Jay Rosen Joins Wilshire & Washington, Talks Obama’s Emerging Press Policy
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 [...]
W&W: How Sexy is The Beast?
Can Tina Brown salvage the dilapidated print news industry? In today’s Wilshire & Washington, we have Rachel Syme, culture editor at The Daily Beast, which has become a bit of a bastion for old media journos going new media savvy. How are these writers dealing with the transition to a new medium? How is the [...]
Clay Shirky on Newspapers and Glaciers
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 [...]
W&W: The Bush Legacy: On Par with Nixon?
With Bushie wrapping up his fun eight-year term as our nation’s head do-gooder, he reflects with Charlie Gibson… Uh, what??? Yeah, you heard it right. Bush is getting all reflective now, and it brings up an interesting parallel between him and Nixon’s legendary interview with David Frost. Yet, if Ron Howard had his way, you [...]
Jeff Cole at Monaco Media Forum
Annenberg’s fearless new media leader on the future of advertising in digital. VERY USEFUL.
E&P: Lessons from the Web 2.0 Summit for the Newspaper Industry
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 [...]
Leave Levi’s MySpace Page Alone
As a big fan of sex education in schools (but not for kindergarteners), I’m not exactly a fan of the Levi Johnston-Bristol Palin situation. I was, however, horrified when details from the child’s MySpace page were plastered all over the media under highly questionable headlines, such as “Bristol’s Baby Daddy,” etc. Sure, social networks are [...]
E&P: Lasting Civic Engagement Requires Connecting With Opinion Leaders
Back home from my trip! In today’s Editor & Publisher I discuss the panel I was on at Northwestern Friday (thx Ellen Shearer for the invite!): “Given the inevitable fragmentation of the MSM market and the inundation of “breaking news” in our daily lives, the need for a reliable filter has never been more prevalent. [...]
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