February 2007

The Jarvis View of the News War

by Andy Brudtkuhl on February 28, 2007

Jeff Jarvis criticizes Frontline’s News War – and he was featured.

I remain disappointed that they didn’t investigate the future of journalism, the opportunities and possibilities. Instead, they played the themes we have heard again and again, as if on a Top 40 radio station: tsk-tsking the tackiness, fretting about the news that the big guys are sure we need, evil Wall Street, looney citizens. I could sit down and fisk, as we say, all its cheap shots and lazy analysis and incomplete reporting but, frankly, I don’t find it worth the effort.

 

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News War – A FrontLine Must Watch

by Andy Brudtkuhl on February 28, 2007

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If you missed Part III of Frontline’s News War you should immediately drop what you are doing, head over to PBS, and watch it online. This part of this excellent series from this excellent news program takes on ‘What’s Happening to the News‘.

Changing times, new audiences, pressures for profits, and the Internet revolution are upending mainstream media’s old values and business models. Can anyone predict the future for news and in-depth reporting?

There are 50+ interviews with traditional media moguls and new media evangelists the likes of Jeff Jarvis, among many more. Other people from the new media world you may recognize:

Markos Moultsas – The Daily Kos

Craig Newmark – Craigslist

Josh Wolf – The Revolution Will Be Televised

Rob Curley – VP Washington Post Newsweek Interactive

John Hinderaker – Power Line

Jeff Jarvis – Buzz Machine

Scott Johnson – Power Line

Larry Kramer – Former Head of CBS Digital Media

Josh Marshall – Talking Points Memo

Scott Moore – Head of Yahoo! News

Jay Rosen – PressThink

Eric Schmidt – CEO of Google

Amanda Congdon – Former Rocketboom ‘Anchor’

This is a Must Watch for anyone in the new media industry — which means any blogger reading this is required to watch. There will be homework and a quiz. There is a LOT more content on the web too that was not included in the program. You can watch that for extra credit.

Watch it here – I’d start with Part III – What’s happening to the News? Or, you can buy the DVD.

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User Experience Design

by Andy Brudtkuhl on February 28, 2007

I actually wasn’t looking for what I found in this blog search but this article I found was quite interesting and I decided to share. I have posted about design in awhile so I thought it posed a good opportunity.

The post, written by Kimmy Paluch, called ‘What Is User Experience Design’, provides a great explanation for what the term actually means and all the pieces that help define the term.

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What is User Experience Design? – Kimmy Paluch

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PrezVid – Tracking the YouTube 2008 Campaign

by Andy Brudtkuhl on February 27, 2007

Yesterday I told you about techPresident, who is tracking the new media presence of the 2008 presidential candidates as well as the effect these campaigns will have on the outcome.

Today I found PrezVid which is along the same lines. It was started by Jeff Jarvis to track how the candidates use YouTube, and in general internet video distribution, to open up a new channel of communication to potential voters.

In his belated introductory post, he explains:

“First, almost every one of the presidential candidates is using YouTube and internet video to open up a new channel to voters. As I said in my Guardian column, this is an eye-to-eye medium that lets the candidates speak directly to individuals on a small screen instead of from a big platform. It lets them control the message and set the agenda and tone. It enables them to bypass the soundbiting of network news (yes, the messages are still short, but you can say a helluva lot more in two minutes than in 10 seconds and you can control what is said).”

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iPhone Commercial from the Oscars

by Andy Brudtkuhl on February 27, 2007

I didn’t watch the Oscars but I tuned in when I went to bed to watch Martin Scorcese win Best Director for his excellent Best Movie winning flick The Departed. Anyway I did get to see the iPhone commercial premiere. It was very clever, as Apple generally is in their advertisements.

There is an underlying, subliminal message in the commercial. Can you figure it out?

Sometime embedded videos don’t show in some RSS Readers. If this is the case for you please click on the permalink to watch. (Working with feedburner to fix)

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