Future of media_ Gideon Haigh investigation into media in 20yrs _ Crikey
Also, here is another article about declining newspaper circulation.
Newspaper circulation_ Fairfax and News Ltd results from Audit Bureau of Cir
Here is a useful link to anyone undertaking a video project.
A good example of how social media has changed the way in which news is reported.
THE NEW NEWS_ _NOT WRONG FOR LONG
The recent incident of the ‘train racist’ typifies how anyone with a phone camera can record and upload an item to YouTube that goes viral and in turn becomes a news item.
Watch the Gruen Transfer episode ‘The decline of print’.
Summarise the main points raised during the show.
More information regarding the New York Times and Digital Publishing and the death of the print newspaper.
Interesting post about why adults need to stop lying about print journalism’s potential.
Having watched Front Page and reading through the blog post and the PDF answer the following questions:
We hear a lot about Infographics and that they are increasingly popular in data driven journalism. But how do you make one?
This worksheet will guide you through the process of creating visuals to represent data.
Resource
infographics Unit Plan
InfographicsStudent InfoSheets
Additional Resources:
lynda.com – Creating Infographics
Requirements:
Illustrator CS6
An update from the 2014 journalism interactive conference.
http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2014/04/04/100-things-im-learning-at-2014-journalism-interactive/
If there was ever a reason to think that Australia lagged far behind European and American journalists then this link might offer an explanation.
Australian universities should be offering equivalent courses with these sorts of conferences that emphasise the skills needed in the digital realm. Nonetheless we have social media to thank for keeping us informed if we can’t attend these conferences in person.
Here is a link to some to the recent Journalism interactive conference held in Florida.
Student journalists should be acquiring the skills to analyse and report digital data. The eBook below is a comprehensive guide as to what digital data involves and how to analyse it. The text is free to use within your browser.
Marketing departments may be the next ones to fall prey to the digital revolution. Who needs a department of number crunchers when wordpress now collages all the information you need into an annual report. I’m impressed, now I can check the most popular posts of all time and like I’ve mentioned in class it is celebrity that sells!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get that many views.
On last night’s Gruen Transfer there was an extensive discussion about the decline in print media. They viewed several advertisements that are trying to reposition print media including one from The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald. The episode is well worth viewing as revision for the upcoming media exam. Go to Iview and watch the episode (though there is a 14 waiting period).
An interesting article about the changes occuring in journalism and how new organisations are replacing the standard media empires.
