Over the years, we have featured the occasional article from outside our borders in The Convergence Newsletter -- contributors in locales from China to Chile have leant an international touch to the newsletter.
But we figured it was time to take global convergence more seriously. So, we intend to release two special international-themed issues a year; this month's issue is the first. We hope our readers -- ours is a worldwide audience -- will appreciate this broader look at convergence, in all its intercontinental applications.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
April 2008 Issue Now Available
April 2008: Australia’s Fairfax Embraces the Multimedia Future
Reporters equipped with high-tech PDAs? Online-only dailies? Over 5 million monthly pageviews? This is life in the digital fast lane for Fairfax Media, Australia's largest media group. Dr. Stephen Quinn of Deakin University tells us how the digital "future" is now at Fairfax.
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April 2008: Media Convergence and Journalism Teaching in Brazil - A Project Using Newsplex as a Reference
We head south of the border (well, our border, anyway) with Lorena Tarcia of Brazil, to explore an in-depth convergence-teaching project Tarcia has engaged in with her students at University Center of Belo Horizonte. Tarcia first introduced us to this project, which was based on the Newsplex model, at last October's Convergence Conference at USC.
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April 2008: Are We Paying Enough Attention to Space in Newsroom Studies
The third of our international contributions come from Ivar John Erdal of the University of Oslo in Norway. Erdal expands upon his presentation at last October's Convergence Conference at USC, in which he called our attention to the need to think of convergence in real, spatial terms -- especially when considering how newsroom personnel interact in a converged environment.
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April 2008: Book Announcement - Principles of Convergence Journalism
Dr. Augie Grant announces the publication of a new practical textbook for teaching convergence. Principles of Convergence Journalism, from Oxford University Press, takes a step-by-step look at reporting across platforms, using new media, and a host of other tools of interest to the convergence journalist. TCN Executive Editor Doug Fisher and past newsletter contributor Dr. Jeff Wilkinson are co-authors.
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