Tag Archives for journalism
Why political journalists can’t stand Nate Silver: The limits of journalistic knowledge
The more I think about the rift between political journalism and Nate Silver, the more it seems that it’s one that’s fundamentally an issue of epistemology — how journalists know what they know. Here’s why I think that’s the case. When … Continue reading
This Week in Review: Institutions and news innovation, and papers’ paywall experiments roll on
[This review was originally posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab on Dec. 9, 2011.] Do institutions have a place in news innovation?: About three weeks after Dean Starkman’s indictment of future-of-news thinkers was posted online by the Columbia Journalism Review, NYU … Continue reading
This Week in Review: What Google+ could do for news, and Murdoch’s News of the World gets the ax
[This review was originally posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab on July 8, 2011.] Google’s biggest social effort yet: This is a two-week edition of This Week in Review, so most of our news comes from last week, rather than … Continue reading
This Week in Review: Navigating the Times’ pay-plan loopholes, +1 for social search, and innovation ideas
[This review was originally posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab on April 1, 2011.] Putting the Times’ pay plan in place: If you read last week’s review, the first half of this week’s should feel like déjà vu — lots of … Continue reading
This Week in Review: Egypt’s media lessons, The Daily’s detractors, and Apple’s strike against e-books
[This review was originally posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab on Feb. 4, 2011.] Al Jazeera, the network, and social activism: For the last week, the eyes of the world have been riveted to the ongoing protests in Egypt, and … Continue reading