by David | May 15, 2014 | Ukraine
This is why it is important to teach journalists how to use social media. My friends and colleagues in Ukraine are fighting a protracted battle in the global court of public opinion, and they are using all the digital tools and techniques that I’ve been...
by David | Apr 6, 2014 | music
Russian ISPs openly brag about how much pirated content they have – it’s their market differentiator Years ago, working in Russia, back when the whole “Content Pirates” project was just the mere glimmering of an instinct, I was talking with the...
by David | Apr 1, 2014 | Digital Migration
Experiments to see if there is an audience for high-value content Pundits have long said “Let a thousand flowers bloom.” Well, this is one of them. A group of journalists down at the Folha de Sao Paolo (and excuse me for not putting in the various tildes...
by David | Mar 26, 2014 | Digital Migration, journalism
When clicks drive coverage, what happens to hard news stories? Are we doomed to “hamster wheel journalism”? Is the future only listicles and kitteh pictures? There’s an interesting discussion shaping up – one that I’ve seen coming for...
by David | Mar 18, 2014 | journalism, Online Video
Readings from “The Light on the Coast†My very first case study on best practices in journalism was about Dave Mitchell and the saga of the tiny Point Reyes Light. It was a multimedia piece – which, back in 2005, was a real Big Deal for the Online Journalism...