Between reporting on the earthquake in Japan and the tsunami that barreled across the Pacific this morning, the figurative earthquake that shook up NPR, and the massive layoffs that AOL announced in the aftermath of its HuffPo acquisition, it’s been some week for the news business.
Here are some of this week’s media industry news highlights:
They Brought a Tote Bag to a Knife Fight (PressThink) – NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen lays out where NPR went wrong and that they should do now.
From Argo to R&D, Vivian Schiller’s Legacy of Innovation at NPR (Nieman Journalism Lab)
The New AOL Way: Fewer Employees, Fewer Freelancers, More Arianna (Mashable)
The Twitter effect: Has the accelerated news cycle undermined the real value of journalism? (Nieman Journalism Lab)
Curation, Journalism’s Future (Amplify)
Introducing LinkedIn Today (LinkedIn) – Speaking of curation, LinkedIn just launched this business news curation feature “tailored to you based on what your connections and industry peers are reading and sharing.”
Thompson Reuters Launches Next-Generation Professional News Offerings (Reuters) – Specialized publications covering legal, tax and accounting, and science topics, from the international financial wire service.
The Art of Immersion: Why Do We Tell Stories? (Wired Epicenter) – The formats may change but not the fundamental human desire to get involved in what we hear.
And a little inspiration
Knock Knock…Who is at Your Door? (MonicaBhide.com) – The essayist and author of A Life of Spice reminds writers – and anyone for that matter – that the direction your life takes depends on which wolf you choose to feed, the wolf of worry and despair or of prosperity, love and success (read the essay for the whole story). Bhide writes:
Success, abundance, prosperity, love, [insert your own need] comes from what we choose to let inside our minds and then let out as actions and thoughts. The key word here is choose. No way our lives are easy, things are rough with most all I know, but how we choose to react to it, who we let in the door, is our choice. So tell me, who is knocking on your door today and which wolf are you going to feed?