Comments on: Death, life and the future of news http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/ By Dan Kennedy • The press, politics, technology, culture and other passions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emily Sabo http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-55285 Emily Sabo Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-55285 The video of McChesney and Nichols's talk is now available online: http://www.lib.neu.edu/snippets/?p=1126. Great piece Dan, and thanks also for your introduction! The video of McChesney and Nichols’s talk is now available online: http://www.lib.neu.edu/snippets/?p=1126.
Great piece Dan, and thanks also for your introduction!

]]> By: Rory O’Connor: American Journalism Is Being Reborn http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54410 Rory O’Connor: American Journalism Is Being Reborn Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:24:23 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54410 [...] you might immediately respond with a resounding ‘none,’” Kennedy wrote on his Media Nation [...] [...] you might immediately respond with a resounding ‘none,’” Kennedy wrote on his Media Nation [...]

]]> By: American Journalism — Busy Being Born « SpeakEasy http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54401 American Journalism — Busy Being Born « SpeakEasy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:20 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54401 [...] pretty close), you might immediately respond with a resounding ‘none,’” Kennedy wrote on his Media Nation [...] [...] pretty close), you might immediately respond with a resounding ‘none,’” Kennedy wrote on his Media Nation [...]

]]> By: Mike Stucka http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54376 Mike Stucka Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:05:08 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54376 Dan: Interesting -- I didn't realize New Haven's demographics were that poor, which makes the newspaper more interesting. As far as Northeastern goes, are the journalism and geography departments on talking terms yet? That's such a great potential partnership, and the physical proximity wouldn't hurt. I can provide the two stories I did there with GIS software if it'd help anyone get an interest. Dan: Interesting — I didn’t realize New Haven’s demographics were that poor, which makes the newspaper more interesting.

As far as Northeastern goes, are the journalism and geography departments on talking terms yet? That’s such a great potential partnership, and the physical proximity wouldn’t hurt. I can provide the two stories I did there with GIS software if it’d help anyone get an interest.

]]> By: Dan Kennedy http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54366 Dan Kennedy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:55:13 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54366 @Mike: Check out the community foundations funding the <a href="http://www.newhavenindependent.org" rel="nofollow">New Haven Independent</a> — scroll down the right-hand column. It is true that there is more foundation money out there for big, sexy, national projects. But in New Haven, at least, the foundation community understands that good-quality local journalism is essential. @Mike: Check out the community foundations funding the New Haven Independent — scroll down the right-hand column. It is true that there is more foundation money out there for big, sexy, national projects. But in New Haven, at least, the foundation community understands that good-quality local journalism is essential.

]]> By: Dan Kennedy http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54365 Dan Kennedy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:53:16 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54365 @Steve: What Dan Gillmor writes about is exactly what we are trying to do at Northeastern. Many other journalism schools are wrestling with those issues as well. It's hard for change to come as quickly as it should, but the direction is as he lays out. @Steve: What Dan Gillmor writes about is exactly what we are trying to do at Northeastern. Many other journalism schools are wrestling with those issues as well. It’s hard for change to come as quickly as it should, but the direction is as he lays out.

]]> By: Steve Stein http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54364 Steve Stein Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:37:04 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54364 A little off-topic, but here's what <a href="http://mediactive.com/2010/02/02/the-future-of-journalism-education/" rel="nofollow">Dan Gillmor would do if he ran a journalism school</a>. (h/t Cory Doctorow @ <a>Boing Boing</a>) Some excerpts: # Emphasize undergraduate journalism degrees as great liberal arts programs, even more valuable that way than as training for journalism careers. # Encourage, and require in some cases, cross-disciplinary learning and doing. We’d create partnerships around the university, working with business, engineering/computer science, film, political science, law, design and many other programs. The goals would be both to develop our own projects and to be an essential community-wide resource for the future of local media. # Teach students not just the basics of digital media but also the value of data and programming to their future work. A little off-topic, but here’s what Dan Gillmor would do if he ran a journalism school. (h/t Cory Doctorow @ Boing Boing)

Some excerpts:
# Emphasize undergraduate journalism degrees as great liberal arts programs, even more valuable that way than as training for journalism careers.

# Encourage, and require in some cases, cross-disciplinary learning and doing. We’d create partnerships around the university, working with business, engineering/computer science, film, political science, law, design and many other programs. The goals would be both to develop our own projects and to be an essential community-wide resource for the future of local media.

# Teach students not just the basics of digital media but also the value of data and programming to their future work.

]]> By: Mike Stucka http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54363 Mike Stucka Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:59:32 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54363 Dan's first "excerpt" link points to something in The Nation, which is plenty of time to get their argument in full. I've got a pile of concerns over the collection, subsidizing and distribution over public money for media. At the same time, I'm seeing some great foundation-funded projects like ProPublica, but I don't see foundations with the wherewithal to fund community journalism. It's very interesting to read about euthanasia in post-Katrina hospitals, but that doesn't tell me about why the local school superintendent may get forced out -- with a a story informed by hundreds of pages of documents. Dan’s first “excerpt” link points to something in The Nation, which is plenty of time to get their argument in full.

I’ve got a pile of concerns over the collection, subsidizing and distribution over public money for media. At the same time, I’m seeing some great foundation-funded projects like ProPublica, but I don’t see foundations with the wherewithal to fund community journalism. It’s very interesting to read about euthanasia in post-Katrina hospitals, but that doesn’t tell me about why the local school superintendent may get forced out — with a a story informed by hundreds of pages of documents.

]]> By: Dan Kennedy http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54358 Dan Kennedy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:03:07 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54358 @PP: Nichols and McChesney favor funding all kinds of non-profit, public media, including public access. @PP: Nichols and McChesney favor funding all kinds of non-profit, public media, including public access.

]]> By: Peter Porcupine http://www.dankennedy.net/2010/02/02/death-life-and-the-future-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-54357 Peter Porcupine Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:00:20 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=7237#comment-54357 DK - I, too, don't know anough about the book but it seems they are equating 'news' and 'newspapers'. I DO like the idea of the $200 credit, though, and think it is a practical 'arms-length' subisidy rather than more public broadcasting funding. However, public ACCESS funding is different and under siege as cable carriers balk at paying for acccess studios. Perhaps that would be a better target to ensure access. DK – I, too, don’t know anough about the book but it seems they are equating ‘news’ and ‘newspapers’. I DO like the idea of the $200 credit, though, and think it is a practical ‘arms-length’ subisidy rather than more public broadcasting funding. However, public ACCESS funding is different and under siege as cable carriers balk at paying for acccess studios. Perhaps that would be a better target to ensure access.

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