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Debate: Innovation in information, what is the role of journalists?
Posted by Katherine Travers on December 2, 2011 at 2:58 PM
New practices in journalism: David Klatell of Columbia Journalism School
Posted by Katherine Travers on December 2, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Dawn Williamson: 'data's not a report to read, it's an environment to live in'
Posted by Hannah Vinter on December 2, 2011 at 11:13 AM
What journalists need to know about new media and conflict
Posted by Katherine Travers on December 1, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Community marriage: Spot.Us merges with the Public Insight Network
Posted by Hannah Vinter on December 1, 2011 at 12:50 PM
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewsrooms_and_journalism%2F2011%2F12%2Freal-time_fact_checking_at_lemondefr.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="11021" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/decodeurs.jpg"><img alt="decodeurs.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/decodeurs-thumb-200x140-11021.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" height="140" width="200" /></a></form><b>Samuel Laurent</b>, political journalist at <i>LeMonde.fr</i> talked about real-time fact checking today at "<a href="http://www.journalisme.sciences-po.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1448&Itemid=1">Les Nouvelles Pratiques du Journalisme</a>" conference, hosted by the <b>Ecole de Journalisme</b> de <b>Sciences Po</b>, Paris, in collaboration with<b> </b>the <b>Columbia Journalism School</b>. <br /><br />Fact-checking in real time - verifying the truth of statements made by politicians and public figures in real time during press conferences or public appearances - is becoming an important part of political communication nowadays, says Laurent. <br /><br /><br />&title=Real-time fact checking at LeMonde.fr){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fweb_20%2F2011%2F12%2Fyoull_never_watch_alone_twitter_and_tv.php&bodytext=<form style="DISPLAY: inline" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" mt:asset-id="11016"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/SciencesPo.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 20px 20px 0px; FLOAT: left" class="mt-image-left" alt="SciencesPo.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/SciencesPo-thumb-200x67-11016.gif" width="200" height="67" /></a></form><div>There's no doubt that social media has made its mark on journalism. Just think of the way that the news of Steve Jobs' death spread rapidly around the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>These changes haven't just changed the way we read newspapers. They've also profoundly altered our relationship with television.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was the subject of a talk given by <b><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/McProulx">Mike Proulx</a></b>, co-author of the book <i>Social TV, </i>at "<a href="http://www.americas.sciences-po.fr/fr/021211-les-nouvelles-pratiques-du-journalisme">Les Nouvelle Pratiques du Journalisme</a>" conference at <b>Sciences Po, </b>Paris, hosted in collaboration with <b>Columbia Journalism School</b>.</div>&title=You'll never watch alone: Twitter and TV){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewspaper%2F2011%2F12%2Fdebate_innovation_in_information_what_is.php&bodytext=<form style="DISPLAY: inline" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" mt:asset-id="11016"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/SciencesPo.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 20px 20px 0px; FLOAT: left" class="mt-image-left" alt="SciencesPo.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/SciencesPo-thumb-200x67-11016.gif" width="200" height="67" /></a></form><div>The media landscape is in constant flux and, as the news industry is acutely aware, it can be difficult to imagine how that landscape will look ten years - or even a month - from now. So where do journalists fit in the grand scheme of things? What is their role as new media emerge and begin to dominate the world of news? </div><div><br /></div><div>The <b>Nouvelles Pratiques du Journalisme</b> conference panel, moderated by <b>Frederic FiIloux,</b> editor of <b>Monday Note,</b> and featuring <b>Jean-Marie Columbani</b>, founder of <i>Slate</i>; <b>Alice Antheaume </b>of <b>Sciences Politiques Journalism School</b>; <b>Jean-Marc Manach</b> of <b>OWNI</b>;<b> Pascale Robert -Diard</b> of<i> Le Monde</i>; <b>Thibaud Vuitton</b> of <b>France Television</b> and <b>Madhav Chinnappa</b> from <b>Google</b> discussed the challenges facing news media and journalists in this period of disruption.</div>&title=Debate: Innovation in information, what is the role of journalists?){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewspaper%2F2011%2F12%2Fnew_practices_in_journalism_david_klatel.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="11016" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/SciencesPo.gif"><img alt="SciencesPo.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/SciencesPo-thumb-200x67-11016.