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Journalists Are News Companies’ Most Valuable Asset

Journalists are news companies’ most valuable assets.
That’s what Mike Arrington asserts, and I think he’s right (disregard the “failing old media” rhetoric):
And earlier today I got a glimpse at what AOL is up to – they are hiring all the journalists being fired and laid off by the newspapers and magazines. And they now have [...]

Will Bunch: Walter’s Choice –Cronkite’s Lesson for Today’s Journalists

I have to start with a confession — I did not grow up in a Walter Cronkite household. I’m not sure why — I was…

Glenn Greenwald: Journalists Celebrating Cronkite Ignore What He Did

[...] So, too, with the death of Walter Cronkite. Tellingly, his most celebrated and significant moment — Greg Mitchell says “this broadcast would help save many thousands of lives, U.S. and Vietnamese, perhaps even a million” — was when he…

Best Practices for Journalists Curating the Web: New York Times Bits Blog “What We’re Reading”

The New York Times technology blog, Bits, which features original online reporting by all of the NYT technology journalists, has formally launched a new feature called “What We’re Reading.” This feature (powered by Publish2) illustrates a number of important best practices for how journalists and news orgs can create significant value for readers by curating [...]

Nick Davies and Alan Rusbridger face MPs

Documents produced by Nick Davies involve senior News of the World journalists in Mulcaire affair


One Week Left To Enter The “I Am The Future Of Journalism” Contest

There’s one week left to submit an entry to the “I Am The Future Of Journalism” Contest. The deadline is December 30.
We’ve gotten some great entries by journalists who are thinking creatively, passionately, and positively about the future. You can show your support for them by helping to rate the entries (some examples embedded below):

Will Algorithms Make Human Editors Obsolete? Not If Journalists Collaborate

Will algorithms replace human editors on the web? It’s a bogeyman question on one level, but ask any news site about the percentage of traffic they get from search engines — and what the trend looks like — and you’ll realize that algorithms are increasingly deciding what we pay attention to, what is important, what [...]

washingtonpost.com’s Political Browser Uses the News Judgment of Journalists to Filter the Political Web

washingtonpost.com has launched a new politics page called Political Browser, which features, wait for it… links to the most important and interesting political news around the web. That’s right, the Washington Post, one of the paragons of original political reporting, has dedicated a page to help you find the best of OTHER news organization’s political [...]