Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1522601236 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 533 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Future of News?" according to Kurt Greenbaum. A really thorough and candid exploration of the many competing needs, pressures, limitations and demands on the field of journalism. He offers, to his credit, no silver bullets, but a number of theories and ideas that could lead to better days. He also exposes the ideas of others, all in a jaunty, engaging style.. Missy Reid said The future of journalism may depend on relationships. In marketing and advertising, there’s growing interest in serving people as individuals rather than in mass. Forget big data. Let’s focus on small data so we can develop relationships with people and provide what they truly need, want and expect. Jeff Jarvis advocates such a relationship model for journalism that rebels against the mass communication tradition. His recommendation goes beyond building relationships between journalists and readers; it includes engagement among news providers. A collaborative model that links many stakeholder groups seems to me a sensible response to the digital disruption that knocked th. To Come Up with the Right Answers, We Need to Start with the Right Questions I am a print dinosaur who is now part of a digital startup that seeks to envision the next step forward in the evolution of online news. I found this book very helpful, it really laid out all the questions and issues one can imagine, all in one place. It's easy to become scatter-brained when considering all the possibilities. "Geeks Bearing Gifts" helps put it all into convenient boxes. I kept wanting there to be one last chapter in which the author says, "OK, I've just spent several chapters identifying all the issues, now here are the ANSWERS." But that's up to us to figure out, isn't it? Nobody has the answers just yet. There w
Jarvis, one of the preeminent voices on emerging forms of journalism, news delivery, and community engagement, advises many media companies, startups, and foundations. Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News is a creative, thought-provoking and entertaining exploration of the possible future(s) of news by Professor Jeff Jarvis, who leads the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is a former president and creative director of Advance, the online arm of Advance Publications, and w
He was named one of a hundred worldwide media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2007 11 and was the creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly magazine. . He is the author of the forthcoming book Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live.Jeff Jarvis is the proprietor of one of the web s most popular and respected blogs about media, Buzzmachine. He is the author of the forthcoming book Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live. He heads the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York. About the Author Jeff Jarvis is the proprietor of one of the web s most popular and respected blogs about media, Buzzmachine. He was named one of a hundred worldwide media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2007 11 and w
He is the author of the forthcoming book Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live.Jeff Jarvis is the proprietor of one of the web s most popular and respected blogs about media, Buzzmachine. He is the author of the forthcoming book Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Wor