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" height="67" width="200" /></a></form><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>David Klatell</b>, Vice Dean responsible for internationaldevelopment at<b> Columbia Journalism School</b>, addressed the audience at </span>"<a href="http://www.americas.sciences-po.fr/fr/021211-les-nouvelles-pratiques-du-journalisme">Les Nouvelles Pratiques du Journalisme</a>" conference, hosted by the Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po, Paris<span lang="EN-GB"> about how Columbia is adapting to newpractices in journalism. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Currently, Columbia students and faculty are "incredibly active online" to engage withaudiences on digital platforms, but the digtal world is in constant motion andso is the landscape of journalism, hence Klatell states "every two or three yearswe will change everything" to keep abreastof the changes in the industry. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">One example of the school's ability toreact to change is their new degree programme in journalism and computer science. In the programmethey learn "detailed coding" and other aspects of computer science to allowthem to enter data journalism and to create software to aid journalisticprojects.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Klatell believes that graduates with that combineddegree, journalism and computer science, will be "amongst the top executives"in the news industry in the near future.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Columbia Journalism School is also hiring youngerfaculty members, for instance <b>Emily Bell</b>, who sharesher knowledge of analytics and "the science of public engagement" withstudents. The youngest professor in the history of the school has just beenemployed as part of this initiative; she is 30 years old and a specialist indata visualisation. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">According to Klatell, it's "no surprisethat the new stars of the faculty are women, I suspect that's going to be atrend".</span></p> &title=New practices in journalism: David Klatell of <b>Columbia Journalism School</b>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewsrooms_and_journalism%2F2011%2F12%2Fdawn_williamson_datas_not_a_report_to_re.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="11019" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/dawn%20williamson.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/dawn williamson-thumb-200x266-11019.jpg" width="200" height="266" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><div>What does journalism today have in common with the 1960s steel industry? Quite a lot, argued<b> Dawn Williamson </b>of <a href="http://chartbeat.com/"><b>Chartbeat</b></a>, speaking today at "<a href="http://www.americas.sciences-po.fr/fr/021211-les-nouvelles-pratiques-du-journalisme">Les Nouvelles Pratiques du Journalisme</a>" conference, hosted by the Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po, Paris, in collaboration with Columbia Journalism School. </div><div><br /></div><div>Before the 1960's the steel industry was dominated by big, inefficient, expensive steel plants. But then something changed. The industry was revolutionised by the introduction of "mini-mills" - smaller, cheaper, faster plants. Yet the big steel companies didn't want to adopt minimills, says Williamson. They were suspicious of the quality of their new competitors. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today, Williamson argues, news sites like <i>The Huffington Post</i>, <i>Gawker</i> and <i>Business Insider</i> are the "mini mills of the journalism industry". Through a combination of news aggregation, blog hosting and user engagement, they're producing a journalism product that's faster and cheaper.</div> &title=Dawn Williamson: 'data's not a report to read, it's an environment to live in'){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewspaper%2F2011%2F12%2Fmedia_links_of_the_day_292.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="10269" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/media%20links-thumb-200x58-6272-thumb-200x58-6273-thumb-200x58-6911-thumb-200x58-9311-thumb-200x58-9318-thumb-200x58-9319-thumb-200x58-9409-thumb-200x58-9410-thumb-200x58-9418-thumb-200x58-9430.jpg"><img alt="media links-thumb-200x58-6272-thumb-200x58-6273-thumb-200x58-6911-thumb-200x58-9311-thumb-200x58-9318-thumb-200x58-9319-thumb-200x58-9409-thumb-200x58-9410-thumb-200x58-9418-thumb-200x58-9430.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/05/media links-thumb-200x58-6272-thumb-200x58-6273-thumb-200x58-6911-thumb-200x58-9311-thumb-200x58-9318-thumb-200x58-9319-thumb-200x58-9409-thumb-200x58-9410-thumb-200x58-9418-thumb-200x58-9430-thumb-200x58-10269.jpg" width="200" height="58" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><div><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2011/11/30/two-cheers-for-tabloid-trash/">Tabloids</a> - are they really so bad? Can it be argued that circulation is the only judge of what is in the 'public interest'? </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/dec/01/leveson-inquiry-day by-day?CMP=twt_fd"><i>The Guardian</i></a> launches a new interactive feature to keep you up to speed on the Leveson Inquiry.