Excerpts from an article written by Paul Bradshaw for The International Press Institute’s “Brave News Worlds.” “Over the last year an increasing number of news organizations have started to wake from their story-centric production lines and see the value of data. “When I talk about data I mean information that can be processed by computers…. Continue Reading
Category Archives: Road Ahead
Road Ahead: What Is The Web Doing To Our Brains
“We want to make Google the third half of your brain.” – Sergey Brin, Google’s Co-founder. –NY Times Sept. 9, 2010 CGI Waves Photo by: Gerard Illogical as it sounds, Brin’s quip, prompted by the introduction of a new nearly-intuitive Google app that approaches search as fast as the brain can think, may someday come… Continue Reading
Road Ahead: Content Clouds and Paywalls
Whatever evolves, Coates’ conclusion seems a certainty: “Gen Y is at the beginning of the arc of its economic power. What we see today will be rapidly extended and expanded beyond our current context as technology evolves and the largest generation in American history begins to participate fully in the economic activity of our society.”
Road Ahead: Monetize The Web
“Thanks to the Internet, people probably read more good journalism than before,” writes Andrew Rice in his May 16 New York Times piece on, Putting A Price On Words. “In fact,” he continues, that’s precisely the problem: the sheer volume of words overwhelmed a business model that was based on scarcity and limited choice.” Photo… Continue Reading
Are Journalists Irrelevant and Indispensible?
Photo by: Jenny W. Reporting on the recent AP board meeting, Shoreline News sees “a glimmer of hope for beleaguered news providers” in that the AP intends to offer centralized business development, negotiating for its member newspapers and thereby helping them better extract revenues from web and mobile platforms. The E newsletter quotes AP Chairman… Continue Reading