Poynter EyeTrack07: The Myth of Short Attention Spans
“That was the predominant behavior of roughly 600 test subjects — 70 percent of whom said they read the news in print or online four times a week.” Can’t wait to pour over this report in June. Although, I the normal population is not 70 percent newspaper readers… So I’m not sure if this is exactly a cure all for the industry.
How We See
“A Norwegian study, that showed 16 pictures to both trained and untrained artists used eye-tracking software to show that not only do they see the world differently when drawing it, they also see differently when studying it.”
What is the Future of Text Online?
Writing for the web 101.
Washingtonpost.com Revamps Homepage — Increases Emphasis on Video
“On Thursday The Washington Post’s Web site will unveil a redesigned homepage, which is aimed at simplifying navigation and increasing the site’s emphasis on video and multimedia content.” Check it out here!
Readership Holds Steady in Canada, Online Grows
“A new study from the Newspaper Audience Databank (NADbank) reveals that 2006 readership levels in Canada are flat compared to the prior year while online readership is growing.”
Young journalists in a print world
“Far, far more troublesome are the journalists my age with not a single skill in their toolbox that would give them any appreciable advantage over a 19th-century newspaper reporter. There are a shocking number of people that fit this There are a shocking number of people that fit this description in our newsrooms. It’s journalism malpractice, plain and simple. So, Step One: Stop hiring these junior dinosaurs.” Right on. I’d add, start firing or ‘laying off’ any dinosaur.
SMS – a sleeping giant with YouTube potential?
“First of all for SMS cell phone text messaging to be successful as a medium that encourages viral message spreading amongst a specific demographic, its use needs to be frequent amongst this demographic.”
For the first Newsroom Barometer, nobody “killed the newspaperâ€
“In this era of rapid and accelerating change for journalism, the World Editors Forum believes that editors worldwide need sharp and focused information to help them do their jobs.” A 6-part series!
San Antonio Express News Redesigns Print Edition to be More Like Blogs
“First, we are providing readers with a larger menu of items, allowing the front page to be a better window into the rest of the paper. Second, we’re doing more to emphasize and develop our best story of the day, focusing as much as possible on local news…”
Bloomberg Report: Tribune to Accept Zell Bid By End of Week
“An agreement is likely by Tribune’s self-imposed deadline of March 31, said the people, who declined to be named because no decision has been made,” Bloomberg continues. Zell’s offer of $33 a share is 6.8 percent above yesterday’s close. ”
Curleys 7 statements about media
“Quick note from Citygate forum. The picture shows the seven local media strategies from Rob Curley, a man the occurs time and time again in these surroundings.”
Does User Annoyance Matter?
“Making users suffer a drop-down menu to enter state abbreviations is one of many small annoyances that add up to a less efficient, less pleasant user experience. It’s worth fixing as many of these usability irritants as you can.”
Flash to the desktop: Adobe Apollo
“Apollo from Adobe Labs seems worth watching closely. It appears to be an attempt to take widely deployed Flash applications out of the web browser and move them on to the desktop.” Is that Web 4.0? Moving backwards?
The Role of the Journalist in a Participatory, Multimedia World
Good list, but I don’t see anything explicitly about being a watchdog for the community. I suppose it could be covered in being eyes and ears/town square/community pulse/most trusted info possible.
It’s hard to conclude that TimesSelect is a success
“How much money is TimesSelect costing the New York Times? The lost advertising revenue could potentially exceed $10 million annually. It’s hard to calculate for sure, but just in eyeballing it, it seems possible, if not probable. The disparity is certainly enough of a cautionary tale for other publishers considering pay models.”
Three job tips for students
Valuable students embody: 1. Youth itself. 2. Self-taught. 3. Entrepreneurial.Knight launches citizen media resource
“The Knight Foundation has launched a website aimed at helping “citizen journalism†or community media operations find resources and best practices. Called the Knight Citizen News Network…”
The Oregonian’s putting their photos up on flickr
Nice way to market outside of the site. And Flickr can actually handle the traffic, unlike SO FREAKING MANY photo gallery vendors. I bet their photographers are having a fit though.
Time ends Life, again, on 4/20
“Time Inc. announced today that it will close LIFE magazine, but the company will continue to develop LIFE online and operate the brand’s other successful businesses. The issue dated April 20, 2007 will be the magazine’s last.”
10 Newspaper Myths deconstructed
“Old Media dies, because it is too authoritarian. Journalists are not going to die out. The more information we have, the more we need intelligent filters; newspapers should integrate into social media:”
We Missed the Marshmallow Roast
The vandal that damaged a Toledo Blade replacement worker’s vehicle by spray painting and burning it took the time to use an “Old English” font (note the serifs on the “S” of “Scab”). Classy.
onBeing Outtakes – washingtonpost.com
Outtakes from the onBeing show (Via WMH)
Star Wars rap
Language not safe for work
Droid mailbox comes to Santa Cruz
Hot human-on-R2D2 love in this video.
YouTube – Intro to Idiocracy the movie
Stupid people breeding.
Blogs turn 10–who’s the father?
“Was the first blogger the irascible Dave Winer? The iconoclastic Jorn Barger? Or was the first blogger really Justin Hall, a Web diarist and online gaming expert whom The New York Times Magazine once called the ‘founding father of personal blogging’?”
The changing skill set for journalists
Funny, a few months ago I peeved off a bunch of people saying some of this…
$13,000 VJ Prize
Might as well hand it to Travis Fox right now.
Best of Photojournalism – TV Winners
Lots of video examples to watch on a rainy day here.
robcurley.com » “The Creativity 50″
“…our take on what a huge hyper-local community site looks like when your local newspaper is The Washington Post, and a local sports site that’s got me so excited I just keep the “Rocky†theme music playing in my office in a continuous loop.”
Super Deluxe – Fark TV – Baby Trade
“Outie for an Audi.”
How mass media tries to pass off crap as news (our new book)
“A drop-dead hysterically funny look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there’s not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. It’s not media’s fault per se, the main problem is that ads have been sold. You can’t sell a blank newspaper full of ads, broadcast white noise bracketed by commercials, or expect people to visit a website full of ads with no content.”