</div><div><br /></div><div>Is the new <b>Reynolds Institute</b> and <b>Naional Newspaper Association</b> study too optimistic, Maybe life is not so sweet for the <a href="http://commonsensej.blogspot.com/2011/12/different-way-to-look-at-new-community.html?utm_term=journalism,+media,+new+media,+social+media&utm_content=journalism,+media,+new+media,+social+media&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">community newspaper</a> right now? </div><div><br /></div><div>The <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/11/bbc_online_homepage_launch.html">BBC</a> </b>launches a new online homepage, altering its award winning website. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2011/dec/01/hacks-crapps-pr-awards?CMP=twt_fd">CRAPP awards</a>: an interactive voting system for the Communcative Relations Award from PR Professionals is online now. A novel way to encourage good journalism. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13px; ">For more industry news please see <b><a href="http://www.wan-ifra.org/microsites/executive-news-service" style="color: rgb(228, 107, 12); text-decoration: none; ">WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service</a></b></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 8px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></font></div><div><br /></div><div>Sources: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/11/bbc_online_homepage_launch.html">BBC.co.uk</a>,<a href="http://commonsensej.blogspot.com/2011/12/different-way-to-look-at-new-community.html?utm_term=journalism,+media,+new+media,+social+media&utm_content=journalism,+media,+new+media,+social+media&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter"> Commonsensej.blogspot.com</a>, The Guardian (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/dec/01/leveson-inquiry-day by-day?CMP=twt_fd">1</a>), (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2011/dec/01/hacks-crapps-pr-awards?CMP=twt_fd">2</a>), <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2011/11/30/two-cheers-for-tabloid-trash/">Reuters</a>, </div> &title= Media links of the day){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewspaper%2F2011%2F12%2Fwikileaks_release_new_information.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="10663" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/wikileaks-logo.jpg"><img alt="wikileaks-logo.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/08/wikileaks-logo-thumb-200x297-10663.jpg" width="200" height="297" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><div>Although <b>WikiLeaks </b>recently appeared to have insufficient resources to release more data, the organisation has managed to publish a cache of documents, known as the 'spy files', detailing the interception of civilian communications by governments and other organisations. </div><div><br /></div><div>The announcement on the WikiLeaks <a href="http://wikileaks.org/the-spyfiles.html">website</a> reads "It sounds like something out of Hollywood, but as of today, mass interception systems, built by Western intelligence contractors, including for 'political opponents' are a reality."</div><div><br /></div><div>The cache of 287 files has been released in order to expose companies who track mobile phone devices, use Trojans to infiltrate computers, SMS monitoring and GPS tracking to report on the movement and communication of civilians. </div><div><br /></div><div>Companies who specialize in this type of work are often based in more economically developed countries, but their technologies are exported across the globe, so that dictatorial and democratic governments alike can observe their citizens, according to WikiLeaks. </div> &title=Wikileaks release 'spy files'){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewspaper%2F2011%2F12%2Fwhat_journalists_need_to_know_about_new.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="11014" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/scpo-logo-rvb.jpg"><img alt="scpo-logo-rvb.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/scpo-logo-rvb-thumb-200x36-11014.jpg" width="200" height="36" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><div>On Wednesday November 30, <b>Sciences Po Paris</b> played host to a panel discussion on the subject of new media and conflict prevention. The prestigious panel included: <b>Anne-Sophie Bordry</b>, public affairs director for <b>Facebook</b>, France; <b>William Echikson</b>, former journalist and spokesperson for <b>Google</b> in Brussels; <b>Fabrice Epelboin</b>, publisher of the French version of <b>ReadWriteWeb</b> and co-founder of the T<b>unisian Association for Digital Liberties</b>; <b>Salpi H. Ghazarian</b>, director of the <b>Civilitas Foundation</b>; <b>Lilane Landor</b>, language controller of <b>BBC Global News</b>; <b>Joseph Maïla</b>, founder of the <b>Institue for training in Mediation and Negotiation</b> and <b>Omar Saghi</b>, Sciences Po. professor and screenwriter.</div><div><br /></div><div>Director of Science Po's <b>International Business Schoo</b>l, <b>Ghassan Salamé</b> opened the conference by discussing the contribution that new media has made to uprisings and revolutions across the world, namely in the Arab world. The French and Bolshevic revolutions happened without social media, Ghassan noted, but since the advent of the digital age, the way conflict and civil unrest unfold has become drastically different.