the rumor of nonexistent tsunami warnings or fabricated death tolls, but other twitter users quickly declared these rumors as false, proving that social media is self-moderated."
Tagged: Media & Journalism, social media, twitter, Chile earthquake, natural disasters
A massive misallocation of online advertising dollars
Daniel Bachhuber says: The money is being spent at the end of the purchasing process instead of being evenly distributed because the end is the most trackable.
Tagged: advertising, business models, startups
New Slice sizes, price changes and bandwidth increases
Daniel Bachhuber says: The new intermediate slice sizes are a perfect addition to the lineup.
Tagged: web hosting, announcements, Technology, virtual private servers
Bringing journalists and coders together for #wjchat, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. ET
Daniel Bachhuber says: Looking forward to an interesting, productive discussion.
Tagged: Journalism, twitter, wjchat
What Journalists Need to Know About Google Buzz
Brian Manzullo says: Self-explanatory... what Google's latest foray into social media means for journos.
Tagged: Media & Journalism, google buzz, social media, social networking
Consumers Trust Their Friends Less
Brian Manzullo says: People need to hear/see things in multiple places in order to "believe" it. This story says five, but even two could work.
Tagged: Media & Journalism, advertising, facebook, social media, edelman, social networks
The Future of Journalism Education
Brian Manzullo says: What Dan Gillmor would do if he ran a journalism school. Among my favorites: Do away with "track" system - print, broadcast, online, etc. are merging.
Tagged: Media & Journalism, Journalism, j-school, college journalism, undergraduate degrees, Convergence
Footnotes on the State of the Union
Daniel Bachhuber says: Pitch to launch in exactly a week.
Tagged: Django, web development, python, State of the Union, PBS NewsHour
Driving new digital revenues through text mining
Daniel Bachhuber says: Most, if not all, data managed by news organizations is stored in free text format. There's significant opportunity in structuring it.
Tagged: ideas, structured data, Journalism, search, semantic web
5 Reasons to Wait for iPad 2.0
Brian Manzullo says: This is how Apple works - iPod and iPhone were flawed when they first came out. Wait for 2nd or 3rd gen iPad and you won't be sorry.
Tagged: Media & Journalism, apple, ipad
