Peter R. Kann, chairman of Dow Jones (owner of The Wall Street Journal), wrote last week about disturbing trends in the mass media:

The blurring of the lines between journalism and entertainment.
The blurring of lines between news and opinion.
The blending of news and advertising, sponsorships or other commercial relationships.
The problems and pitfalls inherent in […]

One way or another, all of these good things came via GigaOM:

10 tips for time management in a multitasking world (about being mindful of where exactly the time goes and how we fall behind), from Penelope Trunk, a columnist at the Boston Globe.

Paper, Pen and Blackberry (about the joys of writing things down).

NoteTaker is software […]

I can’t stop watching this video: Between You and Me.
A friend recently bought the Canon EOS 20D. I tried its burst mode and was in seventh heaven. In this mode we could record at five frames per second (as opposed to film’s 24). We could shoot for about 12 seconds before the camera’s memory […]

Characterizing journalism educators as “the Emperor,” Andrew Venegas makes several inspired observations:
Today, the Emperor for the most part lacks general knowledge of the new paradigm, or its ability to decrease distribution scarcity. Generally, the Emperor does not blog, does not submit videos to YouTube, know Flash, scour MySpace, Digg, host wikis, indulge his curiosity for […]

From The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia comes Storm Chasers, a tightly constructed package with incredible photography of massive thunderheads, lightning and even tornados in the U.S.
Four sections compose the package: Two are slideshows with audio (and they are very cool); one is a section about the photographer; the last is related links. According to […]

Students at Swarthmore College are using Skype, a Web site and MP3 audio to provide original journalism about Iraq. Interesting journalism. Journalism with some depth to it. Their Web site is called War News Radio. Apparently NPR covered the story a year ago — must have been a day I didn’t listen.
I found War News […]

I was thinking about writing about what motivates people to contribute photos, stories, etc. You can call it citizen journalism or whatever, that’s not the point.
Limor Peer (research director for the Media Management Center and Readership Institute at Northwestern University) saved me the trouble. She wrote a thoughtful, intelligent post (but it’s not overlong) that […]