The impact of blogging on journalism

October 5, 2010

It seems that every year I am asked by a journalism student to answer a few questions about how the rise of blogging has impacted journalism. Jason Perry of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., was the latest. I’ve posted our recent Q&A below, as a record of my thoughts on a subject that I [...]

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Using Storify to round up reaction to the Globe and Mail redesign

October 1, 2010

Today I received an invitation to beta test a new tool called Storify that allows users to build a story by pulling in content from various social networks. I decided to use today’s launch of the redesigned Globe and Mail to test the tool. This was thrown together in less than an hour and really [...]

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Publish2 participants need to lighten up on the terms of service

May 27, 2010

If Publish2 is really going to “Craigslist the AP,” as they announced at TechCrunch Disrupt on the weekend, they’ll need to find a way to convince publishers to actually share their content. I realize it’s still early days, but my first few spins through Publish2′s online news exchange for publishers revealed a disheartening trend: Few [...]

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