Media
Yesterday was a very eventful media day in my part of the world (so eventful I'm still recovering, hence my cramped blogging style). We woke up to news that Mecom had acquired Dagbladet, the Norwegian equivalent of The Mirror. It was rumoured Mecom-boss David Montgomery had ordered the
Web/Tech
Okay, enough is enough. I really need to get a new online provider before my current provider gives me a nervous breakdown, any ideas for a better solution? (My currrent connection is unstable and slow as hell, pardon my language) As far as I gather there are only three solutions
Personal
Here I was planning to write all these Very Important Posts I had postponed for too long, when I stumbled upon this fabulous cartoon on causality (via Espen Andersen) – very apt for Saturday Morning. Now, to stay with the deeper questions for a second or two: you may of course
Journalism
There is one law all journalism students, freelancers, well, all people who've turned their passion or hobby into an occupation, should know about. It's The Law of Negotiated Misery. Its inventor humbly told me, that if it's one thing he thought people would remember
PublicBroadcasting
Sweden's public broadcaster (SVT) is about to start making all its programmes available in real-time online, a project it is hoped will result in a massive increase in license fee payers. Eva Hamilton, the head of Sweden's public broadcaster (SVT), told Sweden's Radio (SR)
Media
How do you attract the biggest possible audience online? Schibsted-owned VG's recipe is to give people the diet they had no idea they craved. Norway's public broadcaster, NRK, wants to make it easier for lazy users to take shortcuts. I forgot to link up this piece
Media
Is print and online integration really the way forward? When sifting through my feeds yesterday, I was struck by this line by Poynter's Steve Klein: "until the online and print copy-desk operations are fully merged on a 24/7 basis, they cannot consider themselves truly integrated. It&
Journalism
To my mind, News is a conversation, for the most part written by Steve Smith, the editor of Spokesman Review, is one of the most interesting newspaper blogs around because it gives you a marvellous insight into how a regional newspaper is grappling with change: trying to involve its readers
Journalism
I was contemplating this post on newsroom change when I happened on this intriguing introduction to journalism, which I guess you could say is an interesting starting point for looking at how journalism has changed (via DigiDave): [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvBgaxUXrc&w=425&h=
Pictures
How much the world can change from one day to another: here's what spring equinox looks like in Oslo, from lovely weeks of spring to winter in one night:
Journalism
Interesting response to an article by Mediawatch on whether job cuts are signalling the end of American newspapers: Greg Delzer links it up, Steve Smith says the article is interesting but doesn't deal with the real issue (Smith, the editor of Spokesman Review, which claims to be the
Personal
I was tagged on this meme by Neil Perkin. I've actually done the five-things-you-didn't-know-about-me meme before, so I was kinda contemplating to just add three more to that, but then I thought better of it and decided to do it properly. And since I've