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The Vancouver Project

A good friend of mine, Andrew Burton, and I have been talking for a couple of months about the rise of DSLRs with video capability and what it the implications for sports photographers. Andrew had the foresight to see that this new technology would come to head in the very near future – namely the coming winter… Continue

Added by Joey Baker on July 3, 2009 at 2:07am — No Comments

Check Out New Videos from MIT Conference

I'm still way behind getting my notes together from the MIT conference last month. But in the meantime, I've added two videos from the event that were posted by the Center For The Future of Civic Media, which hosted us at MIT. Click on the video tab to see them. Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on July 1, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

New Economic Models for News at U of Minn

They've put up videos of the entire day at University of Minnesota June 16 event. I was there but I am saving my comments for later. Gotta think it through. What do you all think? Some excellent speakers including Joel Kramer from MinnPost.com. You can also learn about what the Newspaper Assn and the Guild is thinking,... New Economic Models for News Tuesday, June 16, 2009 McNamara Alumni Center University of Minnesota- East Ba… Continue

Added by sally duros on June 28, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Ready For The Multi-Touch News Wall In Your Newsroom?

Touchwall Demo from Joel on Vimeo.

A colleague just passed along a link to this video he saw while attending the Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival. This "Touchwall" is being developed by Schematic, which is an "interactive agency that creates branded experience… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 24, 2009 at 5:02pm — 2 Comments

A Newsroom Organization

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

Added by Michael Langley on June 19, 2009 at 11:18am — 3 Comments

Day 1: Future Of News And Civic Media Conference @MIT

I'm writing this as Day 2 is getting started. But I wanted to reflect on a few things that came up yesterday. The big moment of the day came with the afternoon announcement of the 2009 News Challenge Winners. Check out the list of winners. I was particularly excited to see several important mobile-related projects get the nod. But one of the most high-profile projec… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 18, 2009 at 7:18am — No Comments

Announcing The New Class Of News Challenge Winners

Here's the press release announcing the new class of Knight Foundation News Challenge Winners:

News Experiments to Help Transform Community Life With $5.1 million from Knight Foundation

MIAMI — Nine projects that use crowdsourcing, mobile technology and digital investigative journalism to bring news and information to communities in new ways have been named winners of the 2009 Knight News Challenge.

“The future of news is being test

… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 17, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments

Heading This Week To The Knight Foundation's Future of News and Civic Media Conference

I'm already counting down the hours until the Future of News and Civic Media Conference kicks off on Wednesday. Based at MIT, the conference brings together past winners of the Knight News Challenge grant program along with the new class that will be announced Wednesday. The Next Newsroom Project was a 2007 winner. You can check out the… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 15, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

This American Life Recalls The Days Of Newspaper Classifieds

Like so many others, I'm obsessed with This American Life, the radio show produced by WBEZ in Chicago. I came to itrelatively late, so there are many years worth of episodes that I missed along the way. This month, epi… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 12, 2009 at 2:42pm — No Comments

The Daily Show Visits The New York Times

I've often wondered why, at this point, anyone consents to be interviewed by the Daily Show knowing they'll be made to look like fools. This time, it's the folks at the New York Times allowing themselves to be skewered.… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 11, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Wall Street Journal Begins Move To New Newsrooom

(The News Corp. Building in mid-town New York will be the new home to the Journal's newsroom.) The New York Observer examines the Wall Street Jour… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 10, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Rob Curley And Las Vegas Sun Map The Future Of News

(A clip of Rob Curley being interviewed after the recent INMA conference.) Amid all the gloom in the news business, it helps to watch a panel that includes Rob Curley of the Las Vegas Sun. Curley is President and Executive Editor of Greenspun Interactive, which owns the Sun. Last month, I attended "News in the 21st Century: Who Reads Print Anymore?" at the MIT/Stanford Ven… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 9, 2009 at 11:47pm — No Comments

Lessons from the INMA World Congress

I wasn't able to attend the INMA World Congress last month in Miami. But I've been catching up by reading through summaries of the sessions, and watching the clips of interviews with keynote speakers. There's several good lessons here, some reasons for optimism, and some clear-eyed thinking about how big the challenges are for news organizations. I've added the videos from the conference… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 9, 2009 at 9:45pm — 1 Comment

The Future of Media: 2009

Want Media's The Future of Media: 2009 presented leading media and tech figures in a panel discussion on how the Internet and other digital media are reshaping the traditional media landscape. This free, non-profit event, on June 3, 2009, was held in conjunction with Internet Week New York. Panelists: * Nick Denton, Founder, Gawker Media * Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder and Chairman, Twitter * Bonnie Fuller, Founder, Bonnie Fuller Media * Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor and Exe… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on June 5, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

CBS Interactive / CNET is the first major media commercial partner for OpenCalais

Last Thursday, we announced that CBS Interactive / CNET is our first major media commercial partner for OpenCalais. You can see the press release on OpenCalais.com here: http://www.opencalais.com/press-releases/cbs-interactive-cnet-pioneers-adoption-thomson-reuters-opencalais-service CNET is using OpenCalais for semantic analysis of its tech product reviews, award-winning news, and blog postings on consumer electronics and technology, where it will streamline CNET’s content operations, drive au… Continue

Added by Krista Thomas on June 1, 2009 at 6:37pm — No Comments

The Future Of News In The San Francisco Bay Area Is Here

San Francisco Magazine posted a story today that finds reasons for optimism called, "Newspapers are dead. Long live journalism!" As part of the package of stories, the magazine also highlights work that design thinking firm IDEO has done to conceptualize some scenarios for w… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on May 27, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Nieman's Tour of Five Innovative Newsrooms

Tour of Talking Points Memo's new offices from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.

What does the newsroom of the future look like? The Nieman Journalism Lab takes a look at five of the most innovative newsrooms currently out there: Talking Points Memo,… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on May 22, 2009 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Wall Street Journal Takes Wrong Turn With New Social Media Rules

The Wall Street Journal issued a new set of guidelines regarding how social media gets used in the newsroom. The rules are a big mistake and demonstrate that management there has failed to grasp how the rules of journalism are changing, and the opportunity social media presents for reporters. There are a few good, common sense guidelines, like: "Never misrepr… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on May 14, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Watch at 1 p.m. PST today: Do Blogs or Mainstream Media Have More Influence?

MODERATOR: Aedhmar Hynes, CEO, Text 100 PANELISTS: John Earnhardt, senior manager, global media relations, Cisco Liz Gannes, editor NewTeeVee, staff writer, GigaOm Chris O’Brien, business columnist/blogger, San Jose Mercury News Robert Scoble, blogger and technical evangelist… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on May 13, 2009 at 10:47am — 1 Comment

Live from the TechCrunch Newsroom

TechCrunch has launched a new CrunchCam broadcasting live from its new offices. And it comes complete with a sophisticated new advertising model.… Continue

Added by Chris O'Brien on May 6, 2009 at 4:21pm — No Comments