Good journalism will thrive, whatever the format | Technology | The Observer. If I've learned one thing from watching the internet over two decades, it's this: prediction is futile. The reason is laughably simple: the network's architecture and lack of central control effectively make it a global surprise-generation machine. And since its inception, it has enabled disruptive innovation at a blistering pace.
This doesn't stop people making predictions, though. In fact, ever since the web went mainstream in 1993 there has been a constant stream of what computer scientist John Seely Brown calls "endism" – assertions that some new technology presages the termination of some revered practice, not to mention the end of civilisation as we know it. The prediction that online news means the death of newspapers, for example, is almost as old as the web. More recent examples include Wired's announcement of the imminent death of the web at the hands of iPhone apps and Nicholas Carr's assertion that ubiquitous networking heralds the end of contemplative reading.
The Future of Social Media in Journalism. This series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. See how it works here. The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another.
After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized. But more importantly, these social tools are inspiring readers to become citizen journalists by enabling them to easily publish and share information on a greater scale. Collaborative Reporting Reporting has always in some ways been a collaborative process between journalists and their sources.
For those who involve the community in the reporting process, the payoff can be great. Journalists as Community Managers The Social Beat Social Stories. NYU Professor Jay Rosen Offers Advice to an Incoming Class of Journalism Students. He Should Offer the Same Advice to Advertising Students. « Burst Media Company Blog. Préceptes de Jay Rosen pour journalistes en devenir. Jay Rosen, professeur de journalisme à New York University, ne parle pas français. Invité à donner une leçon inaugurale à la nouvelle promotion de l’Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po, il annonce, la veille, qu’il compte expliquer aux étudiants la différence entre les mots «audience» et «public».
Problème, lui souffle Pierre Haski, de Rue89, c’est le même mot pour les deux en français (le public). Quant à traduire le titre de sa leçon, «The People formerly known as the Audience and the Audience properly known as the Public», c’est quasi mission impossible. MAIS C’était mal connaître Jay Rosen. Vous n’y étiez pas? >> En vidéo, les dix conseils de Jay Rosen résumés en 1,30 minute >> Les dix conseils de Jay Rosen aux étudiants en journalisme [MàJ: Eric Scherer, directeur de la stratégie à l'AFP et intervenant à l'Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po, a aussi fait un compte-rendu sur son blog AFP-Médiawatch, ainsi que Benoît Raphaël, sur son site la Social Newsroom. 1. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Prise de pouvoir de l’audience : 10 conseils du prof. Rosen pour en profiter - AFP-MediaWatch.