New numbers from Gallup - trust in media continues to decline.
“Among 16 U.S. institutions tested, television news ranks 11th, following newspapers in 10th place. The 25% of adults who express a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in newspapers is down slightly from 28% last year. Confidence in newspapers is now half of what it was at its peak of 51% in 1979.”
SOURCE: http://www.gallup.com/poll/155585/Americans-Confidence-Television-News-Drops-New-Low.aspx
Engagement is a big buzzword in journalism today. But what if the future of journalism lies not only in building the right app or tech tool but in developing deep and meaningful connections between reporters and residents?
That’s what Free Press’ News Voices: New Jersey project set out to discover six months ago.
Day of Action to Save Our News: Stop the Kochs
Soledad O'Brien Fact-Checks a Politician Live (A.K.A.: journalism).
Check out this interactive map and watch as four companies devour what’s left of local TV!
In the good old days, the journalism business was subsidized by all of the other things a newspaper contained apart from the news. This included classified ads, obviously, but also horoscopes, gardening columns, the comic page and other add-ons that had little or nothing to do with news or journalism. Gradually the internet has taken most of these pillars away, and left newspapers with just the hard news — in other words, the only thing no one wants to pay for.
Mathew Ingram, paidContent: The unfortunate fact is that online journalism can’t survive without a wealthy benefactor or cat GIFS,
FJP: A sad but true summary of how news was subsidized in the past, and what its options are today.
(via futurejournalismproject)
Independent and Citizen Journalism in #Ferguson
Via GigaOm: Crowd-powered journalism becomes crucial when traditional media is unwilling or unable:
Just as it did in Egypt and Ukraine, the stream of updates from Ferguson — both from amateur or non-journalists, eyewitnesses and professional reporters for various outlets — turned into a feed of breaking news unlike anything that non-Twitter users were getting from the major news networks and cable channels. Most of the latter continued with their regular programming, just as media outlets in Turkey and Ukraine avoided mentioning the growing demonstrations in their cities. In a very real sense, citizen-powered journalism filled the gap left by traditional media, which were either incapable or unwilling to cover the news.
Related, also via GigaOm: You can use your phone to film the police, even if they tell you not to.
Related, once again: Argus Radio was webcasting events last night from Ferguson via their Livestream channel and will start again today at 3pm.
Image: Screenshot from Argus Radio’s “I Am Mike Brown” Livestream channel.
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