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NPR Digital ThinkIn: Live Stream On Friday

On Friday, I'll be attending a Digital Think In hosted by National Public Radio and Frog Design. The goal of the gathering is to brainstorm ideas about the future of NPR. I was honored to be asked to join. And my self aside, the line-up of participants is very exciting:

Craig Newmark, Founder of craig

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Added by Chris O'Brien on October 8, 2009 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Lessons from the Rocky Mountain News

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Walt Mossberg: How True/Slant Revolutionizes News

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Tara Hunt's Presentation from Berkeley Journalism Summit At Google

Saving media: The UC Berkeley Media Technolgy Summit

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Added by Chris O'Brien on September 30, 2009 at 5:07pm — 1 Comment

John Temple's Presentation From Berkeley Media Summit

Lessons from the Rocky Mountain News - Presentation at the UC Berkeley Media Technology Summit at Googleplex in Silicon Valley from John Temple on Vimeo.

A transcript of Temple's talk can be found at his blog: http://www.johntemple.net/2009/09/lessons-from-r… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 30, 2009 at 9:38am — No Comments

Non-Profit News Shakes Up Bay Area News Scene

Something that's been bubbling just below the surface finally emerged in the San Francisco Bay Area news landscape. Financier Warren Hellman announced the creation of a new, non-profit news organization. This news organization will partner with KQED, the Berkeley Journalism School, and most likely the New York Times.… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 25, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

API Revenue Initiatives

Via Juan Giner. Here's the presentation from the American Press Institute on revenue initiatives. Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 21, 2009 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Google Wave And The Next Newsroom

Google Wave, une opportunité pour les journalistes ? from Labs RTBF on Vimeo.

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Added by Chris O'Brien on September 19, 2009 at 1:07pm — No Comments

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: The Newsroom Is Already In The Cloud

"Les rédactions sont déjà dans le nuages" Sergey Brin (Google President) from Labs RTBF on Vimeo.

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Added by Chris O'Brien on September 19, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

J.D. Lasica on Social Journalism: Community building through social networks

Social journalism: Community building through social networks

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Added by Chris O'Brien on September 19, 2009 at 10:25am — No Comments

The Rise Of Ambient Journalism

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Added by Chris O'Brien on September 15, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

American Press Institute Economic Meetup

The American Press Institute is hosting an invite-only Newsmedia Economic Action Plan Conference today. Only about 50 or so folks are attending. However, they did allow live blogging of one session. That liveblog can be found here… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 14, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Ann Arbor Chronicle: The Hyperlocal Newsroom Of The Future?

(image of Davis Askins via Nieman Journalism Lab) The good folks at the Nieman Journalism Lab paid a visit to the Ann Arbor Chronicle to see what the hyperlocal newsroom of the future m… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 12, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

IdeaLab Post: Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News

My latest post is up at Idea Lab: Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models For News. It follows up a previous post I made: Future Of Local News About More Than Paid Content. Here's an excerpt: My post last month -- Future of Local News About Mo… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 11, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Knight Foundation News Challege Open For Submissions

The Knight Foundation has officially opened the latest round of its News Challenge grant program for new applications. The deadline is Oct. 15. Here are the details via the… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on September 2, 2009 at 11:45am — No Comments

CoPress Outlines The Web-centric newsroom

The Web-centric newsroom from CoPress on Vimeo.

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Added by Chris O'Brien on August 28, 2009 at 12:52am — No Comments

Steps To Making Your Newsroom More Mobile Friendly

I've got a guest post up today over at the Knight Digital Media Center's News Leadership 3.0 blog. The post examines ways to begin taking advantage of mobile news and information, one of the mo… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on August 25, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

Idea Lab Post: Future Of Local News About More Than Paid Content

I'm heading out for a late summer vacation next week. In the meantime, I wanted to point you to my latest post at PBS's Idea Lab: Future Of Local News About More Than Paid Content. Here's an excerpt:

"First, let me address the first half of the assumption about 'newspapers that gave away content.' This assumes that people once paid for journalism.

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Added by Chris O'Brien on August 14, 2009 at 4:39pm — No Comments

MIT Panel: "News, Nerds and Nabes": How Will Future Americans Learn About the Local?

Back in June, the MIT Center for Future Civic Media hosted a conference for the Knight Foundation. Professor Henry Jenkins moderated a panel called: "News, Nerds and Nabes': How Will Future Generations of Americans Learn About the Local." The panelists were Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Eric Klinenberg, profes… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on August 5, 2009 at 3:24pm — No Comments

The Wall Street Journal's New Newsroom

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I stumbled across these photos of the Wall Street Journal's new digs when Troy McCullough, a news editor on the Journal's international desk, posted them on Facebook. He agreed to let… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on August 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments