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mathewingram.com/work - Oct 3, 2008
Taking the train to work this morning, little did I know that I would get sucked into a blog- and Twitter-storm over the essence of journalism, social media, “citizen journalism” and a bunch of other topics. That’s how …
mathewingram.com/work - Jun 23, 2008
A fascinating story in the New York Times about how NBC tried its best to keep the news of Tim Russert’s death from escaping into the wild so that they could make sure that his family knew about it. But Twitter and …
mathewingram.com/work - Jun 22, 2008
As I’ve said before, I don’t usually use this blog to promote the place I work (the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto). That’s not because I don’t think it’s worth promoting, but mostly because I figure the Globe …
Also tagged: media, mental illness
mathewingram.com/work - Jun 7, 2008
There’s a great piece in the Los Angeles Times about Mayhill Fowler, the 61-year-old “citizen journalist” who has become a lightning rod for critics of the practice, after not one but two somewhat embarrassing scoops …
mathewingram.com/work - May 12, 2008
Like many others, I woke up this morning to Twitter messages about a disaster in China: a magnitude 7.8 (at last report) earthquake in the southwest, with thousands of people either dead or injured. Much like the …
Also tagged: earthquake, twitter
mathewingram.com/work - Apr 18, 2008
There have been a number of threads floating around the blogosphere recently that have to do with traditional media vs. “new media,” and the differences between the two — something that this article in the New York …
Also tagged: blogs, news, social networks, media
mathewingram.com/work - Apr 14, 2008
Jeff Jarvis has an interesting post up about the evolution of media online, and he must have taken some time with it because it has graphics and everything — just kidding, Jeff But seriously, Jeff’s general point I …
Also tagged: blogs, web, social networks, media
mathewingram.com/work - Jan 26, 2008
Is this really the best we can do for a Friday frenzy on Techmeme? Scoble decides to put ads on his blog — woop-de-frickin-doo. If someone wants to advertise on the Scobleizer’s blog, they can go right ahead. I …
Also tagged: blogs, social networks, media, government, scoble
mathewingram.com/work - Jan 12, 2008
It’s romantic in a way, the image of “citizen journalists” with their trusty cellphones, capturing news events around the world and allowing everyone to see instant photos or videos. But it can also be very dangerous …
Also tagged: blogs, media, china, crowdsourcing, blogger
mathewingram.com/work - Jan 9, 2008
Via Lucas Grindley’s blog, I came across a fairly daft piece from the Miami Herald, written by journalism professor Edward Wasserman, about how compensating journalists based on the traffic they draw is A Bad Thing. As …