Is Print Dead? (Infographic) "We all know the newspaper industry has been hit long before the economic downturn of 2009. As a magazine designer for a newspaper company, I was curious as to how the industry is doing as a whole: What parts of the industry have the most growth? Where are the jobs? Is employment [...]
Washington Post suspends columnist for Twitter hoax "The Washington Post has suspended veteran sports columnist Mike Wise for publishing fabricated information on Twitter. He announced the one-month suspension on his radio show Tuesday." (tags: journalism twitter hoax washington+post sports)
Long-form journalism starts a new chapter "The idea of pointing audiences towards interesting material is far from a new thing. Print outlets have been syndicating articles for almost as long as they've existed, while specialist magazines such as the Week emerged in the mid 1990s to collate and distribute journalism. Then, of course, there's the [...]
Social Media: When the Traditional Media Feeds off Your Content Like a Vampire "As long as there has been individuals like myself putting free content out there, there have been traditional content sources milking off of it." (tags: journalism social+media twitter blogging) The Guardian's churnalism masterclass "Compare the whole 400-plus word article with the original [...]
New Scientist Magazine Tests Neuromarketing "Magazines have long used focus groups to tailor their package. New Scientist took another route for its latest issue, testing whether neuromarketing, which examines the brain’s response to products and brands, could help make the magazine more appealing. " (tags: journalism neuromarketing magazines design)
