http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/online-news-good-and-bad-in-new-pew-report/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/online-news-good-and-bad-in-new-pew-report/#comment-200 Mindy McAdams Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:30:38 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/online-news-good-and-bad-in-new-pew-report/#comment-200 You know, I don't think there really is much "breaking news" nowadays. Hurricane hits New Orleans, yes. President shot in Dallas, yes. Plane crashes into World Trade Center, yes. Tsunami kills tens of thousands in Asia, yes. These are all breaking news. But "cars crash on highway" and "more people killed in war"? This is hardly breaking news. You know, I don’t think there really is much “breaking news” nowadays. Hurricane hits New Orleans, yes. President shot in Dallas, yes. Plane crashes into World Trade Center, yes. Tsunami kills tens of thousands in Asia, yes. These are all breaking news. But “cars crash on highway” and “more people killed in war”? This is hardly breaking news.

]]> http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/online-news-good-and-bad-in-new-pew-report/#comment-199 Stephen Rynkiewicz Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:55:54 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/online-news-good-and-bad-in-new-pew-report/#comment-199 Online news growth seems to be coming at the expense of radio, a breaking-news competitor. Otherwise, not much has changed: News consumption is increasingly a features-centered leisure pursuit, and still an acquired taste for the young, who favor Web sites as a quick read. Online news growth seems to be coming at the expense of radio, a breaking-news competitor. Otherwise, not much has changed: News consumption is increasingly a features-centered leisure pursuit, and still an acquired taste for the young, who favor Web sites as a quick read.

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