Recently added articles from Nieman Reports:
Preparing to cover a pandemic: a new guide for journalists: 'the idea behind this guide is to provide an accessible, trusted resource in case the H1N1 strain, or any new or known flu strain, strikes in more deadly form.'.(Curator's Corner)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Three years ago, the Nieman Foundation convened a first-of-its-kind conference for journalists, experts in infectious diseases and world, national and local public health officials to explore how to cover a potential pandemic. Then the concern was avian flu, and the gathering's purpose was ...
Let's talk: journalism and social media.
Sep 22, 2009; ... There are times when technological change catches up with an idea. Now is such a moment, as social media transform how people receive and share news and information. Just a few years back the notion of journalism being a conversation, not a lecture, wasn't embraced widely in an industry ...
What is journalism's place in social media? 'Bringing our journalistic values to these environments that have captured the imagination of millions is one of the most promising ways we have of serving that interest.'.(Finding a Good Fit: Journalism and Social Media)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If our focus on social media is primarily about how to use them as "tools" for journalism, we risk getting it backward. Social media are not so much mere tools as they are the ocean we're going to be swimming in--at least until the next chapter of the ...
Social media: the ground shifts: social networks serving as Web services, not sites, 'create new challenges for journalists, news organizations, and media companies that are only now starting to embrace social media.'.(Finding a Good Fit: Journalism and Social Media)
Sep 22, 2009; ... When the history of online journalism is written, it will be hard to ignore the biggest mistake made by news organizations and media companies: thinking of the World Wide Web as primarily a one-way broadcasting or publishing medium. Back in 1996, when I was the first online ...
Blogs, tweets, social media, and the news business: 'merely because a technology is popular with some users and journalists does not mean that its use will be beneficial to the news enterprise as a whole.'.(Finding a Good Fit: Journalism and Social Media)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Judging from their widespread adoption, it's hard to find a technology that news organizations don't embrace. Read the Los Angeles Times on Kindle. Watch ABC News on YouTube. Leave a comment on a blog about media and marketing from the Chicago Sun-Times. Listen to a podcast of "On Science" ...