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Nieman Journalism Lab visited the New York Times R&D department last year "The New York Times is now as much a technology company as a journalism company," its executive editor Bill Keller said recently. A glance at the top 10 breaking news sites online shows how seriously that statement must be taken, because in 2009 that list was often led by a tech company rather than a traditional news organisation. AOL News, Yahoo News or MSNBC News attract more US readers than CNN – or the New York Times.
How the New York Times and CNN try to keep up with the tech comp
Media Engineers Are Becoming A Reality...
Posted by Tom Foremski - January 18, 2010 I have been writing about the need for media engineers since 2005 -- these are people who are part journalist and part software engineer. It seems that it is catching on. Ryan Tate on Valleywag put together a nice list of people that could easily be called 'media engineers' such as: Nick Bilton, New York Times: He might be lead blogger on Bits, the Times tech blog, but Bilton has also worked as a user interface specialist and hardware hacker in the Times R&D lab, helping to develop the TimesReader.
As if the journalism job landscape weren't terrifying enough, now you've got to think about learning to code. It's yet another new media skill you'll need to stay ahead of competitors. And make no mistake: they're stockpiling O'Reilly books . In 2006, when news-app coder Adrian Holovaty called for more programmers in American newsrooms , he didn't get much response.
Hack to Hacker: Rise of the Journalist-Programmer - journalismis
By Tom Foremski - August 19, 2005 . . . software engineer era ending There are tens of millions of programmers entering the world's job markets annually.
The coming era of the media engineer and media entrepreneur - SV
Journalism Schools Wake Up To Need For Media Engineers
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 12, 2009 About four years ago I began writing about the need for "media engineers" a skill set that is part journalist and part software engineer. Software skills should be part of a modern journalist's toolbox. (My first job was as a software engineer 29 years ago.)
MediaWatch: An Example Of Data Journalism
Posted by Tom Foremski - October 28, 2009 For several years I've been writing about the need for "media engineers" part software engineer and part journalist. And others have also started to write about teaching journalism to programmers. MediaShift . Can Programmers, Journalists Get Along in One Newsroom? | PBS
MediaWatch: Putting Journalists And Programmers In The Same Room
Posted by Tom Foremski - October 26, 2009 Megan Taylor over at PBS' MediaShift writes about the challenges of getting programmers and journalists to work together. MediaShift .Posted by Tom Foremski - January 26, 2009 Elke Heiss pointed me to this: The Associated Press: Sarkozy offers new help for French print media The French state will help provide free newspaper subscriptions to teenagers for their 18th birthdays, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Friday. But the bigger gift is for France's ailing print media.
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Ten Basic New Media Skills Journalists Need To Know
Posted by Tom Foremski - March 31, 2008 Software engineers have to update their bag of skills constantly. They learn new programming languages, new web standards, new development systems, and new lexicons constantly.
By Tom Foremski - October 17, 2006 The past few days I've been working on my CSS skills--the media technology that lies at the heart of this next phase of the Internet. I don't mind learning some Geek, in fact I speak a little Geek, I used to be a software engineer for a very short time a long time ago. I'm of the opinion that these days, I should be a "technology enabled" journalist and I encourage my media colleagues to do the same. I should know how these technologies such as CSS, RSS, XML, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, (not PERL) Ruby on Rails, do what they do.
Getting the CSS Internet 2.0 religion . . . . . . . . . (don't m