Archive for October, 2008
Interview – Dave Chase and Experimenting in the Revenue Side
Posted on 31. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
May the post Summit interviews continue. This one with Dave Chase from NewWest and Sun Valley Online. (Learn more about NewWest from this interview with Jonathan Weber from the 2007 Summit) Click To Play [Disclaimer: The audio isn’t perfect. This is interview #2 via Skype. I’m using iShowU to record my screen. I will soon […]
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Sustainability: Reporting back from the New Business Models for News Summit
Posted on 30. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
[From Chris O’Brien with the Next Newsroom Project] The biggest challenge the news industry faces these days is creating a new business model to sustain journalism as we move forward. Digital tools have created enormous opportunity to tell stories in new ways and forge deeper connections with our communities. But once you get past that, […]
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"How Joe the Plumber and Google saved News"
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
A Readout from the Revenue Group by Scott Meyer The august Revenue group came out feeling that there are opportunities, but no single solution to the revenue puzzle. Fred Wilson, moderator, led off by polling the group for potential new revenue models. We came up with quite a long list (see end of post). From […]
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Interview – Michael Rosenblum
Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
A quick video chat with Michael Rosenblum to discuss the aftermath of the New Business Models for News Summit. Michael Rosenblum – Afterthoughts from David Cohn on Vimeo.
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Rapporteur Wrap-up – Ben Wagner for Networking Group
Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
From Ben Wagner on behalf of the Networking Group. If “the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of endpoints,” then one task as digital journalists is to scale our networks — be they organically-grown, hyperlocal blogs or corporate-driven, international communities — as quickly and effectively as possible. In a […]
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Public Support for Media – Wrap-up
Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
Jan Schaffer- J-Lab: rapporteur for the Public Support group. Possibilities for public support of news media are clustering in some key areas – foundation grants, member donations, targeted micro-payments, and government support. Our group discussed how some forms of public support can threaten a news operation’s independence, either by funding coverage of certain topics to […]
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To Be Efficient, Start From Zero
Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by David Cohn.
From John Hassell – Star-Ledger, rapporteur for the News Efficiencies group. We were the fun group — the cost-cutters. Charged with finding new efficiencies for newsrooms, we struggled a bit to come up with a model that would produce useful lessons. Ultimately, we decided to focus on a market like Philadelphia or Dallas and, rather […]
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4:42 – New Students are the Stewards of Journalism
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Carl Winfield.
Chris O’Brien from the San Jose Mercury news: I haven’t heard what the new jobs are on the business side. Apparently the journalists are much more entrepreneurial than those on the business side. Thomas Eisenmann of the Harvard Business School is surprised that journalists and business people are working so well together here. Good job.
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4:39PM – Newsroom as Classroom: See How the Sausage is Made.
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Carl Winfield.
Jeff Jarvis suggests that the role of the newsroom needs to be reinterprted. Now, instead of being a place where news just emanates from, there is a need for greater training, not just on the craft of writing but in the tools of storytelling as well. Rachel Stern of Ground Report.com has been broadcasting live […]
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4:33PM – Editors Are Not the Enemy
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Carl Winfield.
There’s a bit of a disconnect between what editors roles are in the newsroom. Reporters think that they’re the enemy, but Dars of the Indiana Review says different. “Editors are responsible for the look and tone of the paper,” she said. David Cohn says that his type of journalism is different and questions whether or […]
