Matthew Robson, in presenting a well-written report, sent waves through SM-ville yesterday. I’ve mentioned my own experience as a digital native. My gut-wrenching analysis didn’t garner as much popularity but reads awful similar.
I didn’t have co-writers or fill three pages and wasn’t published by the Morgan Stanley. It wasn’t covered by Bloomberg or The Telegraph or Mashable. Still, I have just as many facts in mine and it’s presented the same way. (more…)
Newspapers are crumbling! In-store retail is floundering! Non-digital music is in its last throes! We’re all going to die! Maybe not but everything is changing. Why hasn’t business as usual?
If that’s all overblown hype, and it is: what’s changing? Access. (more…)
To prove journalism is in the throes of ineptitude-related shock, please visit this article from the Irish Times. Fully realizing most of you are too busy for links, it’s about a student’s experiment that led to dozens of papers misquoting Maurice Jarre in his obituary.
That’s right. Let that sink in. Because “journalists” are so responsible, thoughtful and generally over-researching fiends, some kid’s fake quote added to Wikipedia can subsequently be quoted multiple times. Even without sources. (more…)