new media

Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:54:42 -0500

Full article: The Atlantic
James Fallows
Everyone from President Obama to Ted Koppel is bemoaning a decline in journalistic substance, seriousness and sense of proportion. But the author, a longtime advocate of these values, takes a journey through the digital-media world and concludes there isn't any point in defending the old ways. Consumer-obsessed, sensationalist, and passionate about their work, digital upstarts are undermining the old media -- and they may also be pointing the way to a brighter future.

Old Media Is Being Unbundled, Just Like Telecom Was

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:36:55 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Om Malik
Perhaps it is time for the media industry to come to terms with unbundling and re-imagine the definition of media. If it isn't the medium, then what is it?

At Media Companies, a Nation of Serfs

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:24:50 -0500

Full article: New York Times
David Karr
The Huffington Post, social networks and traditional media may all seem like different animals, but as advertising, the mother’s milk of all media, flows toward social and amateur media, low-cost and no-cost content is becoming the norm.

For College Newspapers, Prepackaged Online Versions Are Yesterday's News

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:27:14 -0400

Full article: Chronicle of Higher Education
Kelly Truong
Approximately 600 student newspapers use College Publisher, a content-management system owned by College Media Network. The service offers Web-page templates and around-the-clock technical support, a draw for student journalists with limited resources. However, the uniformity of the templates limits what journalists can do on the Web.

Seeing New Media in a Different Lens

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:03:49 -0400

Full article: The Hill
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.)
The American public now expects a new media government -- something that was hard to imagine even four years ago. They expect their elected officials to be responsive and dynamic. It is our job to be so.

New Media Models in Action

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:46:58 -0400

Full article: FireDogLake
Jane Hamsher
The challenge is not to replace all "old media" with "new media" and think that one can completely fill the gap left by the other. Rather, it is to understand the value that "new media" can bring to reporting, and what it can't, and then supplement those efforts with traditional methods.

High-Tech Media, Old-Style Issues

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:30:23 -0400

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Victor Navasky and Evan Lerner
Even if the iPad turns out to be magazines' hoped-for savior, if it brings along the values (or lack of values) currently characteristic of much of the new media, a question looms: At what cost?

Print Vets Looking to Go Digital Find Switch Difficult

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:21:55 -0400

Full article: Advertising Age
Nat Ives
Whether motivated by personal choice or downsizing at their employers, the switch to digital offered many print veterans footholds in a growing young sector and the chance to learn new skills. But it is becoming increasingly difficult for even seasoned professionals to segue from print to digital.

Old and New Media Coexisting Nicely, Thank You

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:36:14 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Stuart Elliott
The pairings of Web video and television reflect a school of thought that the old and new media can coexist and perhaps even benefit from each other. They seem to be stimulated by blogs and social media like Facebook and Twitter, enabling viewers to discuss together what they are watching separately.

Obama to Field Questions Posted by YouTube Users

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:38:55 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
President Barack Obama is scheduled to sit down in the library of the White House residence for his first interview since his State of the Union address. The interviewer? The United States of YouTube.