Blogging is journalism, writes West Virginia University's Bob Britten in the April edition of The Convergence Newsletter. And students will benefit from learning how to use the tool in their reporting, explains Britten.
"I'm not interested in teaching a class about technology, but I am
interested in teaching a class about using social media's connective,
network-based nature to become effective mass communicators who can
interact with readers." Read the article, then join the conversation below.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
April 2012: Yes, blogging is journalism
Friday, June 3, 2011
April/May 2011 Convergence Newsletter
With convergence comes great responsibility and opportunity - opportunity that the University of South Florida's Anne Anderson says many newspapers still seem to be missing. In her discussion of media platform convergence, Anderson highlights the industry's neglect of younger audiences even as studies show the reading habit begins early. Part of the news industry's responsibility is to adapt content to its audience, and Anderson suggests the industry expand the concept of younger readers and community content in order to capture this ignored audience.
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Another responsibility is to try new things, as Chris Vadnais, superintendent of AFN-Incirlik, the Defense Department's radio and television station at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, has done as a converged journalist. He details his experience and says managers are vital to the convergence process and must lead by taking some of the fear out of failure.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
April 2009 Issue Now Available
If there's one thing that has characterized recent trends in media – convergent or otherwise – it's "change." The latest issue of The Convergence Newsletter explores changes in media, from the traditional to the cutting-edge, with a dose of optimism that might surprise you.
Read the April 2009 issue of The Convergence Newsletter here.
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April 2009: Reinventing a Journalism Career in the Digital Age
Wendy Parker joined 15,000 others among the ranks of former newspaper workers last year, but rather than lament her situation, Parker has embraced the change. Optimistic and encouraging, her story can serve as a model for those looking for life after newspapers.
April 2009: Modeling Demographic Predictors of Content Creation
Sharing some research initially presented at last fall's Convergence Conference at USC, Bartosz Wodynski and Jessica Smith of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discuss research that helps us understand and anticipate who are the most likely groups to create and share content online.
April 2009: Be Careful what You Wish For in 2009
Times are certainly tough for newspapers, but that doesn't mean editors and publishers can't adapt to the changing landscape and meet today's challenges head on. That's the message offered by Tom Griscom, editor of the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee.
April 2009: Book Announcement – Understanding Media Convergence: The State of the Field
Bringing together theoretical and research perspectives from a wide range of convergence researchers and commentators, Understanding Media Convergence: The State of the Field, edited by August E. Grant and Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, is now available from Oxford University Press.
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April 2009: USC Convergence Conference Goes West
The University of South Carolina’s annual Convergence and Society conference is moving west for the second time in eight years. This year’s conference will be hosted and co-sponsored by the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nov. 5-6.
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April 2009: Conferences and Training
Read the conference and training schedule of the April issue here.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
April 2008 Issue Now Available
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.
If you have reactions to any of this month's articles, you can use this blog's comments feature and leave your thoughts at each piece's corresponding blog post, below.
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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.
Read the full article here.
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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.
Read the full announcement here.
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