Archive for the ‘Multi-media Journalism & Convergence’ Category
Monday, November 17th, 2008
Mobile phone journalist = mojo (not to be confused with Austin Powers).
Frank Barth-Nilsen from NRK trains mojos, changing the way story telling is done & Reuters Mobile Journalism considers the mojo as a future form of journalism. Hate to tell them, it's already here! Their toolkit is below:
Being a mojo ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Is it internet TV, video journalism or the visual musings of a misguided non-talent? Vlogs offer, in the main, fast paced, quick snippets of visual and the added benefit of stopping content if it bores you to tears in the first minute.
Vlogs allow more human stories at an individual level, ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
STOMP, the User Generated Content (USG) news website, has a main focus - its readers, who are also its contributors. In its first six months of launching, STOMP attracted nearly 7% of Singapore's total population as visitors. Often contributor's stories make front page of The Strait Times and are spread ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
It bamboozles me the extent to which technology adapts to the wants of netizens. These days it is a necessity for internet companies to evolve to the expectations of their users, in the process creating impatience & addictions for the "next big thing".
Internet related companies don't stand still for very long ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
It used to be that a talent in writing was all you needed to become a journalist, but "the times they are a changing", to coin a Bob Dylan phrase. His words are particularly pertinent to journalists today.
Traditional journalism does have restrictions on time and space, as recounted by solo journalist Kevin ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Every so often a dreamer is born. They don't listen to their critics, single-minded they will just go out there and follow their dream. After all, aren't dreams just goals with a face?
In this case, the visionary is Oh Yeon-Ho, CEO of Oh My News, the first Citizen Journalism website.
Armed ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
When King Gillette first started flogging disposable razor blades in the early 20th Century, giving away razors as freebies to generate blade sales, I bet he didn't realise the marketing phenomenon that still exists over 100 years
later.
The Freebie. These days free takes many forms. Free to download, free to join ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
At a party the other night for XYZ Studios, I was surrounded by media professionals. All had the same opinion on blogs - they are essential web content. So, what are blogs?
Blogs are about content. Lots of it. They have graduated from being online, personal journals to being newsworthy & content rich. ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
News access is undergoing a massive change, with convergence becoming the future of media. There's no doubting that a microwave mentality is now affecting the future of news access. Takeaway "News on the Go", email, & even video, straight to your Blackberry - instant gratification is now being demanded by action.
Faster. Better. Easier to consume. More ...
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