Keni, a student at University of Indonesia, asks: In his book, Philip Seib said that in this “real time” world, speed and quality is not always compatible. Referring to that statement, I was wondering if you could tell me what you think he meant when using the term “quality”? There is a natural tradeoff — […]
How weblogs fit in the media landscape
Julie Moran Alterio of The Journal News of Westchester County, NY, interviewed me by email in December for a piece on blogging, which appeared Sunday. The main piece, Web of blogs, is here. For the sidebar, Blogs blur line with journalism, Julie interviews me, Dan Gillmor, Rebecca Blood and Paul Boutin. A second sidebar looks […]
What will journalism look like in 2010?
I’m working on a new project, so had time just to whip out a quick answer to Filipa, a journalism student from Portugal. She asks: In your opinion, will the job ‘journalist’ survive as we know it, or there will appear new professional models to support this new way of making news? Great question. The […]
More about blogs and journalism
A graduate student at Stanford University posed a long list of questions about blogging to me last night, and I ripped off this quick response: Q. What kind of research goes into writing blogs? Do you spend the same amount of time, resources, and interviews as you would for a normal publication? No. Blogs are […]
On weblogs, journalism and ethics
A grad student at Michigan State University writes to get my take on how weblogs are emerging as a journalistic form and how journalistic ethics apply to them. In her online forays she came across my two-part series on weblogs and journalism in OJR. Here are her questions and my responses: An interesting argument which […]