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News outlets should look to adopt a more local ‘CitizenTube’

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

YouTube announced Monday that it will test a news feed called CitizenTube for professional and citizen journalists. Its goal, according to Mashable, is “to highlight newsworthy videos uploaded by amateur videographers as well as professional news outlets.” (more…)

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New iPhone a giant asteroid strike for broadsheets

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Holy hell. If news outlets ever thought that handheld devices would not save them, they were wrong. (more…)

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News execs need to take ‘new media’ risks

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

We’ve been told since we were young that in order to succeed, you have to take risks. Unfortunately, it seems some news execs missed that life lesson. (more…)

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Introduction / Newspapers today are dying. In fact, the death rattle of all print media distinctly is audible as newsrooms quickly are turning into funeral homes. Journalism is morphing from a brick-and-mortar environment to a handheld phenomenon. Netbooks, iPhones, BlackBerry and other handheld devices are where all of the world's major stories are breaking.

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*Keeping with the book's theme, it was the author's sole decision not to release it in print. As such, this is an electronic version that's readable on most handheld devices and computers.