Pick a niche and dominate it, advice I often give to newcomers in journalism, finds its perfect exemplar in @kashhill http://www.forbes.com/sites...
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Jay Rosen
I teach journalism at NYU, write the blog PressThink, direct NewAssignment.Net, and try to grok new media. I don't do lifecasting but mindcasting on Twitter.
"The upscale doughnut and the penthouse apartment...have nothing to do with The Times’s highest purpose." —@sulliview http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
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Biggest vice in opinion writing, to which editors are vulnerable. Beautiful refutation of a belief almost no one has. http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
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Big story: Ebola in Dallas. Get it right a few hours before the others, small gain. Get it wrong: huge loss. http://ajr.org/2014...
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Thank you, @chrislhayes. He asks @SharylAttkisson the questions I have, about thin verification of VERY large claims. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...
Nov 8, 2014
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Often, I work for a week on a post, then publish it. This time I published the post, and worked on it for a week. http://pressthink.org/2014...
Nov 7, 2014
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If you like public meltdowns among journalists on Twitter (and on cable TV) here's a beaut. Fox Biz vs. CNBC: http://www.mediaite.com/tv... [fixed]
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If you like pubic meltdowns among journalists on Twitter (and on cable TV!) here's a beaut for you. Fox Biz vs. CNBC: http://www.mediaite.com/tv...
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My daughter's first byline: 66,000 views. (Well, co-byline with her dad.) https://t.co/AMHsesOsFw It's about girls who code— and who don't.
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That's context for @BuzzFeedBen on click bait. https://t.co/GDavkIhogm He says: we can't succeed in the media business by tricking you. 2/2
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...@BuzzFeed rose from the lab on stuff people liked. But that's not a big business unless they trust it too. So news got added to buzz. 1/2
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Facebook's repair work after the Ice Bucket meltdown continues. http://techcrunch.com/2014...
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"Talking" is not the word I would use. MT @McCollumAshley The internet loves talking about clickbait. @buzzfeedben’s post got 60K views.
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Here was the perp Chris Quinn's explanation on the radio today for the mystery of the missing video in Cleveland. http://pressthink.org/2014...
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Those who know the history of blogging will appreciate this. We've had a "shrill" from @ChrisQuinnOhio on the radio. http://writeslikeshetalks.com/2014...
Nov 7, 2014
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Tuning into http://wcpn.org now for this reason: http://writeslikeshetalks.com/2014... The case of the missing video.
Nov 7, 2014
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The Times investigates. Chuck Hagel orders a review. The Pentagon admits what it had covered up. http://www.nytimes.com/2014... Journalism, bitches.
Nov 7, 2014
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"Clickbait stopped working around 2009." And Buzzfeed doesn't do it, says Ben Smith. I find his argument reasonable. http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmit...
Nov 6, 2014
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Savvy take. RT @mathewi @jayrosen_nyu @brianstelter: Of course, when you're worth $33 billion, donating $25 million is like me donating $250
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Zuckerberg's reply makes weeks of scrolling by trollish comments seem worth it. Hat tip, @Adweek @brianstelter https://t.co/Wku1KOkOi0
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I certainly hope this was to be @mtaibbi's launch piece for Racket. Anyway. Amazing tale: Wall Street whistleblower. http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...
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One regrettable phrase? That's not a good job of listening by Jill Abramson to the furor around Alessandra Stanley. http://www.poynter.org/mediawi...
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ESPN's ombudsman, who will soon depart, doubts that "the will to antagonize important business partners" is there. http://espn.go.com/blog...
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Still agog over what happened in Cleveland. http://www.ideastream.org/news... But it looks like everyone there is just going to move on.
Nov 6, 2014
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This was smart of them. http://cbsn.cbsnews.com/ Re-occupy the space Al Jazeera gave up to the cable oligarchs. @ajam
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Twelve people from @Medium product development met to figure out what's next. @ev publishes his note to the team: https://t.co/VplnFUXDzj
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If you have not read it already, Fall of the Banner Ad: The Monster That Swallowed the Web by @fmanjoo is good. http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
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When pundits say, "Republicans MUST show they can govern!" what are they really saying? That a threat? A cry for help? What a strange noise.
Nov 5, 2014
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"We didn't point out how badly the GOP sucks, so let's hope they don't suck now."
- Andrew C (see frenf.it)
Hilarious. CNN on air pundits conceal iPads behind their Microsoft tablets after MS pulls off placement. http://9to5mac.com/2014... via @macloo
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Most journalists visiting @Studio20NYU classes will speak off the record. @shani_o of @Buzzfeed insisted: on the record, open to Tweeting.
Nov 5, 2014
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What Northeast Ohio Media Group should have said in its explanation today for the missing endorsement video. http://pressthink.org/2014...
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