We’ve long been warned about the looming demise of traditional journalism in the face of digital disruption. But some tech giants, once the very disruptors themselves, have been positioning themselves as journalism’s saviours. Programs such as the Google News Initiative promise not only to keep journalism alive, but by enabling innovation, to also help it adapt and […]… Learn more.
Eric Beecher is a rare beast: a combination of journalist, media owner and idealist. In 1984, aged 33, he became the youngest-ever editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and he has worked around the world as a journalis… Learn more.
This year has been a grim one for journalism, with layoffs at the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, NBC News, Forbes, National Geographic, Business Insider and Sports Illustrated. Further cuts loom in newsrooms a… Learn more.
It’s a phone call most journalists dread to make. A woman in her 20s has died after she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle. “What is your favourite memory of Eleanor?” a journalist asks the woman�… Learn more.
Title of course: “News Writing and Reporting II: Multimedia” What prompted the idea to use pool to teach journalism? I wanted to break up the monotony of having students sit at their computers and write news sto… Learn more.
Traditionally, knowing how to write and having a good agenda were the main skills that a journalist who started working in a newsroom had to prove. The context has changed. Active audiences and multiplication of of… Learn more.
