mainstream

Journalism is losing the culture war, because it's fighting last century's battles Members Public

When politicians can lie without consequence, our culture of fact-checking does little to stop them.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
alt right media

Serving the Twitter Elite Members Public

Twitter [https://blog.twitter.com/2014/new-features-for-verified-users]: > Similar to how we help businesses make advertising simple and effective on Twitter, we occasionally build features that enable these public figures — verified users — to engage more easily with the world through Twitter. Interesting to see Twitter developing an effective Elite, with

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
elite

Why did journalism never go gonzo? Members Public

Kevin Anderson pointed out [http://charman-anderson.com/2012/07/20/us-humourist-skewers-newspaper-industry/] this interview with humorist and newspaper columnist Dave Berry [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Newsletter/Columns/Syndicates--Dave-Barry-On-Winning-The-NSNC-Lifetime-Achievement-Award] , in which he makes a pretty damning assessment of the newspaper business: > So what role did newspapers play in the decline of

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
gonzo

Subject Coverage: journalists vrs bloggers Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2010/06/ft-06-06-1667.html] [Created by [Flowton](http://www.flowtown.com/blog/how-subject-matter-varies-between-blogs-and-traditional-press?display=wide) from [Pew data](http://www.journalism.org/), discovered via [We Are Social](http://wearesocial.net/blog/2010/06/blogs-press-differing-agendas/)] These appear to be US figures, but it’s

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bloggers

Old Media Is Your "Trendy" Uncle Members Public

There’s an interesting post over on Kottke.org by guest blogger Aaron Cohen that points out that the speed from launch to mainstream media adoption of new social web tools [http://kottke.org/10/05/the-speed-with-which-traditional-media-adopts-social-media-platforms] is growing ever faster. I’ve been chuckling ever since I read it,

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
mainstream

The Meaningless Mainstream Media Members Public

Andy Ihnatko on why the term “Mainstream Media” is meaningless [http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2009/06/28/the-mainstream-media/]: > You waste your shot by blaming it on The Mainstream Media instead. When I get to the end of your heroic screed I’m tempted to click the “Comment On

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism

The Blog Silly Season Cometh Members Public

The comment volume on our blogs is waaaay down this week. And half the office are about to go on holiday. And that got me thinking: Do blogs now have a silly season? In the early days, us obsessives would keep the reader and comment levels high right through the

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Blogging in the Mainstream: Blogger gets the Girl Members Public

Another sign that blogging is in the mainstream now: [via [The Blogger’s Blog](http://www.bloggersblog.com/cgi-bin/bloggersblog.pl?bblog=726082)]

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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