Journalist’s Trade

The Newspaper Business: Now and in the Years Ahead

No topic received as much attention as the newspaper business. Observations were interspersed throughout the various sessions. Some of those comments are now brought together in a series of edited…
June 15, 2002

Internet Interactions

Participants had views and experiences to share about the intersection of mainstream media and the Internet. Edited excerpts of some of those comments follow.RELATED ARTICLE“Web Sites Increasingly Scoop Their Parent…
June 15, 2002

Newspapers and the Internet

Clark Gilbert, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, studies entrepreneurship in large companies. In a recent study in which he worked with Clay Christensen, who has written about…
June 15, 2002
Clark Gilbert

News Innovation and Leadership

Photo from the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Photo from the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration.Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest…
June 15, 2002

Summer 2002: Introduction

In October 2001, journalists, publishers, professors and media and stock analysts met for two days at Harvard University to discuss varying approaches to paying for the reporting and distribution of…
June 15, 2002
Melissa Ludtke

The Change Journey: The Pacesetters

Rosabeth Moss Kanter described the pacesetters as being “ahead of change.” By responding early to technological changes, these companies captured “more benefits of change” and often spent less in getting…
June 15, 2002
Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The Change Journey: The Laggards

Rosabeth Moss Kanter described the laggards as being “behind the competition” and having “more internal struggles about change.” And when they did bring in new technology “it cost them more,…
June 15, 2002
Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Technology Builds Context

Walter Bender shared an example of how technology can enhance a person’s understanding of the content of news stories by providing context.Sara Elo, who was a student from Finland, got…
June 15, 2002
Walter Bender

Web Sites Increasingly Scoop Their Parent News Outlets for Content

The eighth annual Middleberg/Ross Media Survey shows an especially marked increase this year in Web site scooping of parent news outlets, although methodological issues in the survey may have partly…
June 15, 2002

Experiences With Internet Journalism

Several journalists who have been involved with Internet journalism sites shared their experiences with the participants, some of whom also had ideas and questions about how publications and cyberspace might…
June 15, 2002