Category Archives: Future media

Looking back to look ahead

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Russell Merryman

Interesting project underway in the US where the questions of how we came to be where we are in journalism are now being examined with the benefit of hindsight. According to CNN, a trio of leading digerati are publishing an … Continue reading →

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Snow Fall fall-out

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Russell Merryman

I make no apologies for my admiration of Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, a detailed interactive, multimedia documentary put together by The New York Times; others agree and it has won a Webby award and a Pulitzer prize. Every … Continue reading →

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Why journalists need tech

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Simon Hinde

The University of Texas conducted an interesting experiment recently, bringing journalism students and students of computer science together to create journalism-related apps and get them into the iPhone App store. It reminds me a bit of the Hack Day activities … Continue reading →

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Where are news audiences taking journalism

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Russell Merryman

Interesting lecture posted on YouTube by the Reynolds Journalism Institute featuring Tom Rosenthal, the executive director of the American Press Institute. The title of the lecture was “Where are news audiences taking journalism? Myths, mission and what people almost always … Continue reading →

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