Category Archives: Journalism

Web natives and journalism

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Chris Heisel

The Journalism Iconoclast » Web natives need to lead Web operations: “I mean honestly would you stick a bunch of Web people with little print experience in charge of a print publication? I guess if you wanted to fail you … Continue reading →

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What is Web 2.0 and why do (some) journalists fear it?

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Chris Heisel

I thought the guys from the [O’Reilly Insight Group](http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/3445) did a really good job of summing up what “Web 2.0” is: * Listening – To your customers, readers, partners, etc. * Participation – Joining into the conversations and relationships that … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: NITF

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Chris Heisel

“OMG I can hear the clunking sounds coming from the [NITF website](http://www.nitf.org/)” — IM conversation with [Zellyn](http://www.zellyn.com)

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For journalists, it’s less about business, more about audience

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Chris Heisel

[Yelvington](http://www.yelvington.com/blog/yelvington) is talking about [a bias against the business side of journalism](http://www.yelvington.com/20080203/are_journalists_antibusiness) and a class called [Business and Future of Journalism](http://cronkite.asu.edu/mcguireblog/?p=50#more-50). I would tend to agree that too many members of the [Fourth Estate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate) are phobic when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Journalism job description tag clouds

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Chris Heisel

A colleague of mine, (whom may or may not remember me from my [Dow Jones Online Internship](http://indystar.com)), [Eric Ulken](http://ulken.com/blog/archive/000145.html) built a tag cloud of [keywords in postings to journalismjobs.com](http://ulken.com/blog/archive/000145.html). Not surprisingly, “blogs”, “interactive”, “flash” and “graphics” top the list — … Continue reading →

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