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Winter 2000

Technology Is Changing Journalism Just as It Always Has

Our journey into the digital future begins with an essay by Tom Regan, associate editor of The Christian Science Monitor’s Web site. His advice: Remember that technology is changing journalism, “as it always has;” wireless is the next publishing realm, and the Web—as a news distribution method—is (almost) already dead.

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Technology

Winter 2000: Financing News in the Internet Era Introduction

Figuring out how to make quality online journalism a financially viable proposition is consuming vast amounts of brainpower. The answer, so far: have very deep pockets. Mark Sauter, cofounder of…
Melissa Ludtke
December 15, 2000
Features

Winter 2000: Developing a Global Interactive Dialogue Introduction

By using new technological devices to disassemble millions of computerized records, Chicago Tribune project reporter Mike Berens unearthed patterns of fatal nursing errors and transformed statistics into investigative stories. Brant…
Melissa Ludtke
December 15, 2000
Technology

The Web Pulled Viewers Away From the Olympic Games

From Sydney, it was a tale of two technologies, yesterday’s and tomorrow’s.
Gerald B. Jordan
December 15, 2000
Features

Coffee and Copy at Asian Internet Cafés

Keeping the keys to the electronic office out of government hands.
Philip J. Cunningham
December 15, 2000
Technology

Economics 101 of Internet News

Supply expands, but has demand been adequately nurtured?
Jay Small
December 15, 2000
Features

Technology Replaces Legs and Ropes at The Bangkok Post

But fortunately, publishing the news still relies on human interaction.
Songpol Kaopatumtip
December 15, 2000
Features

A Glimpse at Digital Resistance

‘…new technology is not just a tool but is freedom itself.’
András Vágvölgyi
December 15, 2000
Features

Digital Dividends for Journalism in Africa

While obstacles abound, the potential Internet payoff could be huge.
Tanya Accone
December 15, 2000
Features

It’s the Old West in the New East

In India, dot-coms create a gold rush for journalists but so far not much gold.
Rakesh Kalshian
December 15, 2000
Technology

Independent Journalism Meets Business Realities on The Web

‘Who is going to pay for independent voices to be heard?’
Danny Schechter
December 15, 2000
Technology

Independent Journalism Meets Business Realities on The Web

‘Who is going to pay for independent voices to be heard?’
Danny Schechter
December 15, 2000
Technology

Web Journalism Crosses Many Traditional Lines

‘Why shouldn’t journalists help create a new model for financing our work?’
David Weir
December 15, 2000
Technology

Merging Media to Create an Interactive Market

New strategies are used to fund the expensive business of newsgathering.
Jack Fuller
December 15, 2000
Technology

On the Web, It’s Survival of the Biggest

‘The real issue is not about the quality of journalism, but the business of media.’
Mark Sauter
December 15, 2000
Features

Le Monde Moves a Big Story to Its Web Site

A national uproar leads to criticism and concerns.
Françoise Lazare
December 15, 2000
Features

Journalists’ Use of the Internet Bubbled Up From Underground

It helped to topple a corrupt president, but now poverty prevents its spread.
Andreas Harsono
December 15, 2000
Technology

Technology Is Changing Journalism

Just as it always has.
Tom Regan
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Broadband Technology Brings News Video to the Web

Consumers—not journalists—decide what stories will be watched.
Jonathan Klein
December 15, 2000
Technology

While TV Blundered on Election Night, the Internet Gained Users

In the next election cycle, look for greater integration of TV and Internet coverage.
Hugh Carter Donahue
December 15, 2000
Technology

Preserving the Old While Adapting to What’s New

In today’s journalism, digital imaging tries to crowd out the still photograph.
Kenny Irby
December 15, 2000
Technology

Taming Online News for Wall Street

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.The cybernetic tablets inscribed back when the Internet was beginning to become a sensation—let’s say the mid-1990’s—promised many wonderful things, including a rebirth…
Arthur E. Rowse
December 15, 2000
From the Curator

Journalism in the Era of the Web

It’s feisty and combative, but is it compatible with journalism’s highest standards?
Bob Giles
December 15, 2000
Technology

Why the Internet Is (Mostly) Good for News

Concerns about news trends on the Web sound all too familiar.
Lee Rainie
December 15, 2000
Technology

Winter 2000: Peering Into the Digital Future Introduction

Our journey into the digital future begins with an essay by Tom Regan, associate editor of The Christian Science Monitor’s Web site. His advice: Remember that technology is changing journalism,…
Melissa Ludtke
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Not Just a Newspaper on the Web

At projo.com, value is added when newspaper and Web staffs work together.
Andrea Panciera
December 15, 2000
Technology

Meeting at the Internet’s Town Square

Will information fragmentation splinter society?
Dan Rather
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Winter 2000: Building New Homes for News Introduction

At The Providence Journal, online editor Andrea Panciera writes that all sorts of barriers between the online and print staffs must be broken down so that “the editorial voice that…
Melissa Ludtke
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Winter 2000: Journalist’s Trade Introduction

