tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107989772024-03-14T02:58:42.398-04:00Media Giraffe Project -- Link & reference blogAn adjunct to the main <a href="http://www.mediagiraffe.org">Media Giraffe Project</a> website, this blog is for quick posting of important links and references.newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-49743899121670099162010-04-02T03:10:00.000-04:002010-04-02T03:10:57.431-04:00TRANSCRIPTION: Craig Newmark on newspapers at UC-Berkeley in 2005TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BY CRAIG NEWMARK
founder, CRAIG.S LIST
At the New Media Public Lecture Series
Presented by the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
and the
Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
March 22, 2005, Berkeley, Calif.
VIDEO STREAM AT: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=214
REMARKS OF MR. NEWMARK:
Sometimes we look at the bignewsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-47830375478246744752008-11-08T02:12:00.000-05:002008-11-08T01:16:30.649-05:00ADAGE: Craigslist will no longer run erotic service ads for freeORIGINAL URL:URL: http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=132320Craigslist Will No Longer Run Erotic Service Ads for FreeUnder Attorneys General Agreement, Will Charge $10 Per Listing By Michael Learmonth Advertising Age Published: November 06, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Under pressure from state attorneys general, Craigslist is going to start charging for "erotic services&newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-68491402472314283282008-07-07T11:49:00.000-04:002008-07-07T11:03:19.448-04:00Carnegie / Knight Initiaitve Seeks To Transform Journalism Education in U.S.RECEIVED BY EMAIL TODAY:EXPANSION OF CARNEGIE-KNIGHT INITIATIVE SEEKS TO TRANSFORM JOURNALISM EDUCATION IN U.S.Program Preparing Journalism Students to Lead Industry Change Gains MomentumMiami, Florida and New York, New York, July 7, 2008 - Seeking to change the way journalism is taught in the United States, Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation are newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-7442798966489073012008-01-01T19:45:00.000-05:002008-01-01T19:46:25.733-05:00CHARGING: In St. Paul, Singleton says "industry solution" needed EXCERT FROM BELOW:"Long term, we've got to get paid for news (online) or we can't keep producing it," he said. But he said that has to be an industry-wide solution and not just one paper acting alone.ORIGINAL URL (no longer active):http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/14446579.htmPosted on Fri, Apr. 28, 2006No major changes, new owner tells Pioneer PressBY JOHN newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-58537326525676064512007-08-22T16:18:00.000-04:002007-08-22T16:22:49.483-04:00CONFERENCE: Online News Association / Oct. 17-18 / Toronto FORWARDING NEWS RELEASE from Tiffany Shackelford, on behalf of the Online News Association . . .Leading digital journalists, bloggers and educators from around the world will gather to discuss the practical and the possible in online journalism during the eighth annual conference of the Online News Association (ONA), to be held Oct. 17-19, 2007, in Toronto.Organizers say the conference will newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-18089570201540685182007-08-09T20:40:00.000-04:002007-08-09T20:44:25.469-04:00Daily Kos blogger Jerome Armstrong fined by SEC for not disclosing interestBELOW FROM:http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/blogger-agrees-to-pay-30000-in-sec-case/August 8, 2007, 2:15 pmBlogger to Pay $30,000 in S.E.C. CaseBy Chris SuellentropTags: Jerome Armstrong, s.e.c.Prominent liberal blogger Jerome Armstrong has agreed to pay nearly $30,000 in fines in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations that Armstrong touted the newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-56707154603008907492007-08-04T08:42:00.000-04:002007-08-04T08:46:15.419-04:00MINI-PROFILE: Markos "Kos" Moulitsas Zuniga spent teen years in Chicago areaORIGINAL URL:http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/495906,CST-NWS-markos03.articleNative Chicagoan began blog as 'personal therapy'August 3, 2007By Abdon M. PallaschChicago Sun-Times Markos "Kos" Moulitsas Zuniga, 35, started blogging five years ago as "personal therapy" to get his frustrations with the Bush administration off his chest. "It was the tail end of newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-72192156474274283492007-07-31T11:19:00.000-04:002007-07-31T11:23:54.461-04:00STUDY: Investing in the Newsroom is Good for Businesshttp://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2007/02-15-newsroom-profitability.htmlNewspaper Study: Investing in the Newsroom is Good for BusinessJournalism and Marketing Researchers Determine News Quality Directly Impacts Profitability By Bryan Daniels MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 15, 2007) -- In recent years, the newspaper industry has experienced a variety of changes. None have been morenewsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-81721762260678329532007-07-17T10:34:00.000-04:002007-07-17T10:42:34.161-04:00Dallas hyperlocal pioneer Pegasus News acquired by Seattle TV-station operatorPegasus News (http://www.pegasusnews.com) a Dallas-based hyperlocal news operation started by Mike Orem, has been acquired by a Seattle-based TV-station operator, Fisher Communications Inc. In a news release sent by email, Fisher said the move was "part of its initiative to develop new online-only content for its key local markets" and said it plans to take Pegasus' news, information and newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-60159589775682297242007-06-19T01:47:00.000-04:002007-06-19T01:48:03.224-04:00LATIMES: OhMyNews suffers page-view decline even as it hires ORIGINAL URL:http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-ohmynews18jun18,1,5652649,full.storyPOSTED: June 18, 2007Citizens are the media in S. KoreaOhmyNews' populist approach, though risky, is widely emulated.By Don LeeLos Angeles Times Staff WriterSEOUL . Kim Hye-won's journalism career began when she decided to write about her teenage son fighting with his father. The elder Kim newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-68064976460957405152007-05-13T10:48:00.000-04:002007-05-13T09:49:44.725-04:00BUSINESS WEEK: It's tough to make local work on the web: Wally BowenORIGINAL URL:http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_13/b4027019.htm?chan=searchWally Bowen of Mountain Area Information Network writes:This Business Week article underscores the difficulty of creating an advertising-supported, local journalism web portal. And it also underscores the potential of our business model, based on ISP revenue and public radio-style underwriting revenue from newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-30368222321275198832007-05-13T09:58:00.000-04:002007-05-13T08:59:44.523-04:00Minnesota alt-weekly editor departs with insightful Q&A about MSM futurePaul Schmelzer of the website "Minnesota Monitor," posted a Q&A interview on April 6, 2007, with the former editor of the Twin Cities City Pages, the dominant alternative weekly in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The editor, Steve Perry, had quit after a chain took over the weekend. Perry, according to Smelzer's intro, is "busy developing a website plan for a newspaper in another newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-35447758760705136942007-05-10T02:20:00.000-04:002007-05-10T01:21:38.282-04:00BACKGROUND: Craig Newmark in the lion's den -- speaking to publishersORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003581648Craigslist Founder: People Who Run Printing Presses 'Screwed'By Jennifer SabaEditor & Publisher OnlinePublished: May 07, 2007 12:20 PM ETNEW YORK -- You have to hand it to Craig Newmark, founder of the wildly successful classified site Craigslist, for telling it like it is to an newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-24360425596264929412007-04-05T15:13:00.000-04:002007-04-05T14:13:42.674-04:00CASE STUDY: Josh Wilson of NewsDesk.net reviews coverage of cycle-car crash aftermathMGP2006 alum Josh Wilson provides this analysis of the coverage of a cycle-car crash in San Francisco that raises multiple questions about the post-now, think-later nature of web journalism.-- bill densmoreBy Josh WilsonCheck out SFGate right now for a fascinating look at how both initialnewspaper coverage and Web 2.0 technologies can help shape perceptionof a story.At issue is a confrontation newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-3723515608031872442007-03-20T19:16:00.000-04:002007-03-20T18:16:22.657-04:00Who's selling into local markets and how are they doing it?A key to the sustainability of journalism has always been local advertising. But now new competitors to the local newspaper -- and to web local startups -- are developing technologies for reaching into the local market and selling local advertising online.In Santa Clara, Calif., this week, the Kelsey Group, a Princeton, N.J.-based consultancy, is running a conference focused not on news or newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-56839343046233304582007-03-10T13:41:00.000-05:002007-03-10T12:47:33.655-05:00FOLLOWUP: John Moyle talks about the move from anonymity to identityGIRAFFE PROFILE PAGE:http://www.mediagiraffe.org/profiles/index.php?action=profile&id=378John Moyle of The Overland Examiner, a local online news blog in a St. Louis, Mo., suburb, in a Sept. 15, 2006, email exchange with Bill Densmore of The Media Giraffe Project:Recently I decided to really "stick my neck out" over at _the Overland Examiner_ (http://www.theoverlandexaminer.org) . newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-92123115152442315652007-03-10T13:21:00.000-05:002007-03-10T12:39:25.290-05:00BACKGROUND: John Moyle on why he started The Overland ExaminerLINK TO MEDIA GIRAFFE PROJECT PROFILE:http://www.mediagiraffe.org/profiles/index.php?action=profile&id=378ORIGINAL URL:http://overlandsailor.blogspot.com/2006/09/who-is-this-guy.htmlOverlandSailor steering