Have you prepared your post-journalism back-up plan? On a day I met with a talented, digital-centric former colleague who has recently been made redundant, this piece by Kevin Anderson strikes a nerve: Last summer, I noticed that a college classmate…
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A collection of 10 posts
Digital journalism: time for invention, not migration
Kevin Anderson: For too long we’ve been trying to find a market for the same products that we used to deliver in print, and that just won’t work. We can’t simply write that local council story the…
Don't do more with less, do different forms of journalism
Fascinating insight into Kevin Anderson’s first few months back in a newsroom: When I landed in my new job as executive editor of two newspapers in Wisconsin, I had to prioritise what I would do, and to be honest,…
A litmus test for digital newsrooms
Kevin Anderson: Are we still struggling to get journalists to add links to their stories, to do the most basic elements of digital production, in 2013? Really? What would happen if a journalist consistently turned in half-finished copy for tomorrow’…
A Few Slightly Geeky Journo Links
Time for some links: One of the most consistent themes I hear when talking to journalists around the country is frustration with the web publishing CMS they have to deal with (especially if they’ve ever used any blog platform)…
Publishing Saviours? I’m an Atheist
Kevin Anderson responding to my post from yesterday: Senior leaders in the industry aren’t looking for strategies, they are looking for a saviour. They want some supernatural – or in lieu of that, legislative – power to turn back the clock,…
Morning Coffee Reading: Post-Easter Link Dump
Some heavyweight stuff that’s been sitting in my tabs over the holiday weekend: - [A last act of insanity by delusional content companies](http://charman-anderson.com/2010/04/02/ipad-app-pricing-a-last-act-of-insanity-by-delusional-content-companies/) – Kevin Anderson, who seems to have been liberated to…
Participatory Culture and Traditional Media
Kevin Anderson on why people participate in online communities and share content on them: I can tell you why I bother. A global culture of participation has been, for me, key in meeting one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:…