Category Archives: journalism

Behind the scenes of the Open Platform’s evolution

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Matt McAlister

When I came to the Guardian two years ago, I brought with me some crazy California talk about open strategies and APIs and platforms. Little did I know the Guardian already understood openness. It’s part of its DNA. It just … Continue reading →

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Defining online media platforms

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Matt McAlister

My thinking about what platforms and ecosystems look like in the online media world seems to evolve constantly. It has certainly become more clear, bigger and more nuanced the last 2 years or so, but the language to describe a … Continue reading →

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Local community data reporting

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Matt McAlister

EveryBlock has taken a very data intensive look at local news reporting. As founder Adrain Holovaty explains: “An overall goal of EveryBlock is to point you to news near your block. We’ve been working hard to do a good job … Continue reading →

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Interactive journalism: An amazing homicide mashup

Posted on January 16, 2008 by

I had the pleasure of interviewing Sean Connelly and Katy Newton for YDN Theater recently with YDN videographer Ricky Montalvo. They created the amazing (and award-winning) crime data mashup Not Just A Number in partnership with The Oakland Tribune. After … Continue reading →

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Oakland Trib’s Not-Just-A-Number improves on crime data visualization

Posted on November 20, 2007 by

OJR’s Jim Wayne dives into Oakland Tribune’s “Not Just A Number” web site. The service won the Service Journalism Award from ONA for an amazingly powerful view of crime data. The basic premise was to create a data visualization for … Continue reading →

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Building community is hard

Posted on October 15, 2007 by

Jay Rosen has an interesting post on the failure of AssignmentZero, an effort to build a publicly funded crowdsourced news organization. Among the many lessons, he keeps coming back to motivation and incentive. “A well managed project correctly estimates what … Continue reading →

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Why Outside.in may have the local solution

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

The recent blog frenzy over hyperlocal media inspired me to have a look at Outside.in again. It’s not just the high profile backers and the intense competitive set that make Outside.in worth a second look. There’s something very compelling in … Continue reading →

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IDG does the right thing

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

For a company that avoids PR so actively, IDG has recently launched itself onto the media stage with great vigor. The closure of InfoWorld magazine a month ago signalled the end of an era across the magazine market, and then … Continue reading →

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Media As A Service

Posted on April 2, 2007 by

Much like print and tv are becoming marketing vehicles to drive people online, the domain name for an online media service is becoming sort of an abstract utility or maybe just a brand address for media services rather than the … Continue reading →

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Decentralizing journalism and everything

Posted on March 30, 2007 by

Dave Winer said something the other day during the latest “Newspapers are dead” meme that I can’t get out of my head: “In the future, every educated person will be a journalist, as today we are all travel agents and … Continue reading →

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