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Publicly-funded journalism in the United States?
Yesterday, Wall Street wiz Steve Rattner used the unlikely platform of the Wall Street Journal to appeal for publicly-funded journalism in the United States: We could create a pool of money (possibly from a license fee similar to how the BBC is funded). News organizations with an expensive but important project in mind could apply…
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From the New York Times According to new data released yesterday by the Nielsen Company, people who own digital video recorders, or DVRs, still watch, on average, two-thirds of the ads. One big reason is that many people with DVRs still tune in to watch about half of their shows at the scheduled start time,…
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Blogging and the future of journalism 2
In response to Lucas Grindley‘s comment on my gnomic post Blogging and the future of journalism, I should perhaps unpack my thoughts better. Lucas: From what I can glean, your point is that the numbers from the Zogby poll must be wrong because although people say blogging is important, they don’t understand the importance of…
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Kevin Marsh
Former Today editor and BBC College of Journalism ed, Kevin Marsh has a blog. He has a post or two up already, but as anyone who’s read him on the BBC’s Editors blog or in the press will know he’s quite willing to take the gloves off and come out punching. Look forward to reading…