Ever feel like you should understand something, but you don’t? That’s my problem with NewsTrust. Its advisory board is filled with great thinkers, so it must be right. After all, what could be wrong with a site that says:
We’re happy to introduce NewsTrust, our next-generation social news network. We’re an online community of citizens who [...]
This at the Poynter site:
CNBC exclusive: CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino says Hank Greenberg and another unnamed billionaire are interested in buying the New York Times Company.
The story says it is unlikely, but it is worth watching.
Here is an update from Romenesko:
From MARK CORALLO, Corallo Media Strategies: Statement of Mark Corallo, spokesman for Maurice “Hank” Greenberg:“Mr. Greenberg [...]
I just read the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s rather tepid report: Election Night 2006–An Evening in the Life of the American Media.
Here is the conclusion:
The media environment has probably changed in attitude more than it has in action. News organizations recognize that the Internet-with all its potential-is the future. But most of the sites [...]
This from journalism.co.uk:
BBC News 24 has launched a news programme based entirely on user-generated material.Your News, which began a pilot run on Saturday, will feature stories, features and video proving most popular with viewers on TV and the internet.
Technorati : BBC, citizen journalism Del.icio.us : BBC, citizen journalism
I am a little late on two recent Pew Internet & Society reports one on podcast downloading and the other entitled “The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science.”
Here is the key information on podcast downloading:
Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it [...]
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.