The newspapers continue their quest to find a paid online subscription model, and this week the Boston Globe is rolling out its paid offering. GlobeReader is comes with e-reader software that allows people to read a digital version of the Globe, presented in a “print format” style.
The cost is $4.98 a week for new...
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I cannot recommend enough that you read this piece by Nicholas Carr on the New York Times Magazine. The future of television is glimpsed in this piece, but it certainly applies to the future of news and particularly video news. I would welcome your thoughts. The convergence of the computer, the internet...
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We wrote last week about Jay Rosen’s Studio 20, an NYU course that teaches journalism in a fascinating new way. Shorthand: students need to know how to report in a multimedia way, and have to rethink their own careers. For my AR&D Media 2.0 INTEL newsletter this week, I interviewed Prof. Rosen by email....
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We have some great journalism schools here in Boston, and their mission will be the same as ours: to evolve. NYU is offering what could be a model for next-gen J-school, its Studio 20 concentration. The classes are led by Prof. Jay Rosen whose blog, PressThink, is a provocative must-read. Another splendid J-prof is Mindy McAdams,...
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I have had a couple of emails/Facebook notes asking me if it’s OK for members to talk about their own projects. The answer is: absolutely yes. You have been invited to this group (or joined it on your own) because you want to know smart people doing smart things. I know there are many...
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