Bloggers routinely criticize newspapers as old media, hopelessly old school, for their insistence that journalists not reveal their personal beliefs and biases on any issue remotely connected to what they’re covering. Where’s the transparency? they ask. I agree, to some extent. I don’t know exactly where the line should be drawn. But I’m fairly certain […]
Will Wright on Spore
I saw Will Wright, creator of The Sims, give a demo of his upcoming blockbuster computer game Spore a couple of months ago in San Francisco, and it was simply amazing. Amazing. In the Sunday NY Times, Steven Johnson, the author of “Everything Bad Is Good For You,” interviews Wright about Spore and the state […]
Place blogs
E-Media Tidbits today: If you’re a journalist seeking a take on a particular locale, it often pays to scan blogs focused on that town, such as this one on Albuquerque, N.M. Now, there’s a great tool on the way that’ll make it easier to track down such so-called “placeblogs.” Placeblogger.com (under construction) is the brainchild […]
For newspapers, the future is in databases of local info
I’d missed this at Terry Heaton’s blog the other day: The future is in databases of local information (part 3,672) The American Press institute issued its long-awaited report on the future of the newspaper industry this week, and guess what? The key recommendation is something I’ve been touting for a long time: that the path […]
Doc’s cure for the newspaper blues
Linux magazine senior editor and super-blogger Doc Searls has a prescription for what ails newspapers. Here’s his 10-point plan, which he explains at length here: 1. Stop giving away the news and charging for the archives. 2. Start featuring archived stuff on the paper’s website. 3. Link outside the paper. 4. Start following, and linking […]