Preliminary readings
Here is a list of articles/blogs/urls that address journalism today.
Please read the manifesto and the following articles before coming to the meeting. It may seem a lot like homework, but it will be obvious if you have done the requisite research.
- Manifesto
- http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=158210
- http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003940234
- http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/battle-plans-for-newspapers/
- http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=at4KmZvYijEM
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100310863
- http://www.r8ny.com/blog/larry_littlefield/why_newspapers_are_dying.html
- http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2008/08/who-will-feed-ap-news.html
- http://www.centernetworks.com/how-to-save-newspapers
- http://blog.isocket.com/2008/12/op-ed-old-media-need-not-die/
- http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/23/1657242
- http://www.tnr.com/story_print.html?id=a4e2aafc-cc92-4e79-90d1-db3946a6d119
- http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/02/28/the-times-cuny-and-others-go-hyperlocal/#comment-391226
- http://chijournalismtownhall.com/?p=455
- http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/three-modest-proposals-online-journalisms-future
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/03/20/notes032009.DTL
- http://www.xforms.org/xmltoday/content/future-professional-journalism
Take care to read all comments as they are more important than the articles mostly. This is a very important point. This is an issue where the back and forth is as worthwhile as the actual content.
