TweetThis will be an unusually confrontational post for me. That said, Yoni Greenbaum was right on yesterday in pointing out a significant problem in some of the journalists fighting the good fight online: But, and this might just be because of whom I read, the loudest are the bloggers who complain the most about the …
Online journalists: Lose the smugness, win a few converts Read More »
TweetThis does. So our photographer wouldn’t have to try to juggle his still and video cameras, I volunteered to shoot some video. I didn’t say I’d be good at it, I just said I’d try it. I clearly had no idea what I was doing. My favorite moment came when a friendly videographer there said …
What happens when newspaper reporters with no training try to shoot video Read More »
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, …
Why I’m beatblogging: It helps the print product, too Read More »
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 …
I’m not dead yet. I don’t want to go on the cart. Read More »