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Thanks, Hamilton College, for Fun Media Workshop!

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ January 31, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I spent a fun weekend in Clinton, NY, with the student journalists at Hamilton College (named after my favorite founding father, the great Alexander. Or as the kiddos apparently call him: Al Ham.)
My lovely and dynamic friend Eric Kuhn, a social media strategist and senior at Hamilton, asked me a couple weeks ago to trek [...]

W&W: Extreme Makeover: Newspaper Edition

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ January 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The blogosphere and twittersphere have been, um, a-twitter this week about the future of the newspaper world. The Chicago Tribune is going tabloid. Gasp! The Atlantic says the NY Times could be out of business by May. Oh no! The Seattle PI is going to either close or be sold. Oh my! BlogTalkRadio purchases a [...]

Optimistic Thoughts on the Tabloid Trib

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ January 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The MSM fear whispered in the hallowed halls of Tribune Tower since 2003 has finally come true: On Monday the great Chicago Tribune will be reduced to the RedEye.
Wait, is that supposed to be bad? RedEye is, after all, one of the few print products in the country with a growing rate base and [...]

Jay Rosen Joins Wilshire & Washington, Talks Obama’s Emerging Press Policy

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ December 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Hey, keep your shoes on! Just because Obama’s in office, that doesn’t mean journalism is going to be okay! Is the media business model still collapsing? How will bloggers and the White House Press Corp challenge the new administration? Is Obama following the Bush model of secrecy over transparency? Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at [...]

Clay Shirky on Newspapers and Glaciers

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ December 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m getting increasingly irritated by the hysteria surrounding the newspaper industry. Clay Shirky, author of one of my new media bibles, “Here Comes Everybody,” nails it on Boing Boing.
“And once that became obvious, we said so, over and over again, all the time. We said it in public, we said it in private. We said [...]

E&P: Lessons from the Web 2.0 Summit for the Newspaper Industry

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ November 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Excerpt from my column in Editor & Publisher:
“As I sat in the various sessions contemplating the extensive possibilities at our feet when bold leaders push existing boundaries, my Twitter feed continued to ding on my Blackberry with updates from Romenesko and Jay Rosen: reports of more of the same old MSM coverage of layoffs and [...]

E&P: Breaking Through to the Text Message Generation

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Today I address something I’ve been contemplating for weeks: the way teens and younger millennials relate to mobile media more than their older counterparts. Kudos to USC’s Karen North and Celebrifantasy.com’s Marc Mitchell for pitching in on the column:
From a business perspective, it appears to be a home run. Despite the collapse and resurrection of [...]

E&P: News Orgs Should Capitalize on Young Voter Enthusiasm

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A new study from Medill’s Media Management Center details recommendations to news organizations on how to harness enthusiasm for the presedential election into loyal young news consumers. I weigh in, and also talk with The Nation’s Ari Melber and Congressional Quarterly’s Andrew Satter.
“The thing that stood out most to me in the study was the [...]