The top 10 this week
Last week, as part of a presentation/conversation I had with 50 college newspaper editors at a conference at UGa, I prepared a list of 10 media blogs that journalists should read. The list was primarily to help bring them up to speed on what was happening in the world of media, present and future.
So, now there's this meme whipping around the Web concerning 10 blogs I would take to a desert island. My list doesn't exactly follow the rules, but then there are no rules. This is a media list, rather than a personal one. (Otherwise I would list 101coconutrecipes.blogspot.com). It also excludes citizen journalism sites because I didn't see a need for those newspaper editors from around the world to read the sites listed at right.
Here goes, in no special order:
Romenesko -- If you want to know what's what in the world of newspaper journalism, this is the place to go.
PressThink -- Jay Rosen skates to where the puck is going to be
First Draft -- As does Tim Porter
BuzzMachine -- As does Jeff Jarvis, although he sprinkles lots of other tangy spices into the mix.
Dan Gillmor -- His book, "We the Media," was so influential on me that I couldn't leave his new blog out even as I find it less compelling.
Blogspotting -- Two BusinessWeek online reporters blogging on all sorts of media and business and marketing topics. Great tone.
Editorsweblog -- Its subtitle: Practical issues and real solutions for working editors. Need I say more?
Reflections of a Newsosaur -- Alan Mutter. Smart guy.
Spokane Spokesman-Review blogs -- Ken Sands & Co. are leading the newspaper pack in new and innovative things. It's hard to keep up. (In the college papers' list, I had News & Record blogs here. I switched it out so you wouldn't think I was sucking up to my own staff.)
Word Up -- Any list without the insightful musings of Ed Cone would be lacking.
What am I missing? (Sorry, a few bricks shy of a load is already taken.)
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Bob Cauthorn, former vice president of digital media at the San Francisco Chronicle and recipient of the Newspaper Association of America's prestigious Digital Pioneer Award.
His blog at Rebuilding Media is required reading -- without a doubt. His contrarian views are what the newspaper industry needs.
In one week he managed to tick off Lex Alexander AND Steve Outing. If anyone can do that, he's onto something.
http://www.corante.com/rebuildingmedia/
This is my favorite post of his recently:
http://www.corante.com/rebuildingmedia/archives/2005/07/27/memo_to_mainstream_media_you_dont_get_to_blog.php
Posted on August 3, 2005 7:44 PM
(the above, in clickable form: Rebuilding Media and Jim's favorite, the "memo to mainstream media: You don’t get to blog" piece)
I like Mark Hamilton's Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media. "Here's what I found, here's how I see it, here's what I know" - just sharing with his readers; it's very much a (journalism) teacher's blog.
He's prolific, and he doesn't do outrage.
Posted on August 3, 2005 9:44 PM
Well... for citjourn in action, Hogg's Blog, of course.
Posted on August 3, 2005 9:54 PM
Or is that 'inaction'?
Posted on August 3, 2005 9:56 PM
I read the Corante piece last week. Funny. Thanks for the additions to the list.
Awwww, Hogg, I read all you guys every day so I couldn't make a top 10 list for citizen journalists.
Posted on August 4, 2005 9:02 AM
Not without really p***ing off a WHOLE bunch of people!
Posted on August 4, 2005 9:26 AM