Jim Randel (jimrandel) Bring the Blog :: Blog content for busy salespeople. Sherman Skolnick's Report. The Business of Digital Journalism. May 10, 2011 10:00 AM A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism By Bill Grueskin, Ava Seave, and Lucas Graves The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism (PDF) Introduction Chapter One News From Everywhere: The Economics of Digital Journalism Chapter Two Traffic Patterns: Why Big Audiences Aren’t Always Profitable Continue reading May 10, 2011 12:13 AM The story so far: what we know about the business of digital journalism F ew news organizations can match the setting of The Miami Herald . May 10, 2011 12:12 AM The economics of digital journalism I n early 2005, a researcher at the Poynter Institute published a column that was instantaneously read and—by many—misunderstood.
Rick Edmonds, who studies the financial side of the news business for Poynter’s website, speculated about how long it would take for online newspaper revenue... May 10, 2011 12:11 AM Why big audiences aren’t always profitable May 10, 2011 12:10 AM The advantages of being small. Scan and Analysis of Best Practices in Digital Journalism In and Outside U.S. Public Broadcasting. Principal Investigator: Pat Aufderheide Investigators: Jessica Clark, Matthew C. Nisbet, Carin Dessauer Research Associate: Katie Donnelly To read this document as a PDF, click here. Table of Contents In this report, researchers at American University’s Center for Social Media identify a set of best practices in digital new media journalism intended to guide planning and initiatives in this area specifically for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and more broadly for the Public Service Media community in the US.
Methodology: We developed an initial list of best practices in digital journalism after a considered examination of recent relevant reports, publications and conference proceedings, and then conducted hour-long interviews with ten experts—thought leaders, innovators, practitioners and researchers—who are examining a broad range of digital journalism projects and outlets. Best practice categories identified: Obstacles also occur at the level of the station. Reinvent Journalism in 10 Easy Steps | Committee of Concerned Journalists. Committee of Concerned Journalists.