In the Jerusalem Post, Mitchell Barak calls for an Israeli Al Jazeera English. Continue reading
War 2.0: the 24/7 English language news front
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Tag Archives: YouTube
War 2.0: Israel’s post-journalism campaign in Gaza
Whatever ones views of the rights and wrongs, Israel’s media operation to accompany its Gaza offensive has been an object lesson in the uses and limitations of War 2.0.
Talking to a senior Middle Eastern diplomat yesterday, and to a friend reporting from (or stuck) in Jerusalem, there is a (very) grudging — respect is the wrong word, but it’ll have to do — for the perceived “success” of Israel’s Gaza media campaign.
So let’s unpick it a little. At the most fundamental level, Israel benefits from a very simple message: whatever happens in Gaza is simply the tragic but inevitable consequence of years of rocket attacks. Continue reading
Frank Rich sees the future…
NYT columnist Frank Rich, who must lack a tiny bit of self-irony, takes aim at the ‘bloviators’ covering the Obama campaign. But in the course of his musings a little internet-inspired doubt creeps in. :
Journalists are still Americans — even if much of our audience doubts that — and in this time of grave uncertainty about our nation’s future we may simply be as discombobulated as everyone else.
We, too, are made anxious and fearful by hard economic times and the prospect of wrenching change. YouTube, the medium that has transformed our culture and politics, didn’t exist four years ago. Continue reading
Data is dead
Some in journalism wonder if the story as an aggregate of verbal fact and reaction is losing its hold (See Kevin Marsh — The Story Is Dead). Now Brad King has weighed in with an interesting contribution — 5 Reasons The Story Is Dead. Continue reading
Davos conversation
Oné of the most interesting media projects running at Davos 08 is the YouTube Davos conversation. The conversation aims to get people on the outside of the Forum connecting with people on the inside.
Participants will get to stand under “sound showers” (no need to get changed) and answer some of the questions being raised. Things kick off Wednesday, so let’s hope there are some answers being prepared.
One thing to make the world better in 2008
“What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?” That is the question being asked on YouTube by the organisers of the World Economic Forum. It’s called the Davos Question, after the name of the Swiss ski resort where Forum members meet every January.
You can put up an answer and they will be posting some of the responses here.
Yes, it is tempting to say “replace big international meetings with video conferences,” but that will have to wait for when we’re virtual, not social beings.
And I’ll have to put cynicism aside because (disclosure) I’m heading to Davos next month.
Ask yourself this, though — when the WEF is soliciting your views to address the big questions — why isn’t your government?