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Giving up on the news business

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 19/10/2009

Before reaching their dangerous conclusion – recommending government supported journalism in a report called the Reconstruction of American Journalism – former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie and Columbia journalism prof Michael Schudson make some basic and, I believe, profoundly m ...

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Journalism as capitalism: Now thats Gods work

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 02/10/2009

The only way that journalism is going to be sustainable is if it is profitable – and out of that market relationship comes many other benefits: accountability to the public it serves; independence from funders’ agendas; growth; innovation. This is the future for journalism we envisioned ...

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The X Prizes for news (and media)

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 25/09/2009

A conversation with our Knight Foundation friends at Aspen inspired me to think through what an X Prize for news could accomplish. Then this week’s report in the New York Times about the awarding of the NetFlix X Prize – and the far greater value it created, not just for NetFlix, but for ...

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Wave and news

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 19/09/2009

When Google Wave was announced, I got all jittery-happy about the possibilities it presented for news. Now, from a Belgian site, via a German site, I find a video interview with Wave’s project manager, Stephanie Hannon, speculating about its use in news:Google Wave, une opportunité pour les ...

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A poor craftsman blames others tools

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 10/09/2009

Compare these two columns about Twitter: one by Mike DeArmond, a sports hack in Kansas City, and one by Roger Cohen in The New York Times. They are each frustrated that Twitter doesn’t fit into their set-in-concrete view of what they do and what journalism is – and how others fit in. The ...

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