</div> &title=What journalists need to know about new media and conflict){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewsrooms_and_journalism%2F2011%2F12%2Fcommunity_marriage_spotus_merges_with_th.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="11012" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/spotus%20founder%20david%20cohn.jpg"><img alt="spotus founder david cohn.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/12/spotus founder david cohn-thumb-200x133-11012.jpg" width="200" height="133" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><div>The community-funded news platform <b><a href="http://spot.us/">Spot.Us</a></b> <a href="http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/press/archive/pr_112911.html">announced</a> this week that it has been acquired by the <b><a href="http://www.publicinsightnetwork.org/">Public Insight Network</a> (PIN).</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Spot.Us is site that allows readers to make microdonations towards journalism stories. The site displays journalist's pitches for public interest stories as well as readers' tips and suggested assignments. Users can donate to individual projects, and when the funding target is reached, the journalist who has proposed the story is paid to write it. To preserve editorial independence, there's a limit on how much individual users can donate. The finished story is licensed under <b>Creative Commons</b>, and Spot.Us distributes it to as many publishing outlets as possible. </div><div><br /></div><div>Spot.Us was launched in November 2008 by David Cohn, with the aid of $340,000 of funding from the Knight News Foundation. Its business model has developed since its launch; in May 2010 it unrolled a <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/03/spotus_looking_at_introducing_community-.php">"community centered advertising project"</a> which allowed users to respond to market research surveys in exchange for credit to fund stories on the site.</div><div><br /></div><div>PIN is part of <b>American Public Media </b>(APM), a non-profit organisation that is the second-largest distributor of public radio programming in the US. </div><div><br /></div> <div><br /></div>&title=Community marriage: Spot.Us merges with the Public Insight Network ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://web.archive.org./web/20111203214752/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorsweblog.org%2Fnewspaper%2F2011%2F11%2Fmedia_links_of_the_day_291.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="10269" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/media%20links-thumb-200x58-6272-thumb-200x58-6273-thumb-200x58-6911-thumb-200x58-9311-thumb-200x58-9318-thumb-200x58-9319-thumb-200x58-9409-thumb-200x58-9410-thumb-200x58-9418-thumb-200x58-9430.jpg"><img alt="media links-thumb-200x58-6272-thumb-200x58-6273-thumb-200x58-6911-thumb-200x58-9311-thumb-200x58-9318-thumb-200x58-9319-thumb-200x58-9409-thumb-200x58-9410-thumb-200x58-9418-thumb-200x58-9430.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2011/05/media links-thumb-200x58-6272-thumb-200x58-6273-thumb-200x58-6911-thumb-200x58-9311-thumb-200x58-9318-thumb-200x58-9319-thumb-200x58-9409-thumb-200x58-9410-thumb-200x58-9418-thumb-200x58-9430-thumb-200x58-10269.jpg" width="200" height="58" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><div>Phone-hacking update: <b>Tony Blair</b>'s former Public Relations advisor, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/30/alastair-campbell-ni-phone-hacking"><b>Alistair Campbell</b></a>, states he and MP <b>Tom Watson</b> were sent threatening messages because they took a vocal stance against phone-hacking.</div><div><br /></div><div>Want to calculate the value of your <b>Facebook</b> page? <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/facebook-ipo-how-much-is-your-facebook-page-worth/2011/11/29/gIQAdq9NCO_blog.html"><i>The Washington Post</i></a> gives you a couple of ways to go about doing it. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=78542">Content farms</a>: Google may have attempted to give content farms lower search ratings but will that mean they cease to profitable?</div><div><br /></div><div>Does your newsroom need to be restructured? <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/newspapers-told-to-shift-_b_1108181.html"><b>Magda Abu-Fadil</b></a> tells us how 'mobile work flows' are key to making it in the digital era. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13px; ">For more industry news please see <b><a href="http://www.wan-ifra.org/microsites/executive-news-service" style="color: rgb(228, 107, 12); text-decoration: none; ">WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service</a></b></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 8px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></font></div><div>Sources: <a href="http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=78542">Econtentmag</a>,<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/30/alastair-campbell-ni-phone-hacking">The Guardian</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/newspapers-told-to-shift-_b_1108181.html">The Huffington Post</a>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/facebook-ipo-how-much-is-your-facebook-page-worth/">The Washington Post</a></div> &title=Media links of the day){kind=link}