Comments on: DJ Journo Jeff

By: Part One: What’s an online-first newsroom? « Save the Media

Part One: What’s an online-first newsroom? « Save the Media — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:41:35 +0000

[...] type of things that a museum curator does as Mindy McAdams explains on Teaching Online Journalism. Or, if you prefer, think of our job as a DJ, who selects from millions of tunes which ones to spin t… Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine used that term in a post last year, citing a French blogger’s [...]

By: PM

PM — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:29:16 +0000

Someone who can’t recognise original work will not be able to value it.

An editor is a better analogy for a DJ. But someone has to do the original research – even if Jeff doesn’t recognize such a thing.

By: Your journalist is a DJ — Vad NU!

Your journalist is a DJ — Vad NU! — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:37:27 +0000

[...] Jarvis notes the beauty of thinking of journalists as modern day DJ’s, who tries to find a tune for the crowd to dance to. As he states the notion is much livelier than [...]

By: Shawn Levasseur

Shawn Levasseur — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:03:21 +0000

And don't forget that everyone is a DJ.

By: Tim Windsor

Tim Windsor — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:05:39 +0000

Jeff:

As expected, the Google robots make a mash of the translation, but my daughter used her Mad HS French Skillz to help ferret out this bit, which is true, but which is sure to piss more than a few investigative reporters off:

“This does not mean that the report or the investigation died, it simply means that this activity, extremely expensive, can no longer be their only activity. Exclusive content is a loss leader…”

Sacre bleu!

http://timwindsor.com/2008/11/02/thinking-of-the-journalist-as-a-dj-instead-of-a-curator/

By: Thinking of the journalist as a DJ instead of a curator. — Zero Percent Idle

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:32:43 +0000

[...] Jeff Jarvis points to what may be a better analogy for the role of a modern journalst: A nightclub DJ. [...]

By: Brett Rogers

Brett Rogers — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:59:19 +0000

The journalist is so awkward with music selection, that the folks on the dance floor choose to leave the building rather than stay around. No variety. No listening to requests from the crowd. The DJ wants to force the crowd into the DJ’s taste, and that pushy single-mindedness is what’s costing the DJ a living these days. Pity.