for a brighter future At the helm of the Overland Examiner is OverlandSailor, just a regular guywho has decided not to let government corruption continue without a fight.As an independent newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-20534416811308314912007-03-08T18:29:00.000-05:002007-03-08T17:46:54.780-05:00Baristanet co-founder claims Newark daily fails to take notice at its perilThe co-founder of an Upper Montclair, N.J., local online news blog quotes a survey colleague as saying the Newark, N.J., daily fails to take notice of the blog site's news at its peril. Here's the text of an email LizGeorge sent to the Media Giraffe Project on Feb. 1, 2006: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:07:26 -0500From: Liz George<lizbarista@gmail.com>Subject: Baristanet eats newspapers forlunchnewsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-20433320746886868432007-02-18T15:08:00.000-05:002007-02-18T14:14:30.985-05:00Apple's CEO lambasts teachers' unions as inhibiting technology, excellence ORIGINAL URL:http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/16717129.htmORIGINALLY POSTED: Friday, Feb. 16, 2007Apple CEO lambasts teacher unionsBy APRIL CASTROAssociated Press WriterAUSTIN, Texas - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs lambasted teacher unions Friday, claiming no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers. Jobs compared newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-1170516330083539812007-02-03T10:25:00.000-05:002007-02-03T13:23:07.608-05:00Unhappy Time Warner customers urged to call OlverTime-Warner cable's Albany regional management is under fire from Berkshire County officials in Western Massachusetts after they laid plans to remove a Boston television station from the region's cablelineup and replace it with another network affiliate from Connecticut. The issue is important because Western Mass. is largely served by the Albany, N.Y., media market and the county's approximatelynewsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-1169149802047293692007-01-18T14:50:00.000-05:002007-01-18T14:56:11.570-05:00Re: ASNE First Amendment Summit -- Sarah Olson exchangeToday there is a one-day "emergency summit" of the American Society of Newspaper Editors to talk about the growing challenge to the First Amendment posed by the jailing of reporters. We asked Sarah Olson, a free-lance writer subpoenaed to testify in the court-martial of an anti-Iraq war soldier, to comment on her situation by answering a series of questions posed by Bill Densmore. Sarah Olson newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-1169068673288838452007-01-17T16:17:00.000-05:002007-01-17T16:17:53.420-05:00CONFERENCES: Beyond Broadcast Conference, Feb 27 2007 at MIT-----original message-----From: Steve Schultze <schultze@mit.edu>Date: Jan 17, 2007 12:26 PMSubject: Beyond Broadcast, Feb 27 2007To: info@beyondbroadcast.netGreetings. We're delighted to announce Beyond Broadcast 2007 (detailsbelow). Feel free to forward this announcement to other people/listswho may be interested, and register early to reserve your spot beforeseats fill up.====For 50 newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-1167613829756405402006-12-31T20:10:00.000-05:002007-01-01T15:52:00.230-05:00San Jose Mercury compares Digg and NewstrustORIGINAL URL: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16334481.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 28, 2006Web news oppositesNEWSTRUST.COM, DIGG.COM: TWO VISIONS OF WHAT ONLINE READERS WANTBy Elise AckermanMercury NewsTwo years ago, the inspiration for creating a Web site for news junkies hit two men with vastly different ambitions. One hoped to make boat-loads of money. The other dreamed of newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-1167514328003626162006-12-30T16:32:00.000-05:002006-12-30T16:33:52.670-05:00UMich historian, ex-AP reporter scrutinizes blog landscape's effect on newsORIGINAL URL:http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1167407151269730.xmlhttp://www.mlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-8/1167407151269730.xml Brighton historian scrutinizes new landscape New book delves into the blogosphereTHE ANN ARBOR NEWSFriday, December 29, 2006(byline just says: "News Special Writer")The news media are in a state of change. Over the past decade, newsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10798977.post-1166503492519242602006-12-18T23:44:00.000-05:002006-12-18T23:51:36.180-05:00BACKGROUND: Teaching science with "An Inconvenient Truth" -- Exxon-Mobile and the NTSAShould high school's in America get a free DVD of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"? The National Science Teachers Association has apparent declined to help. Read various viewpoints on the controversy.The conservative Media Research Center's post on the subject by Noel Sheppardat NewsBusters:http://newsbusters.org/node/9262 The liberal-progress Center for American Progress post on the matter:httpnewsharehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317995853675327254noreply@blogger.com