9/01/2010
Shane Croucher wrote an excellent critique on how (local) newspapers can easily fix their business and adapt to the changing media landscape. Here’s a quick review:
- Embrace broadcast
- Twitter
- Get some new columnists
- Develop an “app”
- Stop laying off journalists
For more details on each step, see ‘Five things newspapers should be doing‘.
30/11/2009
“What journalism and the public most need right now is serious, continuing coverage of matters of public importance: city halls, school systems, statehouses. Journalism schools are not fully equipped to provide that now, but the logistical and financial difficulty of equipping them to do so would be far less than the difficulty of creating and sustaining new news organizations built from scratch. Like teaching hospitals, journalism schools can provide essential services to their communities while they are educating their students.“
The Chronicle of Higher Education | Nicholas Lemann – Journalism Schools Can Push Coverage Beyond Breaking News
22/10/2009

Pretty comprehensive reviews from Harry McCracken (PC World), David Pogue (NYT) and Walt Mossberg (WSJ).
All three are mainly Mac users, like myself. Bottom line: once you go Mac, you never go back (no pun intended).
21/10/2009
Apple introduced on Tuesday new 21.5″ and 27″ iMacs (pictured below), a new multitouch mouse — the Magic Mouse, new Mac Minis, new Apple Remote, and a unibody MacBook (white). They all look pretty crave- worthy.
News is covered virtually everywhere, so you won’t miss out on any details.
