The coming world of the multimedia journalist

We hear the scare tactics everyday. The news industry is tanking and the only way to save it is by returning to putting everything behind the paywall or instituting some sort of micro-payment schemes. News can't survive ... continue

Giant seagull invades Aussie news broadcast

Apparently the Mars-like sandstorms aren't the only sci-fi plagues walloping Australia- a news broadcast appears to show a giant seagull looming over a background of Melbourne. Related posts:Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman bowls with a giant golf ballCheeky Aussie baby ... continue

All News Corp news sites to start charging

Well it looks like Rupert Murdoch didn’t get Chris Anderson’s memo about everything on the Internet being free. Word is that the News Corp chairman told analysts in a earnings conference call that ... continue

Would someone please give the AP the facepalm

Even within archaic systems and services there are some that are even more out of touch with reality and do everything they can to perpetuate old and outdated ways of doing things. The Associated ... continue

The inevitable? New York Times floats $5 per month access

Newspapers as they move away from the print world and try to embrace the online distribution of news are being faced with how they are going to make money. Advertising might work for blogs ... continue

Myth: Reporting the news is what makes it news

If journalists don’t write about it does that mean that news doesn’t happen and if they do does that mean they have some sort of copyright over the reporting of that news? For ... continue

BREAKING: Shots fired at Apple store in Virgina – one wounded [VIDEO]

The details are still sketchy but an unidentified man has fired at least one shot at the Apple Store in Clarendon, Arlington Virginia, just shortly after the store open this morning. Witness at the ... continue

Twitter, Social Media and the revolution in Iran

Will Sunday June 14, 2009 go down in the history books as when Twitter finally came into its own as the voice of the people. Will it be the date when we realize that ... continue

Twitter gives CNN a smack of reality

At one time I was a big fan of CNN. Walk into our home and you could probably find it playing on one of the two televisions we own, much to my wife’s irritation. ... continue

The AP paints itself further into a corner

I might not be the biggest Google fan around but there are some arguments used against the search giant that, even at face value, are ridiculous. Such is the case with the fight between ... continue

Vernal Equinox 2009: The Start of Spring

The vernal equinox 2009 happens tomorrow, March 20, bringing in the official start of spring. The spring equinox happens at 7:44 a.m. EDT. Vernal Equinox 2009: What Is It? The vernal equinox occurs when the sun passes directly over ... continue

News is free – packaging it isn’t

It’s a simple inescapable fact – news is free. It will happen at any time of the day and at any point in the world. It use to be that distance is what made ... continue