Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Heidi N Moore tweetstorms about the misconceptions in branded content that come from a lack of data. *thinkfluence throat clearing* journalism will be divided between people who believe FB will help the cause and those who think FB hurts it @Chronotope · TUE, APR 26 2016 12:12:38 Heidi N Moore@moorehn On the latter side is…
Regarding Shaun King and the Daily News When I learned in October that Shaun King had been tapped to become a social justice columnist for the Daily News, I was thrilled, not only because I had admired his passionate writing for years but also because it was an early signal that newly appointed Editor-In-Chief Jim…
John Hermann, who writes about media industry for The New York Times, is one of my favorite writers. His incisive and cutting commentary at his previous home-on-the-web, The Awl, was on my “read first and do everything else later” list. About ten days ago, we had a conversation about the shifting media landscape and the…
Photo Jim Bankoff, chief executive of Vox Media, in the Washington office. The company plans a media brand devoted to digital technology and delivered primarily on Facebook. Credit Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times Vox Media, the ambitious online news start-up that runs Vox, a politics site; SB Nation, a network of sports sites;…
The Verge’s new Circuit Breaker AD UNIT 1 /AD UNIT 1 On Monday, Vox Media tech and culture site The Verge announced the introduction of a gadget blog called Circuit Breaker, which the company said will be “dedicated to the resurgence of consumer gadgets in new categories like VR, drones, and the internet of things.”…
Quantum computing ace or viral magician?Screenshot via YouTube/video by CBC News Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conquered the internet last Friday when a video of him answering a reporter’s question about quantum computing went viral. But that victory may have come a little too easily. /.about-the-author The optics could not have been more perfect…
I’m pissed at myself right now. I’m a science writer, and I just turned in one of my biggest articles to date. Over the course of several months I interviewed nearly a dozen researchers and scientists around the globe to get the scoop on the pretty cool uses of a new technology. But as my…
The first rule of pricing is: you do not talk about pricing I’ve been slightly obsessed about pricing since 2010. Before joining Fluxx, I was part of the team that changed the price of The Times digital edition from this: The Times digital price pre-2010 To this: The Times digital price post-2010 Introducing what inevitably…
When Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp expressed frustration with his company’s performance on Apple News last week, his complaints apparently were just the tip of the iceberg. Other publishing execs are unhappy about everything from the traffic they’re getting from the two-month-old news aggregation app to the user experience to the data Apple’s giving them….
Photo: AP Maybe he’s the ego-buster journalism students need. About a month ago, a parody account called “Guy at your J-school” began tweeting insights into life, with posts that range from delusional to chokingly smug. No doubt, “Guy at your J-school” hits notes that can make any jaded reporter sneer. The caricature might even cause…