Aus dem Nieman Reports - Spring 2006 Issue: Journalist's Trade - Newspapers' Survival: Lessons From a Newsroom's Digital Frontline: In Roanoke, Virginia, a midsized newspaper has had "the freedom to run some experiments, fail, try again, and along the way discover some meaningful success." Michael Riley schreibt:

A stack of studies sits on my desk, all of them lamenting circulation declines, the absence of young readers, the aging of loyal readers, the corporate squeeze for ever-higher profits, and the intense competition for readers' time as the Internet rapidly reshapes our world. The story is all too familiar -- it's the end of the world as we know it, and that's enough to make any ink-stained curmudgeon cry.
Yet I'd argue that digital technology and the Internet might offer the best reason to put the cap back on the Prozac.

It's counterintuitive, but the future of what we do is not as scary as it seems. Newspapers -- or, more precisely, newsgathering operations -- are in a position of strength: In most markets, they are the last remaining mass-medium; they are prime creators of original journalism and, in many cases, they are deeply committed to a community's civic life and welfare. Finally, they are blessed with a profitable business model that can, if allowed, underwrite a range of digital experiments and online forays to move us successfully into the future.

Vollständier Text: Nieman Reports - Spring 2006 Issue: Journalist's Trade - Newspapers' Survival: Lessons From a Newsroom's Digital Frontline

Via: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/

Bei blogbox.ch auf GoEar aufmerksam geworden. Eine wunderbare Sache. Nur die Copyright-Geschichte war vermutlich eher so gemeint:



Und NICHT so:



Aber irgendwie liebt Cybi den Dienst jetzt schon ...

Ein Schweizer Origninal hat sich verabschiedet:

Der frühere TV- und Radiostar Mäni Weber ist am Freitagabend nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit im 72. Altersjahr verstorben. Wie sein Freundes- und Familienkreis am Sonntag weiter mitteilte, war Weber Anfang Monat notfallmässig ins Kantonsspital Luzern eingeliefert und wegen eines durchgebrochenen Zwölffingerdarmgeschwürs operiert worden.

Via baz.ch.

Die Kräfte des Übersinnlichen
Unsere Wahrnehmung der Welt ist relativ und subjektiv: Sie bewegt sich innerhalb der Grenzen unseres Wissensstandes und unseres Gehirns, durchläuft den Filter unserer Sinne und unseres Bewusstseins. Nach dem neuesten Stand der Wissenschaft besteht unser Universum aus elf Dimensionen, die zu erfassen uns unmöglich ist.

Der Themenabend beginnt heute mit dem Psycho-Thriller:

20:40 Uhr Dead Zone, USA 1983, 16:9 / 98 Min.
Regie: David Cronenberg
Drehbuch: Jeffrey Boam
Mit: Christopher Walken (Johnny Smith), Brooke Adams (Sarah Bracknell), Tom Skerritt (Sheriff Bannermann), Herbert Lom (Dr. Sam Weizak), Anthony Zerbe (Roger Stuart), Colleen Dewhurst (Henrietta Dodd), Nicholas Campbell (Frank Dodd), Martin Sheen (Greg Stillson)

um 22.20 Uhr dann Hermanito - Mexiko im Bann der Geister
Dokumentarfilm von Marie Arnaud
Frankreich / Spanien 2006, 16:9 / 92 Min.

Und um 23.55 Uhr Der sechste Sinn - Die Wissenschaft vom Übersinnlichen, Dokumentation von Marie-Monique Robin, Frankreich 2002, 54 Min.

Joe R. Howry bringt es auf den Punkt:

It has taken me a while to really understand this dynamic. Even now, I will, on occasion, become defensive and argumentative with people. I hate when I do that. I have to keep reminding myself that I need to be a better listener. When I am a good listener, what ensues is a meaningful conversation from which I invariably learn a great deal.

It is critical for all of us at The Star to become better listeners. It is more than a simple courtesy because our readers have taken valuable time to talk to us. That is important, but I have become convinced that our future success depends on our ability to forge a new kind of relationship with our readers.

I think most people, excluding far too many journalists, would agree that the model of the all-knowing, all-seeing media dispensing information as if it came directly from the heavens has about as much traction today as bald tires on ice. Through our own missteps and encouraged by others with their own agendas, the media, including newspapers, are no longer trusted. In those ubiquitous polls that gauge public trust, journalists find themselves competing for the bottom rung with politicians, used-car salesmen and lawyers.

We got to this position through our own ignorance, arrogance and stubbornness. We failed to see that our audiences were demanding more and better from us. We were arrogant in thinking that our audiences would not see us as anything less than noble, and we have been absolutely pigheaded in our willingness to do anything about it.

But, as they say, the times are a changin'. At newspapers across the country, there are fledgling efforts to re-engage with readers. Many newspapers have launched citizen journalism programs in which readers are invited to contribute content. Much of the content that is being solicited is the kind newspapers struggle to get or simply ignore. ( ...)

Denn vollständigen Text gibts beim Ventura Country Star zu lesen: Becoming a better listener - Efforts at citizen participation help media grow

[Via Ventura Country Star ]

... kommt doch genau zur richtigen Zeit ,...

Und ist für 1,50 € für jeden Sterblichen zu haben: http://www.ratzefummel.eu/

ÖPDATE: Apropos: Eine sehr interessante kommentierte Version der besagten Papst-Vorlesung Rede gibts bei rebell.tv

Citizenbay is a city centered citizen journalism project that will pay users whose contributions are voted the ten best by readers each day in 60 cities around the US and France.

...und sollte diesen Monat noch starten. Mal sehen, was daraus wird ;-))

[Via: Techcrunch ]

http://www.nouveaupouvoir.org/

Ein sehr interessantes Projekt, das erfolgreich abgeschlossen wurde:

Un défi lancé aux internautes français : 80 jours pour écrire un livre ! Un an après l’anniversaire du centenaire de la mort de Jules Verne, Renaissance Numérique et Timée Editions font un pari aussi fou que celui de Phileas Fog.
Le livre « Le nouveau pouvoir des internautes » sera disponible sur Internet (nouveaupouvoir.org) une semaine avant sa sortie en librairie.

Mais ce n’est pas tout. A l’heure où l’on parle de plus en plus d’intelligence collective, au moment ou wikipedia apparaît comme le site français ayant connu la plus forte audience, les auteurs du livre font un autre pari fou, celui de faire réécrire, améliorer, compléter leur premier ouvrage par les internautes francophiles en 80 jours.

Und voilà: das Resultat kann sich sehen lassen:

Zum Gratis-Download (pdf)

[Via: http://www.nouveaupouvoir.org/ ]

Der Gras-Salat :-))

Poke the Penguin - Nicht neu, aber wieder brandaktuell:



Click on the Pic ;-)