Nieman Reports

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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The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Peering Into the Digital Future

Winter 2000: Peering Into the Digital Future Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Technology• December 15, 2000

Technology Is Changing Journalism

By Tom Regan• Technology• December 15, 2000

Just as it always has. Read more

The Beginning (and End) of an Internet Beat

By Elizabeth Weise• Technology• December 15, 2000

The Net story is no longer about cultural shifts. It’s about money. Read more

Digitization and the News

By Nancy Hicks Maynard• Technology• December 15, 2000

For better or for worse, the digital revolution is changing journalism. Read more

The Internet, the Law, and the Press

By Adam Liptak• Technology• December 15, 2000

From e-mail use to global distribution, legal decisions might hamper press freedoms. Read more

Meeting at the Internet’s Town Square

By Dan Rather• Technology• December 15, 2000

Will information fragmentation splinter society? Read more

Why the Internet Is (Mostly) Good for News

By Lee Rainie• Technology• December 15, 2000

Concerns about news trends on the Web sound all too familiar. Read more

Taming Online News for Wall Street

By Arthur E. Rowse• Technology• December 15, 2000

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 of journalistic independence, new … Read more

While TV Blundered on Election Night, the Internet Gained Users

By Hugh Carter Donahue, Kirsten Foot and Steven Schneider• Technology• December 15, 2000

In the next election cycle, look for greater integration of TV and Internet coverage. Read more

Preserving the Old While Adapting to What’s New

By Kenny Irby• Technology• December 15, 2000

In today’s journalism, digital imaging tries to crowd out the still photograph. Read more

Wanted: a 21st Century Journalist

By Patti Breckenridge• Technology• December 15, 2000

Drop the arrogance. Be interactive. Have technological savvy. Read more

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

By Mark Seibel• Technology• December 15, 2000

At The Miami Herald, the jury of journalists is still deliberating. Read more

Responding to E-Mail Is an Unrealistic Expectation

By Betty Bayé• Technology• December 15, 2000

At The Courier-Journal, a columnist sends back postcards. Read more

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

By Tom Regan• Technology• December 15, 2000

At The Christian Science Monitor, reporters welcome contact with readers. Read more

E-Mail Deluge

By D.C. Denison• Technology• December 15, 2000

… 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 RELATED ARTICLE … Read more

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Financing News in the Internet Era

Winter 2000: Financing News in the Internet Era Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Technology• December 15, 2000

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 APBnews.com, writes about what happened to his site, where … Read more

On the Web, It’s Survival of the Biggest

By Mark Sauter• Technology• December 15, 2000

‘The real issue is not about the quality of journalism, but the business of media.’ Read more

Merging Media to Create an Interactive Market

By Jack Fuller• Technology• December 15, 2000

New strategies are used to fund the expensive business of newsgathering. Read more

Web Journalism Crosses Many Traditional Lines

By David Weir• Technology• December 15, 2000

‘Why shouldn’t journalists help create a new model for financing our work?’ Read more

Independent Journalism Meets Business Realities on The Web

By Danny Schechter• Technology• December 15, 2000

‘Who is going to pay for independent voices to be heard?’ Read more

Economics 101 of Internet News

By Jay Small• Technology• December 15, 2000

Supply expands, but has demand been adequately nurtured? Read more

The Web Pulled Viewers Away From the Olympic Games

By Gerald B. Jordan• Technology• December 15, 2000

From Sydney, it was a tale of two technologies, yesterday’s and tomorrow’s. Read more

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Building New Homes for News

Winter 2000: Building New Homes for News Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

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 we’ve been searching for” can exist on the Web. Read more

Not Just a Newspaper on the Web

By Andrea Panciera• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

At projo.com, value is added when newspaper and Web staffs work together. Read more

Broadband Technology Brings News Video to the Web

By Jonathan Klein• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

Consumers—not journalists—decide what stories will be watched. Read more

The Wired Revolution

By Katie King• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

At Reuters, journalists package multimedia news to fit consumers’ needs. Read more

Multimedia Reporting in a Never-Ending News Cycle

By Jackie Barron• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

A Tampa reporter covers a murder trial for TV, newspaper and the Web. Read more

Protesters Develop Their Own Global Internet News Service

By John Tarleton• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

‘The IMC was an end-run around the information gatekeepers….’ Read more

Revealing What’s Happening in Schools

By John Gage• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

By using the Web, students can become frontline reporters. Read more

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Helping Reporters' Fingers Do Some Walking

Winter 2000: Developing a Global Interactive Dialogue Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Features• December 15, 2000

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 Houston, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, … Read more

Computers Help to Transform Statistics Into Stories

By Mike Berens• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

A Chicago Tribune reporter unearths patterns of fatal nursing errors. Read more

Training Journalists to Use Technological Tools in Reporting

By Brant Houston• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

The proof of how well this works is in the story. Read more

Looking for Help in All the Right Places

By Patricia A. Coleman• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

In an online community of journalists, help can be just a click away. Read more

The Internet as a Reporter’s Tool

By Jim Morrill• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

‘I’d be lost without it.’ Read more

Gathering Context and Contacts

By Bill Graves• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

A listserv is an invaluable resource for education reporters. Read more

Training Tomorrow’s Journalists in a Global Medium

By Jerome Aumente• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

This digital era demands new imagination in education. Read more

Needed: Help From Journalism Schools

By Anders Gyllenhaal• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2000

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 Association for Education in Journalism and Media Communications’ annual convention … Read more

Nieman Reports

Winter 2000

Technology Is Changing Journalism Just as It Always Has

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Peering Into the Digital Future

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Financing News in the Internet Era

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Building New Homes for News

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Helping Reporters' Fingers Do Some Walking

The Internet, Technology and Journalism: Developing a Global Interactive Dialogue

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