Richard Wexler, a former reporter and journalism professor, now executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, contends that journalists’ usual coverage of child welfare revolves around a…
Melissa Ludtke
December 15, 2000
Technology

The Internet, the Law, and the Press

From e-mail use to global distribution, legal decisions might hamper press freedoms.
Adam Liptak
December 15, 2000
International Journalism

Winter 2000: International Journalism Introduction

John Maxwell Hamilton, a veteran correspondent and now dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, recently traveled to the former Soviet republic of Georgia to…
Melissa Ludtke
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Caught in a Master Narrative

It’s Why Many Stories About Child Welfare Get It Wrong.
Richard Wexler
December 15, 2000
Technology

Digitization and the News

For better or for worse, the digital revolution is changing journalism.
Nancy Hicks Maynard
December 15, 2000
Nieman Notes

From Carbon Copies to E-Mail

In 45 years, the way journalists send words has changed.
Richard Dudman
December 15, 2000
Technology

Responding to E-Mail Is an Unrealistic Expectation

At The Courier-Journal, a columnist sends back postcards.
Betty Bayé
December 15, 2000
Nieman Notes

A Photojournalist Portrays a Changing Community

As residents begin to trust officers, the fight against drugs picks up momentum. Lebonah Israel ponders her future after she asked Sgt. Frank Dean to drive her to drug rehabilitation,…
Nuri Vallbona
December 15, 2000
Technology

The Beginning (and End) of an Internet Beat

The Net story is no longer about cultural shifts. It’s about money.
Elizabeth Weise
December 15, 2000
International Journalism

Political Leanings Shape Newspaper Coverage

In Spain, the language used in schools is a journalistic hot potato.
Michael Elkin
December 15, 2000
International Journalism

Moving From Soviet Domination to Press Freedom

Creating an independent and financially viable press is hard.
John Maxwell Hamilton
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Training Tomorrow’s Journalists in a Global Medium

This digital era demands new imagination in education.
Jerome Aumente
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Needed: Help From Journalism Schools

Anders Gyllenhaal, Executive Editor of The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, made the keynote presentation at the Pew Center for Civic Journalism luncheon on August 10 at The…
Anders Gyllenhaal
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Journalists Won’t Miss This ‘Deadline’

TV drama’s portrayal of a newspaper columnist was more sleuth than truth.
Don Aucoin
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Gathering Context and Contacts

A listserv is an invaluable resource for education reporters.
Bill Graves
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

The Internet as a Reporter’s Tool

‘I’d be lost without it.’
Jim Morrill
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Goliath Arrives and a Few Davids Depart

In a Vietnamese enclave, community publications feel pressure from Knight Ridder.
Blair Tindall
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Looking for Help in All the Right Places

In an online community of journalists, help can be just a click away.
Patricia A. Coleman
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Training Journalists to Use Technological Tools in Reporting

The proof of how well this works is in the story.
Brant Houston
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Fighting to Break the Barrier of Confidentiality

When children in the child welfare system die, reporters work to find out why.
Jane Hansen
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Confidentiality Acts to Shield Abuse in Foster Care

At The Denver Post, reporters reveal what is happening to foster children.
Patricia Callahan
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Computers Help to Transform Statistics Into Stories

A Chicago Tribune reporter unearths patterns of fatal nursing errors.
Mike Berens
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Revealing What’s Happening in Schools

By using the Web, students can become frontline reporters.
John Gage
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Protesters Develop Their Own Global Internet News Service

‘The IMC was an end-run around the information gatekeepers….’
John Tarleton
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Press Coverage and Public Perception

In child welfare reporting, even good daily coverage can be distorting.
Nina Bernstein
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Multimedia Reporting in a Never-Ending News Cycle

A Tampa reporter covers a murder trial for TV, newspaper and the Web.
Jackie Barron
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

Child Welfare Reporting: Things Sources Say That Almost Always Aren’t True

1. The Child Protective Services (CPS) agency administrator says: “We can’t take away children on our own. A judge must approve everything we do. Families are protected by due process.”RELATED…
Richard Wexler
December 15, 2000
Journalist’s Trade

The Wired Revolution

At Reuters, journalists package multimedia news to fit consumers’ needs.
Katie King
December 15, 2000
Technology

Interactivity—Via E-Mail—Is Just What Journalism Needs

At The Christian Science Monitor, reporters welcome contact with readers.
Tom Regan
December 15, 2000
Technology

E-Mail Deluge

… A number of Web sites now make it very easy for activists to create e-mail campaigns quickly and Web petitions for little or no money. And many of these…
D.C. Denison
December 15, 2000
Technology

Is Including E-Mail Addresses in Reporters’ Bylines a Good Idea?

At The Miami Herald, the jury of journalists is still deliberating.
Mark Seibel
December 15, 2000
Technology

Wanted: a 21st Century Journalist

Drop the arrogance. Be interactive. Have technological savvy.
Patti Breckenridge
December 15, 2000