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Why journalists need to stop playing catch-up, start focusing on the next news model

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TweetNews organizations won’t stay afloat and continue to provide an essential service to democracy because the public suddenly values what they’ve been selling. They’ll stay afloat because forward-thinking leaders will make sure the news organizations are damn good at the next news model, and the next one after that. Someone is going to figure out …

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Can Spot.Us help save news organizations from advertising dependence?

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TweetI consider Spot Us, which launched today, to be one of the more important news experiments out there right now. For those just hearing of it now: The site, dreamed up and guided by the brilliant David Cohn, shares editorial power with the community. It can begin with a story pitch by a journalist, or …

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Sorry Mark Cuban: A blogger is not a blogger is not a blogger

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TweetMark Cuban’s consistently thought-provoking Blog Maverick had a doozy yesterday. He wrote about the situation that arose when he realized that one of the Dallas Morning News writers who was covering the team was — gasp! — a blogger. When he discovered this, he tried to revoke his credentials: Not because I don’t want this …

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Why I’m beatblogging: It helps the print product, too

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TweetAs one of the 13 reporters in Jay Rosen and David Cohn‘s beatblogging.org project, I’ve read a lot of response to the concept. The Journalism Iconoclast is behind the concept, calling you an idiot if you’re a sports reporter who isn’t on the train. In a comment on one of Cohn’s posts on Wired Journalists, …

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How bloggers are Moneyballing newspapers into competitive balance

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TweetIf you’ve never read Moneyball, do it. Even if you’re not a baseball fan — if you’re reading it correctly, it’s more of a business book than a baseball book. The book in a rough summary: The Oakland A’s are a low-budget Major League Baseball team trying to compete with teams that have much, much …

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I’m not dead yet. I don’t want to go on the cart.

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TweetIn a significant portion of the journalism blogging community, I’ve witnessed the following themes emerge: We’re all going to die. We’re all going to freaking die. There are two types of reporters: Those who “get it,” and those who “just don’t get it.” If you don’t know what you’re getting, then you clearly don’t get …

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