You may have read today’s news about our acquisition of Truemors. For those of you not familiar with the site it is the brainchild of Guy Kawasaki. Guy is a legend in Silicon Valley as a best selling author, VC...
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This map paints a sobering picture for anyone concerned about the state of the news business. As the layoffs pile up, the coverage of important news stories shrinks and becomes more reliant on bulk news and news wire material. Hopefully citizen coverage and...
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The press reaction to the judgement in the Max Mosley case has exaggerated the judge’s sentiments, making claims that he has in effect gagged them. To many people Mosley’s actions were morally repugnant but this ruling has been about what is in the public interest not...
A YouTube video clip, paid for by the McCain Campaign 2008, titled "You're Just Too Good To Be True. Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You." has raised questions about whether or not the sentiments...
"In a recent article in the U.S. magazine Columbia Journalism Review, the author Alissa Quart discussed the changing nature of photojournalism. The “rise of the amateur photographer” and the “ubiquity of camera...
By, Uwe Paschen.NEWSSource: http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=3915 (India Journal)The India Journal is reporting that Now Public Editor Sanjay Jha received the Journalism's Award on the 17th of July...
NowPublic's Sanjay Jha bags American business journalism award Here is a great example of the high quaility Super Editors at NowPublic" NEW YORK: A journalist working with Canada-based news website NowPublic, has...
More pain in the newspaper business today."Thanks to a write-down of nearly $3 billion, we knew Gannett (GCI) was looking at an ugly Q2. And Gannett delivered, announcing 36% earnings drop in preliminary results...
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Here we go again..."The Chicago Tribune is eliminating about 80 editorial positions — roughly 14 percent of its newsroom staff — amid parent Tribune Company's campaign to cut costs as revenues decline.Employees...
I've been keeping my eye on Wikileaks over the past few months, as a potential source of eyewitness footage and contextual documentation for news stories that we've covered on NowPublic. Although the site maintains...
More opinionsfrom under the many hats ofLee DunkelbergMany thanks to amyjudd for throwing my hat into the ring to be "Featured Member".Just the other day, I had to check as to when I joined up here and found it has...
As I earlier noted in "Death of Newspapers? Save the Press!", one of the core strengths of traditional newspapers is the constant interaction with readers. Here, Marc Fisher aptly demonstrates this strength in responses to reader's views on the death of alleged cop killer...
"NBC was once the proud home of real journalists. People such as Chet Huntley and David Brinkley brought its standards to -- and above -- the level prevalent in most news organizations. But...
NowPublic in the News, Citizen journalism site adds new features Update found at end of this story Here is a related story that was published first on NP from mtippett NP gets Kudos from Journalism Blogs...