Comments on: Venture journalism http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/ by Jeff Jarvis Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: onlinejournalismus.de - Das Magazin zum Thema » Blog Archive » Maier setzt ganz auf die Bürger http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/#comment-251069 onlinejournalismus.de - Das Magazin zum Thema » Blog Archive » Maier setzt ganz auf die Bürger Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2336#comment-251069 [...] Nachtrag: Bei der Readers Edition selbst gibt es noch eine Informationen mehr: “Weiterhin wird Michael Maier ab nächstem Februar ein mehrmonatiges Fellowship an der Harvard University antreten.” Und dann nebenher aus einer College-Garage die Readers Edition auf Trab bringen? Nachtrag 2: Jeff Jarvis freut sich schon auf Maier. Mehr über die Readers Edition. [...] [...] Nachtrag: Bei der Readers Edition selbst gibt es noch eine Informationen mehr: “Weiterhin wird Michael Maier ab nächstem Februar ein mehrmonatiges Fellowship an der Harvard University antreten.” Und dann nebenher aus einer College-Garage die Readers Edition auf Trab bringen? Nachtrag 2: Jeff Jarvis freut sich schon auf Maier. Mehr über die Readers Edition. [...]

]]> By: SmartChristian.com » Blog Archive » http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/#comment-250344 SmartChristian.com » Blog Archive » Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:06:58 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2336#comment-250344 [...] Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine has an interesting post on Venture Journalism, including online-only newspapers and citizen journalists. [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine has an interesting post on Venture Journalism, including online-only newspapers and citizen journalists. [...]

]]> By: Hasan Jafri http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/#comment-248635 Hasan Jafri Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:08:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2336#comment-248635 The trouble with buying into hunks of The Tribune Company or The New York Times Company would be the cultural baggage peculiar to those organizations. Large, established institutions have very entrenched ideas of who they are and -- more troubling -- who the reader or the market is. Starting from scratch would be more work in some ways, but it would deliver the buyer from tedious restructuring and debriefing. I was an Alfred Friendly Press Fellow some years ago and remember asking the executive editor of a rather large American newspaper what he was going to do about his readers' age trending toward sixty. He said: "Let the owner worry about it." He would have been more prescient if he had said "let the BUYER worry about it." The trouble with buying into hunks of The Tribune Company or The New York Times Company would be the cultural baggage peculiar to those organizations. Large, established institutions have very entrenched ideas of who they are and — more troubling — who the reader or the market is. Starting from scratch would be more work in some ways, but it would deliver the buyer from tedious restructuring and debriefing.

I was an Alfred Friendly Press Fellow some years ago and remember asking the executive editor of a rather large American newspaper what he was going to do about his readers’ age trending toward sixty. He said: “Let the owner worry about it.” He would have been more prescient if he had said “let the BUYER worry about it.”

]]> By: Limited http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/#comment-248437 Limited Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2336#comment-248437 Untill now we not only get a discussion about the reimbursment for the authors, if the "readers edition" go commercial. More fundamental it's about the standing of a project launched in citizen journalism. What are the fortunes of this, what could be special advantages and how to combine professional and citizen journalism. Unfortanetly Michael Maier doesn't offer any informations about the objectives - there was just a very vague Email to the authors that he is waiting for some ideas how to go further - not a very good style for a Web 2.0 project. Nevertheless for some /the most (?) of the authors of the "readers edition" this is a very interesting and prospective project in citizen journalism in Germany. Untill now we not only get a discussion about the reimbursment for the authors, if the “readers edition” go commercial.

More fundamental it’s about the standing of a project launched in citizen journalism. What are the fortunes of this, what could be special advantages and how to combine professional and citizen journalism.

Unfortanetly Michael Maier doesn’t offer any informations about the objectives - there was just a very vague Email to the authors that he is waiting for some ideas how to go further - not a very good style for a Web 2.0 project.

Nevertheless for some /the most (?) of the authors of the “readers edition” this is a very interesting and prospective project in citizen journalism in
Germany.

]]> By: Matt Terenzio http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/#comment-248249 Matt Terenzio Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:07:49 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2336#comment-248249 There is money to be made in news, yes, but I don't think creating a "news company" is the best bet. We all wonder how "long term assignment" reporters will get paid. I think it will more likely be a free-lance situation than a salary position. I'm sure your current and future ventures will be making creative use of these new paradigms. There is money to be made in news, yes, but I don’t think creating a “news company” is the best bet.

We all wonder how “long term assignment” reporters will get paid. I think it will more likely be a free-lance situation than a salary position.

I’m sure your current and future ventures will be making creative use of these new paradigms.

]]> By: David Mastio http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/24/venture-journalism/#comment-248177 David Mastio Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:11:35 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2336#comment-248177 Amen. Those with billions, please apply here: editor@blognetnews.com. We need about 1/50th of a billion. Amen.

Those with billions, please apply here: editor@blognetnews.com. We need about 1/50th of a billion.

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