There I was, staring down an entire auditorium full of folks wearing “Winchester,” “Weatherby” and “Remington” gimme caps who knew well how to shoot those guns. They were steely; I was nervous.
So I shot them with a blog.
Last week I spoke to the Professional Outdoor Media Association convention in Sioux Falls, S.D. [...]
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TV strikes out; CJ’s in the bullpen
As hard as it might seem on sports fans now, the demise of local sports on television might be the precursor to a jock-world bonanza.
KRCG in Jefferson City, MO recently eliminated its sports department as part of a cost-cutting binge of layoffs. ???????? ????? ????????But it is not the first station to do [...]
Taking CJ to the ‘hood’
What happens when citizen journalism collides with traditional journalism?
Like any collision, you could expect a few injuries – at least damaged egos. But so far neither type of journalism has been fatal to the other. What is of concern, however, is that the bumper of the CJ Prius doesn’t mesh well with that [...]
Something is brewing in journalism
I am up to my digital derriere in a project to write a “definitive” paper on cititizen journalism. The problem with “definitive” is that, well, it’s not very definitive. My mind has raced back and forth over the various aspects of this phenomenon that have either pleasantly surprised me, met my expectations or [...]
Light my fire
A bunch of fellows with calloused hands, tattooed arms and ability I envy recently taught me an important lesson about the new era of journalism.
For the past four years, I’ve talked, research and cajoled my colleagues in an effort to get them over their fear and loathing of citizen journalism. But when I look [...]
It’s the puppies and babies, stupid.
I may have learned more in the past three weeks about the challenges of journalism than I have in the past three years. All by not paying attention to it.
The winter break is wrapping up here in academia. It is a blessed perk that almost makes up for the mediocre pay and bureaucratic rubbish. [...]
Lessons hard learned — and lost
We don’t need another techo-gadget this Christmas. Just leave Nelson Poynter under online journalism’s tree.
Last week many of us read two more online journalism sob stories. Steve Outing told us how his Enthusiast Group nose-dived despite his optimistic reading of media-use trends. And K. Paul Mallasch posted a hat-in-hand grovel for [...]
Is it news fit to print — or post?
The greatest challenge for news folk may be that title itself.
I cashed in on one of the great benefits of being a Missouri School of Journalism professor this week by spending several wonderful hours with arguably the most powerful editor in the Internet world. Steve Herrmann is the editor of BBC Online, a complex [...]
Please, let’s not hear it for Groundhog Journalism
How do you spot an online journalist? This week it was easy – the likely suspect was staring off into the distance in obvious pain. If they snapped to life only to dash to the nearest keyboard to fire a retort to Roy Peter Clark, you had them.
Clark, the Poynter Institute’s guru of [...]
Journalism in a heartbeat
I’ve admired Oh Yeonho since the day I heard his credo: “Every citizen is a reporter.” But today he gave me a new mantra I think better describes the type of journalist I most admire:
“Your heart must beat.”
Oh, founder of OhMyNews and arguably the modern citizen journalism movement, was at the Missouri School [...]