Comments on: The newspaper summit: Lots of lines, all going the wrong way http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keeping Martin honest: Checking on Langeveld’s predictions for 2009 » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/comment-page-1/#comment-68409 Keeping Martin honest: Checking on Langeveld’s predictions for 2009 » Nieman Journalism Lab Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:12:13 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=445#comment-68409 [...] The fifty newspaper execs who gathered at API’s November Summit for an Industry in Crisis will not bother to reconvene six months later (which would be April) as they agreed to [...] [...] The fifty newspaper execs who gathered at API’s November Summit for an Industry in Crisis will not bother to reconvene six months later (which would be April) as they agreed to [...]

]]> By: Chuck Peters on API » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Chuck Peters on API » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:41:21 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=445#comment-306 [...] Peters, chief executive of The Gazette Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, left an important comment on my post about the American Press Institute’s summit, which he attended and liveblogged: I [...] [...] Peters, chief executive of The Gazette Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, left an important comment on my post about the American Press Institute’s summit, which he attended and liveblogged: I [...]

]]> By: Chuck Peters http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Chuck Peters Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:52:14 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=445#comment-304 Thanks for doing this. I do think good things are coming out of the API Summit, including a more focused sense of urgency, and other events to pick up threads of the necessary conversations. One of these is the Information Valet Project December 3-5 at Columbia, MO, which is referenced at http://densmore.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Event-blueprint I do believe that Brendan raises a key point at http://brendanwatson.net/blog/?p=58 All of our efforts to personalize the information must be in a meaningful context, which must be provided by people who are willing to put the multitude of inputs into context. Chuck Thanks for doing this.

I do think good things are coming out of the API Summit, including a more focused sense of urgency, and other events to pick up threads of the necessary conversations.

One of these is the Information Valet Project December 3-5 at Columbia, MO, which is referenced at http://densmore.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Event-blueprint

I do believe that Brendan raises a key point at http://brendanwatson.net/blog/?p=58

All of our efforts to personalize the information must be in a meaningful context, which must be provided by people who are willing to put the multitude of inputs into context.

Chuck

]]> By: Zach Seward http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Zach Seward Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:27:45 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=445#comment-245 @Brendan: I'm not optimistic that newspaper companies — at least most of those at the API summit — can successfully reinvent themselves under current business conditions. Even in the best circumstances, corporations are not very good at changing what they do. So I don't think that ads, printing, and distribution are the only challenges, and I like the thoughts in your posts, but I would argue that the innovation you're hoping for is not likely to emerge from most legacy newspapers. @Brendan: I’m not optimistic that newspaper companies — at least most of those at the API summit — can successfully reinvent themselves under current business conditions. Even in the best circumstances, corporations are not very good at changing what they do. So I don’t think that ads, printing, and distribution are the only challenges, and I like the thoughts in your posts, but I would argue that the innovation you’re hoping for is not likely to emerge from most legacy newspapers.

]]> By: Dadigan http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Dadigan Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:32 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=445#comment-244 It's pretty telling that so few of the executives knew how Twitter worked (according to Chuck). It's frustrating at my graduate school, and I imagine at other j-schools, how pessimistic the faculty can be. They're too busy mourning the death of what they knew rather than trying to figure out how it will evolve. Fine by me. More chances for the folks with the chutzpah to experiment even if they don't have a safety net. That's the sort of reporter I want writing my news anyway. It's just unfortunate the younger generation of journos isn't getting the training it needs. It’s pretty telling that so few of the executives knew how Twitter worked (according to Chuck).

It’s frustrating at my graduate school, and I imagine at other j-schools, how pessimistic the faculty can be. They’re too busy mourning the death of what they knew rather than trying to figure out how it will evolve.

Fine by me. More chances for the folks with the chutzpah to experiment even if they don’t have a safety net. That’s the sort of reporter I want writing my news anyway.

It’s just unfortunate the younger generation of journos isn’t getting the training it needs.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/the-newspaper-summit-lots-of-lines-all-going-the-wrong-way/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Brendan Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:32:03 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=445#comment-236 But what about changes to content strategies? If advertising, printing and distribution were the only challenges circulation wouldn't also be taking a nose dive. I argue that newspapers need to rethink their fundamental mission (http://brendanwatson.net/blog/?p=58) and peel back to a 'core function' (http://brendanwatson.net/blog/?p=30) But what about changes to content strategies? If advertising, printing and distribution were the only challenges circulation wouldn’t also be taking a nose dive. I argue that newspapers need to rethink their fundamental mission (http://brendanwatson.net/blog/?p=58) and peel back to a ‘core function’ (http://brendanwatson.net/blog/?p=30)

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