Replacing the article
Matt Thompson creates one part of what I suggested the other day should be the new fundamental unit of news coverage, replacing the article.
MoneyMeltDown is a well-curated aggregation of links to the best coverage.
To recap, I think the new unit of coverage needs to include:
1. Curated aggreagtion. Do what you do best, link to the rest. Here’s the best of the rest. See: MoneyMeltDown.
2. A blog that treats the story as a process, not a product, with continuing coverage and conversation, asking and answering questions, giving updates, filling in gaps: a reporter showing her work. Have you seen a good example? CalculatedRisk is more of an annotated aggregation and that’s valuable but I think it fits better in No. 1 above. The Christian Science Monitor credit crisis blog looks more like a collection of articles. From an industry perspective, the Inman blog is another annotated aggregation. Can anyone point me to a reporter or expert who is using a blog to both report and discover?
3. A wiki that give us a snapshot of current knowledge. Where else would we find that but Wikipedia?
4. Discussion. Where do you think the best - most intelligent and illuminating - discussion is going on?
Tags: creditcrunch, journalism, newarchitecture, newbiznews
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 am
Challenge to free linking on web sites.
The Jones Day law firm is suing an Internet site for mentioning the firm without permission — a case that rankles First Amendment experts and challenges an underpinning of the World Wide Web.
http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/jones_day_sues_web_site_for_us.html
The Cleveland-based firm claims BlockShopper.com violated trademark law by reporting that two Jones Day lawyers had bought condos in Chicago.
BlockShopper can’t use Jones Day’s name or link to its Web site because doing so suggests Jones Day is connected with BlockShopper’s business, the lawsuit argues.
October 3rd, 2008 at 1:53 am
This blog runs alongside printed content and often has background, anecdotes and discussion about the editorial process, including the reporter’s personal feelings on a story. It’s not used as much for creating content although often posted comments will inform the end story. On big issues (such as congestion charging) there is continuing conversation with readers about how the story is handled and why.
http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/politics/
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
Articulate media takes reflection and composure to turn into a program worth having an audience. The journalistic effort that Dwight MacDonald marveled is learning that “Everything on the same topic should go into the same place.” (Discriminations). In rapid Internet meshes of reportage and observation and opinion, we see elements of a conversation emerge. It is exciting to see this present and future tension - adding to Jeff’s #2 query- a pioneer who uses a blog to discover the world as he reports - Jan Chipchase who travels the world blog picturing.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
[...] elements of a conversation emerge. It is exciting to see this present and future tension - adding to Jeff’s #2 query, Jan Chipchase who travels the world discovering and reporting the artifaces of the world by [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 3:47 am
[...] Para Jarvis “los artículos perpetúan una especie de periodismo-día-de-la marmota”. Por ello propone que el enfoque de futuro deben ser los temas, una “unidad de cobertura adecuada para historias” más complejas. Creo que es una reflexión que bien merece un análisis en profundidad. [...]
October 11th, 2008 at 6:46 am
[...] que nos aporte información y nos ayude a ampliar el conocimiento sobre ese tema. Como ejemplo, en un artículo que escribe hoy en su blog, Jarvis nos habla de The Money Meltdown, una página que informa sobre la actual crisis económica [...]
October 30th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I have two months into a story. It will take an hour or two to write and three sheets of paper. At $800.00 a week, that’s a $1,600.00 story. Now we can save 3 cents worth of paper/ink and call it new economy media.