I love this job ad from Gawker, detailing what it means by journalism:
Blogs such as Gawker won’t be running 5,000-word-long features any time soon, nor giving writers weeks to investigate. But the web—other blogs, search engines and social network sites—increasingly rewards original items. So we’re looking for an additional reporter for the team.
At its most basic, the reporting may at times be little more than value-added blogging: a story in the news, put in context with a quick Nexis search, and deconstructed.
At its most elevated, the new Gawker hire may experiment with a new form of reporting, unique to online, in which ideas are floated, appeals made to the readers, and the story assembled over the course of several items, from speculation, and tips from users.
And note too, dismissive student types, they like RSS readers…
One response to “The new rules of journalism: Gawker style”
Duly noted!
Actually, to my surprise, I’ve started using RSS. Switched to Flock, a ‘social’ browser based on Firefox. Its default page has a summary of the most recent entries of all RSS feeds you subscribe to, which is fantastically useful.
I’d strongly advise any RSS fans to give it a look – it also integrates blogging, flickr, del.ico.us and facebook into the browser.
It’s horribly memory-hungry, though. Don’t try it without decent RAM.
And while I appreciate RSS’s uses for the media-hungry and tech-savvy, I’m still not wholly convinced it’ll hit the mainstream…