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[...] of journalism on both fronts, I’m loathe to believe there is a quick fix. But I did like Ethan Zuckerman’s piece on how some intelligent analysis of media consumption combined with a lot more experimentation does [...]

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[...] But the newspapers’ experience is that, online, people won’t pay for quality content. They’ll put up with drivel - within increasingly blinkered verticals – as long as they have they have the means to navigate [...]

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links for 2008-09-22 « andrew golis — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:35:38 +0000

[...] …My heart’s in Accra » Media Re:public – what’s broken in journalism, and can citizen media h… Brilliant talk on the current state of new media. Some important reality checks (legacy media is still dominant, even online) and important warnings (we do need to focus on new models of credibility online). Must read. (tags: new.media journalism internet blogging ethan.zuckerman) [...]

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Cross-pollinate or shrivel » Invisible Inkling — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:01:40 +0000

[...] Read Ethan Zuckerman’s write-up of Persephone Miel’s Media Re:public presentation at the Berkman Center earlier this week. That’s the thread that’s tying these two ideas together in my head. (Um, cross-pollinating, even.) [...]

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It Depends on the Issue « All Teched Out — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:17:24 +0000

[...] when it was appropriate to seek information from life experts and licensed experts, the war between bloggers versus journalists—Weinberger versus Keen—would [...]

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…My heart’s in Accra » Playing the Internet with PMOG — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:34:07 +0000

[...] Persephone Miel’s talk about the future of news media, given at the Berkman Center on Tuesday, inspired a great deal of conversation about how tools could help readers be more aware of media the were consuming. I’ve talked in the past about the idea of a “nutritional information label” for media. This would allow you to see what percent of attention a particular publication pays to various issues and various parts of the world – the New York Times might report 35% international coverage, with 4% on Africa on a weekly basis, and you could decide whether you wanted more internationalism in your diet and switch to the Economist, or more US politics and shift to the Huffington Post. [...]

By: Laura Lindamood

Laura Lindamood — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:17:15 +0000

Thanks for this fantastic summary – I’m eager to see Persephone’s finished research. I’m very interested in the idea of re-thinking audience research, because it does seem (depressingly so) that many people don’t demand quality news, or seek out the sources that do it well.

By: Lateef

Lateef — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:35:55 +0000

Great post. Persephone, I am particularly motivated to spend resources on your suggestion for a focus on disenfranchised and/or ‘underrepresented’ communities. I think that this sort of grass roots involvement will set up a strong foundation for the next generation of public media; especially, with the gaps growing between rich & poor as well as the technical divide.