by David | Dec 1, 2016 | adsense clickfraud, advertising, Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Politics & New Media
Is a market-based solution the best way to solve the fake news problem? There’s been a sudden realization outside the cozy confines of digital business model nerds, that the open nature of the web has allowed an entire class of scammers to establish themselves,...
by David | Oct 19, 2016 | journalism, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Politics & New Media
OK, this is going to need a bit more work to turn into something that rivals the Cluetrain Manifesto, but there is definitely something here. (Photo below added because so many Chrome users are seeing only blanks on this page, and you should know at least what...
by David | May 18, 2015 | Digital Migration, journalism
The kids are all right. Despite my best efforts… On Friday, I had five cohorts of students graduate from Annenberg-USC. Three graduate student cohorts (broken down into two cohorts that attended USC for two years, and one in the brand-new one-year accelerated...
by David | Mar 26, 2014 | Digital Migration, journalism
When clicks drive coverage, what happens to hard news stories? Are we doomed to “hamster wheel journalism”? Is the future only listicles and kitteh pictures? There’s an interesting discussion shaping up – one that I’ve seen coming for...
by David | Mar 18, 2014 | journalism, Online Video
Readings from “The Light on the Coast†My very first case study on best practices in journalism was about Dave Mitchell and the saga of the tiny Point Reyes Light. It was a multimedia piece – which, back in 2005, was a real Big Deal for the Online Journalism...
by David | Feb 24, 2014 | journalism
Thought-provoking take in a Playboy interview of Gawker Media’s Nick Denton, one of the most-hated men on the internet. Also, one of the most successful. His premise may be a little self-serving, in light of his whole net worth being based on prying into...
