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Michael we should talk about how you can get involved with a new media group at Boise State that is interested in implementing a similar structure.
We are in the process of implementing a very similar structure at our media outlet at Boise State. We played a little bit with this notion last year, learned some lessons and our EIC is re-tooling to get it closer to what you have listed.
Our cur...
I want to issue a challenge. Each of us has, in some ways, come together in the NextNewsroom project to try to talk about and map out a sustainable model for journalism. What I have not seen, or understood, is how we can effect change in our vario...
Well said!
Below is a copy of a letter sent last week to the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communication, Technology and the Internet, Sen. John Kerry. I have posted this several places in the hopes other journalists will make themselves he...
JD - Not only am I with you there, I believe it's a job for the entire building to have a hand in. My point is that it still requires at least one person full time to manage the information & effort. Believe me, I have everyone in my building doin...
I wholeheartedly agree that this deserves at least one full-time person to handle this. Here's the challenge we must answer: as newsrooms are shrinking, and people are asked to do more tasks, how can we convince GMs and other managers to let one p...
I'll go from the bottom up: You raise a very fair point about rebuilding our image. I do maintain that objectivity must be at the base of the image.
I actually espouse an entreprenurial spirit we must adopt & agree with setting goals on readership...
I worry about journalists whose pay depends upon anything other than getting the story. Once you add anothher element, you open the possibility of "for-profit" journalism. It's been a very fine line companies have walked for a long time. If you li...
Michael you hit on many key points, but I will focus on one: "the top-down decision making approach is a flawed one."
I don't know Alan, but I do know his company, Gannett. (full disclosure: I am "the boss" Michael refers to above - and thank you...
Absolutely. News organizations must commit to spreading the weight of so much social media around the entire building ... not just within the newsroom. I have found many people in my organization willing and eager to participate in the solicitatio...
Alright, by now many of you have likely read the public resignation letter attributed to W*USA assignment editor Alan Henney. If not, here ya go:
Subject: Goodbye from Alan
This message will come as a surprise.
I worked on the assignment desk and...
Journalists must learn and accept that the communities we serve are part of the process of journalism. No longer can we sit in sealed off newsrooms talking at people.
The ideal cycle, in my opinion, is now this: Report on a new story -> add my com...
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- Assistant News Director
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- Michael Langley (@LifeofMichael on Twitter) has been television, online, newspaper and radio journalist in Washington, DC, San Francisco and Sacramento and is currently Assistant News Director for News10 (KXTV) in Sacramento.
- Share your thoughts about how the newsroom of the future should be different . (And if you do, please post a copy of your answer in the forums).
- Journalists must learn and accept that the communities we serve are part of the process of journalism. No longer can we sit in sealed off newsrooms talking at people.
The ideal cycle, in my opinion, is now this: Report on a new story -> add my commentary -> ask for reader feedback -> generate new research/stories, or this, Advertise public event --> open pathway so community can pose questions ---> ask the community questions ourselves --> generate new story.
Whatever we do, we must work with our communty and allow them a return path to us.
Physically newsrooms should all be decentralized. Technology allows us to be always in the field, collecting information, making contacts and filing stories. There is no reason to remove ourselves from the neighorhoods we serve.
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I want to issue a challenge. Each of us has, in some ways, come together in the NextNewsroom project to try to talk about and map out a sustainable model for journalism. What I have not seen, or understood, is how we can effect change in our various locations across the planet. We should be the ones designing the next newsroom, not just talking about it while our companies execute their disparate versions of what's right. (And let's face it, far too many companies are taking the expedient route… Continue
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 11:18am — 3 Comments
Dear Senate: If You Like Democracy, You'll Love Journalism
Below is a copy of a letter sent last week to the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communication, Technology and the Internet, Sen. John Kerry. I have posted this several places in the hopes other journalists will make themselves heard on the matter.
30 April, 2009
Re: The future of journalism.
Senator John Kerry,
Good morning. I hope this letter finds you well and in good spirits. Though you do not directly represent me in the Senate you will represent me and all Ameri… Continue
30 April, 2009
Re: The future of journalism.
Senator John Kerry,
Good morning. I hope this letter finds you well and in good spirits. Though you do not directly represent me in the Senate you will represent me and all Ameri… Continue
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 1:59pm — 1 Comment
Present Imperfect
Alright, by now many of you have likely read the public resignation letter attributed to W*USA assignment editor Alan Henney. If not, here ya go:
Subject: Goodbye from Alan
This message will come as a surprise.
I worked on the assignment desk and I enjoyed the work I did with all of you. You are some great co-workers. But I am not receiving the support I feel is needed to continue to attempt a quality news product on the weekends.
After receiving my master's from GWU, I spent my life pursuin… Continue
Subject: Goodbye from Alan
This message will come as a surprise.
I worked on the assignment desk and I enjoyed the work I did with all of you. You are some great co-workers. But I am not receiving the support I feel is needed to continue to attempt a quality news product on the weekends.
After receiving my master's from GWU, I spent my life pursuin… Continue
Posted on March 28, 2009 at 7:03pm — 1 Comment
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