From Columbia Journalism Review: Serious Fun With Numbers
We’re drowning in data, but few reporters know how to use them. Read more.
CJR: A Look at Demand Media
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From CRJ: by Nicholas Spangler
I spent eight years at The Miami Herald, mainly writing features, and when the paper laid me off in 2009, I was humiliated and sad. But people told me getting laid off could be a good thing and I listened to them. “Invent” and “take charge” and “define” are some of the words I remember from those conversations, which left me, in hindsight, manically deluded about my prospects. Read complete article.
CJR: The Rise of Private News
July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chrystia Freeland discusses niche news models and the costs associated with private news at CJR:
[...] Some of the companies faring best in the news business today have built an entirely different model, what we might call private news, and are working on an entirely different balancing act. Their challenge is to determine the right mix of focused, professional content—sold to a relatively small client base, usually bundled with data, for extremely high rates—with consumer content, which brings in less money but reaches a bigger audience. [Read more...]