The controversy over the outing of the blogger Grog’s Gamut has now passed out of the hands of newspapers and the blogosphere and on to the desk of senior public servants, who have some interesting questions to wrestle with, writes Margaret Simons.
New media
The journo who wrote a 1000 word story on Twitter
When Ford was forced to pay US$131 million damages after an Explorer rolled and killed a young man, no news services picked up the story. So writer Adam Penenberg took to Twitter.
With our powers combined: team old/new media
It shouldn’t be a war with old vs. new media. Instead, new media start-ups should hook up with bigger, traditional media organisations to collaborate, not compete, particularly when covering hyper-local news.
From the tweet seats
You can’t even escape the Twitter at the theatre, with some festivals and theatres encouraging live tweeting of perfomances, much to the horror of traditionalists. What is the acceptable etiquette? asks Marcus Westbury.
Vale Old Media
The Washington Post has recently acquired online information business iCurrent. Is it time to say goodbye to old media? In a word: yes, writes Jarvis Coffin.
Bloggers have feelings (and break stories) too
Mumbrella’s Tim Burrowes launches into New Ltd, pointing out how they ripped a story off him just hours after it was published, with no attribution given. A paywall for content pilfered off others, eh Murdoch?
New Matilda farewells its readers…for now
New Matilda editor Marni Cordell pens a farewell letter to readers as New Matilda published its final edition on Friday. But this isn’t the end of the New Matilda site…
What do we talk about on new media? Old media
The biggest topic on Twitter is television, whether that be following #masterchef or discussing Tony Abbott on The 7:30 Report. Why? Because TV is now a social medium.
Crikey Says: The 24/7 ABC must do the hard yards
The central question that should always be applied to any new initiative that the ABC rolls out is “what’s in it for us”?
Crikey Says: Bill Gates spends some Idol time on Twitter
Bill Gates tweeted for the first time this morning. And who, of all the tweeps in the twitterverse — the world leaders, the great thinkers, the tech visionaries — did he start conversing with first?
Crikey Says: No ads cause newspapers’ nightmare on E-street
Can the e-reader save newspapers and quality journalism? In a word, no.
A battle between old and new media in the White House press corps
From stone throwing kids to online activists: the e-Palestine movement
Palestinians have figured out one the most effective methods of mobilising the youth: bringing their activism online. They foster an international diaspora and avoid the traditional Hamas and Fatah tensions and talk in chat rooms. Can they mimic the success of Obama’s online campaign?
What to think about Roger Corbett and the Fairfax Board?
Predictably, Roger Corbett is the new chairman of Fairfax. Will he encourage brave hiring and get more into new media? He’d better, writes Margaret Simons.
‘Howard-era politics with Obama-style campaigning’ at Sydney Uni
Industrial action has gone high tech, with the University of Sydney and the National Tertiary Education Union battling out wage conditions via snappy new media campaigns.
Kev’s troubled typing: highlights from the PM’s Live Chat
Our new-media loving Prime Minister Kevin Rudd showed himself to be more typing twit than technical top dog in a patchy attempt at a live web chat about climate change today.
A new New York Times?
What if The New York Times’ top 5-10% writers and editors — the most valuable assets that the newspaper controls — walked out of the building and started their own company? What would it look like?
Media scoops: who you gonna call?
Media veteran Peter Himler reflects on TMZ.com scooping Michael Jackson’s death, the NYT breaking the passing of Walter Cronkite and asks: who do you call when you have a exclusive news story in this new media age?
Six pieces of News Ltd we’d like to see behind a paywall
News Ltd CEO John Hartigan is absolutely right: the more News Ltd content that is moved beyond a paywall, the better. Here are some articles we’d like to see there.
Hartigan on old and new media
The irony of Hartigan talking about bloggers and citizen journalists getting the facts wrong, after a month when we have seen the media outlets publish a fraudulent email, is palpable. Pure Poison — and readers — weigh in on John Hartigan’s attack on new media.
New media enters the White House
A choreographed question between the Huffington Post and Barack Obama at a recent press conference raises questions about bloggers’ roles as journalists and the place of new media in the White House.
Video: Marieke Hardy on new media writing
Triple J’s Marieke Hardy covers literary speed dating, writing’s Mardi Gras, Stephen Fry and new media at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Media are stabbing in the dark to survive
Media managers are jumping on the bandwagon of every new technological trend that comes their way in an attempt to survive — but will that work without a clear plan of attack?
New media lessons from Election ’07
Australian citizen journalism and blogging have passed a milestone, if not come of age, writes Margaret Simons.
