Are newspaper critics still critical?In the Age of Twitter, everyone has become a syndicated film, music, restaurant and book critic. So do newspapers still need to publish the pontificating of “professional” critics? asks Howard Kurtz.
Future of journalism
Beecher: The iPad won’t save newspapers
The iPad is a wonderful device that will bring joy and utility to millions of people. But it won’t — and can’t — save the economic fate of newspapers.
Journicide: how you’ll earn more cleaning toilets than as an editor
Who says there are no jobs for young journos? Columbia Journalism Review has full-time graduate jobs, paying $27,000 p.a. Gawker compiles a list of better paying jobs, from working at Maccas to inseminating cows. Stay positive.
The DIY “future of newspapers” speech
Attention media commentators: have to deliver yet another “future of journalism” keynote at the University of East Bumcrack? Here’s one CJR prepared earlier. Just add water.
Beecher: Why Murdoch defies gravity while other owners have to play by the rules
The fact that News Corp loses a great deal of money on its flagship newspapers doesn’t necessarily mean this is not a profitable formula.
Doctorow: Why I won’t be buying an iPad
BoingBoing’s Cory Doctorow outlines the five reasons he won’t be swapping his hard-earned for a Jesus Tablet — and you shouldn’t either.
Video of the Day: A talk with the editor of Time
An interesting interview by Katie Couric with Nancy Gibbs, the executive editor of Time magazine. Nancy talks her top cover stories, the benefits of online vs. print and the future of journalism.
Vanity Fair editor: Print’s not dead — just reincarnated
The internet may change print journalism, but it won’t necessarily kill it, writes Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter: a good story is a good story, whether you read it in a magazine or on an iPhone.
Could journalists be replaced by robots?
Damn: researchers in Japan have created a “journalist robot”, which detects when interesting things are going down, takes photos, asks questions, and uploads it all to the web. Looks like we’re stuffed.
How blogs are becoming more like newspapers
Now that blogs and online news sites have become Serious Business, lax fact-checking, vague headlines and poor sub-editing just won’t cut it. To defeat newspapers, they have had to become them, says Ravi Somaiya.
Spinning the Media: The editors fire back. Or don’t.
Newspaper editors respond to the results of Crikey’s Spinning the Media study, which found over half of their news is generated by PR.
Pew’s State of the News Media 2010 report: journalism is screwed
The Pew Project For Excellence In Journalism’s annual report into the health of the news media is out, and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture. Nevertheless, it’s a must-read analysis, including interactive features, a database of who owns the media, and the obligatory “will readers pay for online news” section (spoiler: no).
Pay what you think this article’s worth
Warren Buffett’s partner Charlie Munger recently sent a $20,000 cheque to a journalist because Munger thought the article deserved it. Is ‘suggested donation’ — the method successfully used by Radiohead to sell their latest album — a viable model for the future of journalism?
How selling tote bags can save journalism
Tyler Brûlé’s Monocle magazine is to open a foreign bureau in Hong Kong, thanks to funding from the sales of Monocle merchandising, in particular the sale of tote bags. Is this the future of funding journalism?
Journalists: the kings of multi-tasking
Journalists are now forced to write copy, shoot video, gather sound, take photos and edit their stories — as well as doing research, interviewing and writing. At what cost to journalism? asks Gail Shister.
Crowd-funded journalism
Journalist Paige Williams had a great yarn about a redneck-turned-rocket-scientist-turned-environmentalist, but every magazine in the country rejected it. So she put it up free online, and asked people to pay as they saw fit. So far, she’s earned $1500.
Kohler: The iPad is a huge disappointment
Apple’s new Jesus tablet is not the media’s messiah, says Alan Kohler. With no camera, no video conferencing, no flash and no multi-tasking, it’s a big let-down after all the hype.
Crikey Says: No ads cause newspapers’ nightmare on E-street
Can the e-reader save newspapers and quality journalism? In a word, no.
Putting the free into freelancing
The idea that writers should earn a living wage doing their craft is quickly evaporating, which fees spirally downwards quicker than you can say “no pay, but great exposure!” What does this mean for journalism? asks James Rainey.
Peeling back the layers: inside The Onion
As newspapers close across the globe, satirical paper The Onion is bigger, busier and more amusing than ever. Editor Joe Randazzo spills the dirt on what it’s like to work in America’s Funniest Newsroom and how to get a job there.
The rise of the Social Media Director
With hundreds of “social media directors” now working at newspapers, magazines and TV stations, it’s officially journalism’s hottest job, according to Forbes. But are media outlets taking a big gamble by putting their futures in the hands of Twitter?
Crikey Says: Murdoch, the savior, might kill what’s worth saving
If journalism needs to be saved, is Rupert Murdoch the right person to save it?
VIDEO: Sports Illustrated: the fancy e-reader edition
In a clever move, Time Inc have released a video demonstrating how slick Sports Illustrated would look on a fancy tablet, where the magazine cover is a video and you can upload articles straight to your Facebook.
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Murdoch: Quality journalism ain’t dead, but it ain’t free either
Technology is not to blame for the death of newspapers, because media businesses just have to adjust to what their readers want. But if readers won’t pay then they are thieves, says Rupert Murdoch.
Politico elected to the Pulitzer board
The Executive Editor of political commentary site Politico, Jim VandeHei, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize board — the organisation’s first representative from the world of online news.
