The collapse of The New Republic looks to be a pretty big deal. From what I’ve read, it looks that Chris Hughes’ attempts to bring the popular liberal magazine into the 21st century failed. According to alumni of the magazine, Hughes destroyed the publication with his attempts to add new technology to The New Republic‘s set way of telling… Continue reading The Convergence of Voices: Why Long Form Still Matters
Think about it. Have you ever logged onto Facebook, Twitter or Instagram while at work? I know I’m not alone when I say, I have. Is it because I’m bored and my boss can’t see me? Maybe I am just curious what my friends are doing? The need to log onto social media sites during work… Continue reading Is Social Media Distracting The Workforce?
In a recent Fast Company article, “The Biggest Challenges Facing the News Industry in 2016,” several expert journalists voiced their opinions on the future of the news industry. To me, the most interesting opinion based on putting increased effort into virtual reality, came from USC Journalism professor Robert Hernandez. Hernandez caught me off-guard stating, “In… Continue reading With Virtual Reality Gaining Steam, News Outlets Must Adapt
Media outlets building trust in their communities is not a newfound obstacle, but, it’s getting more challenging. There’s been a swarm of theories swirling around the Flint community’s water issue. No matter which one you believe, we can all agree that trust was broken. The question becomes: Is trust solely lost in the government, or… Continue reading Trust: New Outlets’ Biggest Challenge in 2016
I’d like to start with a quote from Chris Hughes from The New Yorker: “Hughes insisted that deep reporting and ideas would still be important to the magazine. “That’s not enough,” he added. “We also have to do videos. We also have to do interactive graphics. We also have to be increasingly smarter–we’ve already made… Continue reading Slow and Steady Wins the Race
As the news industry continues to evolve and reshape itself into more of an online entity, it is becoming increasingly difficult to entice readers to pay circulation fees and membership costs for their news. Many people expect all online media to be free to consume and read on any site, due to the fact that everything is… Continue reading 2016: A Bundle of Challenges
On the surface, ad-blockers seem harmless; why wouldn’t we disable all those annoying ads, especially when we can do it for free? It seems easy to think that the losing party in this scenario is the advertisers—the party that most people couldn’t care less about. The truth is, however, that it is actually the publishers… Continue reading Can Ad-Blockers Be Defeated? A Look Into A Possible Publisher Solution
by Jessie Martens As a kid, I remember going into a second-hand store with my mom and finding a virtual-reality baseball game. I put on the headset and found myself emerged in a baseball stadium. Though the technology was still nascent, I could pretend to hit the ball and could even run to the bases.… Continue reading Virtual Reality May Cause Sociopathic Tendencies
by Christine Larouere After reading Pew Research’s “Social Media Usage 2005-2015” and FastCompany’s “The Biggest Challenges Facing the News Industry in 2016,” it really opened my eyes to the fact that there will always be an upward climb towards social media and innovation. The media industry is constantly evolving, and these reports prove that society wants to be able… Continue reading The Continuous Rise of Social Media
by Bingqing Mao Can you imagine that journalists never come out from hiding, but write news reports dependent on computers and smartphones? Do you believe there are a few people who just sit in the room, search information online, gather comments from various people and then make them into a report? It is more and more… Continue reading Check Social Media, Write The News
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