Comments on: Future of journalism? It’s all about information

By: Cool Links #34: It’s Hotting Up Edition « TEACH J: For Teachers of Journalism And Media

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:19:25 +0000

[...] The Evolving Newsroom blog tells us that we should not confuse the future of journalism with the future of newspapers. I say well said, journalism is multi-platform, multiple technique now. We have to let go of [...]

By: Twitter tips and info hope « Sarah Hartley

Twitter tips and info hope « Sarah Hartley — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:37:47 +0000

[...] Future of journalism? It’s all about information Their success – the site now covers a number of US cities – showcases a cost-efficient way of delivering useful information to readers direct from the source. After all, the sources of this information are the very sources that journalists traditionally go to. One attractive scenario that comes to mind here is to use this cost-effective means to deliver nuts and bolts reporting, freeing resources to support more considered and analytical reporting to run alongside. (tags: newspapers information data) [...]

By: Julie Starr

Julie Starr — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:56:36 +0000

I was only allowed 5 minutes, otherwise I would have said considerably more than that:)

You’re quite right that not all information is news.

By: alastair thompson

alastair thompson — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:46:38 +0000

That wasn’t a very long speech. I am guessing you said more than that :)

Very good though and it is definitely quite so. The internet is providing access to a huge range of information that we never had access to before.

I would add however that information is not necessarily news – although some is. Scoop is about information dissemination – most of which is news – but a bunch of which is not.

Food for thought
Alastair