Comments on: Journalism in 2013 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bye, bye, foreign correspondents « Globograma http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-2659397 Bye, bye, foreign correspondents « Globograma Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:07:58 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-2659397 [...] Larssen refers to them as "indigenous correspondents". BBC, according to, already employs 400 of them.  [...] [...] Larssen refers to them as "indigenous correspondents". BBC, according to, already employs 400 of them.  [...]

]]> By: Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director » Blog Archive » Charities as journalists: distorting international reporting? http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-1200154 Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director » Blog Archive » Charities as journalists: distorting international reporting? Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:35:32 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-1200154 [...] than before thanks to organisations such as Global Voices. And news organisations, including the BBC, guided by their enlightened global news chief (and blogger) Richard Sambrook, are increasingly [...] [...] than before thanks to organisations such as Global Voices. And news organisations, including the BBC, guided by their enlightened global news chief (and blogger) Richard Sambrook, are increasingly [...]

]]> By: none http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-934259 none Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:05:42 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-934259 Let me be provocative: Who do you want to get your news from? Johnny Foreigner or John Anchorman? It's not just about understand what you report about, you also need to understand who you're reporting for. Ironically it's the new media types who understand their audience least. Let me be provocative: Who do you want to get your news from? Johnny Foreigner or John Anchorman? It’s not just about understand what you report about, you also need to understand who you’re reporting for. Ironically it’s the new media types who understand their audience least.

]]> By: solanasaurus » Blog Archive » In 2013, there will be no foreign correspondents http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-921475 solanasaurus » Blog Archive » In 2013, there will be no foreign correspondents Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:31:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-921475 [...] During the Media Re:Public conference in Los Angeles a little over a week ago, I was asked to come up with a 2-minute “provocation” about the future of news for a panel moderated by Jonathan Zittrain. Ethan summarized what all the panelists said. [...] [...] During the Media Re:Public conference in Los Angeles a little over a week ago, I was asked to come up with a 2-minute “provocation” about the future of news for a panel moderated by Jonathan Zittrain. Ethan summarized what all the panelists said. [...]

]]> By: Digidave http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-914873 Digidave Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:11:23 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-914873 Ethan Excellent recap. Thanks for this. I wish we had more time to talk - would love to pick your brain about things. In the meantime - keep up the good work. Best David Ethan
Excellent recap. Thanks for this. I wish we had more time to talk – would love to pick your brain about things.

In the meantime – keep up the good work.
Best
David

]]> By: Charlie Beckett http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-909817 Charlie Beckett Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:28:32 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-909817 Hi Ethan, I should have responded to Solana's provocation at the conference but didn't get a chance. I know it was meant to stir things up but I thought it was a careless comment. I also heard that World Service interview she cited and the reason that one journalist was interviewing another was perfectly valid. The story was about how a Chinese public relations trip for western journalists was ambushed by some Tibetan activists. As there was no BBC person on the trip they had to interview someone else who was there. It would have been madness and bad journalism to have interviewed anyone else. More generally Solana is also misrepresenting what many foreign correspondents do. OK so it can be bad when a journalist jumps in and out of a situation but sometimes you need to do that. There aren't 'local' journalists ready to spring in to action everywhere. Networks like Global Voices are valuable but I don't want to rely on them for all my foreign news coverage. Of course, media organisations should always be integrated in to local sources. But there is also the value of an experienced analyst/reporter who can compare situations or give a non-local perspective. In the end, the best coverage is a mixture - it's what I call Networked Journalism. cheers Charlie Hi Ethan,
I should have responded to Solana’s provocation at the conference but didn’t get a chance. I know it was meant to stir things up but I thought it was a careless comment. I also heard that World Service interview she cited and the reason that one journalist was interviewing another was perfectly valid. The story was about how a Chinese public relations trip for western journalists was ambushed by some Tibetan activists. As there was no BBC person on the trip they had to interview someone else who was there. It would have been madness and bad journalism to have interviewed anyone else.
More generally Solana is also misrepresenting what many foreign correspondents do. OK so it can be bad when a journalist jumps in and out of a situation but sometimes you need to do that. There aren’t ‘local’ journalists ready to spring in to action everywhere. Networks like Global Voices are valuable but I don’t want to rely on them for all my foreign news coverage.
Of course, media organisations should always be integrated in to local sources. But there is also the value of an experienced analyst/reporter who can compare situations or give a non-local perspective. In the end, the best coverage is a mixture – it’s what I call Networked Journalism.
cheers
Charlie

]]> By: Solanasaurus http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-906862 Solanasaurus Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:58:30 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/28/journalism-in-2013/#comment-906862 I'm still amazed you manage to get so much down. One clarification, the story I heard on the radio was a BBC journalist interviewing a journalist from another media company (from Australia, I think). I’m still amazed you manage to get so much down. One clarification, the story I heard on the radio was a BBC journalist interviewing a journalist from another media company (from Australia, I think).

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