Study: Online news readership outpaces newspapers

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

The future of journalism is online, mobile news. That’s the latest word from an annual report on American journalism. (more…)

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Croatian coffee shop digitizes news for customers

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Leave it to a coffee shop in Croatia to help lead a digital news revolution. (more…)

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Pew Study Reveals Older Generations Looking for News Online

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Online news isn’t just for those under 30 any more. That’s the newest word from a December 2010 Pew Internet & American Life Project study. (more…)

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‘All the News that Fits in Your Pocket’ soon will be on handheld devices

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Pixel Mags, the sole creator of the HhJ, or “All the News that Fits in Your Pocket,” book app, will release the preview chapter soon. Look for the complete book this fall.

Book description: 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, PDAs and cell phones are where all major stories are breaking. The news business is trying quickly to catch up in a field where the last major paradigm shift was the PC/Internet revolution. Now, with iPhones, BlackBerry devices, digital cameras, video devices and Web sites at the touch of a button, anyone can break a story and distribute it worldwide with a cell phone.

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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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All about the Benjamins

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

The Journal Register Co. has completed an undertaking known as The Ben Franklin Project. The experiment, developed by John Paton, was to find only free ways to produce two newspapers online and in print with the credo being, “Digital First, Print Last.” (more…)

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Study: Old media soon to be extinct

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Old media is just that—old. I think it’s best described by Alan Mutter, who calls himself a “Newsosaur.” Television and newspapers will soon join Mutter in extinction. This extinction keeps getting closer, it seems, as more studies reveal the changing trends in how people get their news. As such, the only way for traditional outlets to thrive is they, unlike the dinosaurs, have to survive the giant meteor of new media. (more…)

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Bloggers: No need for press passes

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

There’s no question that the rise of “new media” and handheld journalism has created an incredibly overlooked debate of journalist versus blogger. (more…)

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