I’ve been running into so many discussions and predictions about the future of journalism that I’ve started bookmarking them with the tag “futureofjournalism.” I did not include the May Senate hearing only because it seemed fairly inconclusive.
From that collection, here is a timeline of 22 articles and blog posts from this year that contain some [...]
One issue repeatedly crept into a roundtable discussion when FriendFeed, Google and other high-profile web companies met at Techcrunch’s Real-Time Stream Crunchup last week. Beneath all the tech talk, it appears that the recurring issue was the very same thing that journalists have solved on a daily basis: parsing a deluge of raw information to make [...]
The growth of life streams means that “those who can filter out what’s important will matter more,” according to web strategist Jeremiah Owyang. CUNY Professor Jeff Jarvis’ makes a similar point that “every minute of a journalist’s time will need to go to adding unique value to the news ecosystem: reporting, curating, organizing.”
Journalists who hope to use curation [...]
Countless articles are being written everyday about how people are turning to Twitter to find news about evolving events and news, like Michael Jackson’s memorial service. Many will likely turn to Twitter today to follow news of Google’s Chrome OS.
If you use Twitter to track news, or have given up on it as a news-tracking [...]
@MrsNatalie: My fave pair of white heels broke today. I'm going to be in Seattle, home of Nordstrom next week. #dangerous.
