Melbourne Writers Festival Closing Address

The New News Jan Schaffer Melbourne Writers Festival Sept. 3, 2010

Creation of New Roles
Citizen media makers
Partnership coordinators
Fact entrepreneurs
Creative technologists
Philanthropic foundations
Universities
Advocacy groups
Government

“ News Work”
More than reporting, validating, writing a story
Sharing information
Facilitating conversations
Crowdsourcing
Smart curation, aggregation
Data mining and visualizations
Social media distribution

Changing the Big-J Industry
Deputize new reporters
Incentivize new sources
Empower new ideas
Re-imagine indispensable journalism

Eight Trends in U.S. Media

Hyperlocal News Sites
Individuals
Old Media Companies
New Media Companies

Statewide News Ventures

Independent Metro News Sites

University-based News Sites

Creative Technologists 2009 Knight-Batten Innovations in Journalism Winners

Net-J Collaborations

Philanthropic Foundations

Advocacy News Sites

Adding Value to Journalism
Coverage of “master narratives”
Stories that connect the dots on trends
More explanatory journalism
Asking the obvious questions
Revisiting paradigms
“ Zag instead of zig”

Five Key Lessons
Citizen journalism is a high-churn, high-touch enterprise.
Sweat equity is key.
Social media is game-changing.
The academic calendar is not good enough.
Hyperlocal sites are not a business yet.

New Measures of Success
New local coverge
Go-to places for crisis information
Empowered voters
Helped solve community problems
Fostered community media skills

Citizen Media Resources
KCNN.org - Knight Citizen News Network
J-Learning.org - How-to publish
J-NewVoices.org - Folo startups
J-Lab.org - Cool ideas
NewMediaWomen.org – Grants

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