Tag Archives: journalism

Citizen Journalism in the South Caucasus

Mzia Kupunia | 31 October 2011, 4:14 pm | tags: , , , , , , ,

The fate of professional journalism in condition of rising number of citizen journalists has become a subject of discussion among media scholars. Some suggest that citizen journalism will kill journalism as a profession. This issue is relevant in South Caucasus region as well, however not at as large scale as in other more technologically advanced countries. Anna Keshelashvili is a…

On Tumblr and News Curation: Interview with Ernie Smith from ShortFormBlog

Jacobo Corujeira | 31 October 2011, 8:55 am | 4 comments | tags: , , , ,

It’s no news that Tumblr is one of the fastest-growing networks. Latest data from Quantcast indicate that it receives 410,180,736 visits every month, mostly young audiences with a desperate hunger for content and a strong community feel. This hybrid between blogging platform and social network is also a great and open field for new experiences in journalism and…

2012: An Offline Year for Bram van Montfoort

Leander Roet | 27 October 2011, 4:26 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , ,

Bram van Montfoort (‘87) is an online man. He once started with a dial-up internet connection and egg timer to keep track of ‘online’-time, nowadays Bram is equipped with iPad, PC and mobile phone and can be followed on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Vimeo. All that is about to

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Narrative Structures in Data Visualizations to Improve Storytelling

Philip Man | 03 May 2011, 9:00 am | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , ,

Interactive data visualization has emerged as a complete new field within journalism. Large editorials like The New York Times, The Guardian, the Economist, the Washington Post all have special teams dedicated to data visualizations only. However, in the recent years, the storytelling potential of data visualizations has been debated.

Journalism 2.0 – A Field in Transition

Caroline Goralczyk | 16 October 2010, 7:17 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , , ,

Let’s say it is Friday night, 7pm. All shops are closed and every normal working person went home to enjoy the weekend. Some people are heading home for dinner with their families, others are having drinks with friends. And then comes the Big Bang: Paris Hilton and her dog die in a car crash. Most certainly, tomorrow’s newspapers are going to write about it. And even more sure, everyone will already have read it online or watched it on the news. And this is just one of the several reasons why tomorrow’s paper is already so – oh, so yesterday today.

Tweet, Tweet, Twitter Journalism

Philip Man | 13 October 2010, 7:50 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

The role of the journalist has been changed, or some would argue that it is not there anymore. How is democracy functioning with all the social media around us? Twitter is a powerful tool for politicians to get in contact with the public, but where is the journalist?

While I see, I microblog

Floor Broer van Dijk | 10 October 2010, 9:44 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , ,

Microblogging, everyone is doing it, ‘normal’ people like us and ‘very important’ people like politicians, the Dutch Queen and celebrities. We share with the world what we are doing at the moment, or what is on our minds. According to Akshay Java, Tim Finin, Xiaodan Song, & Belle Tseng in their article on why…

Creating documentaries to engage the viewer: Prison Valley- a webdoc.

Stefania Bercu | 11 September 2010, 12:02 pm | 5 comments | tags: , , , , ,

Prison Valley posterIn November, 2009, Philippe Brault and David Dufresne, journalists for Arte.tv were onstage at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam to present the online platform and the first 30 minutes of edited footage of their upcoming project: Prison Valley- a webdocumentary. Prison Valley is a road movie about a small city in the state of Colorado,…

Towards a methodology for Web-based investigative reporting

Jelle Kamsma | 03 April 2010, 1:05 am | 2 comments | tags: , , , ,

This article discusses the implementation of new online methods in the field of investigative journalism. The development and nature of investigative reporting are shortly discussed before turning to the ways Internet research is conducted in the field of new media. By describing a number of distinct steps this article tries to sketch the contours of a methodology for this type of reporting in which strategies as well as responsibilities of investigative reporters doing Internet research are discussed. This is also the subject of my thesis so all feedback is more than welcome.

Twitter is Joris Luyendijk’s Answer.

Han Rusman | 04 October 2009, 2:35 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , ,

A lot of journalists discussing Twitter seem to fall back on an old habit, criticize. I guess it is a journalistic-reflex, maybe even a purpose to criticize. But in case of Twitter it is regrettable the discussion didn’t moved forward. The role of journalism might start with a critical look, but it definitely shouldn’t end in criticism only.