Journalism
I found this fascinating sign via Jackie Danicki's blog ages ago, but looking through my picture archive this morning it made me pause to think about how much journalism has changed since it moved online and all the debates about print vs online media. If I stared at
Journalism
Could excessive drinking be part of the reason why the media industry is in such a bad state? In his book "Sex, murder and bad management" Trygve Aas Olsen argues that the paper's heavy drinking culture must take a huge share of the blame for Norwegian
BusinessModel
Internet start-ups are challenging the traditional separation between advertising and editorial, between fundraising and content production, in ways big media companies could never have gotten away with. Still, in the face of the media industry's financial conundrum, is this wall about to come down? Should it? 'If
Journalism
Award-winning blogger-journalist Dorte Toft ponders why young Danes queue up to get into journalism school on Berlingske.dk this week (via Journalisten.dk): "I can't recommend anyone today to train as a journalist unless it's such a burning desire that it would break your heart
Blogging
A decade or two from now I suspect people will look back with amusement and incredulity on how once upon a time revealing online that you had opinions or flaws could get you fired. In a world where most everyone who is someone has said and done plenty of stupid
Journalism
As newsrooms all over the world are starting to catch up with the online revolution and grapple with the new opportunities it offers, journalism has almost become a different kind of career alltogether, requiring a whole new type of skillset. I've been thinking a lot about this recently,
Journalism
It's great to learn that the Icelandic Modern Media Initiavtive has passed parliament, but I have my doubts that this actually will create a haven for freedom of speech and investigative reporting. The reason? I've covered both libel tourism and Icelandic media closely for several years,
Books
Do you ever get the feeling that your caught up in a discussion you've been having too many times before? That weird feeling when you find yourselves talking about (media) issues you thought were resolved many years back, or arguments you thought had been put to rest ages
Journalism
Or perhaps we should say iPhone aided old-fashioned journalistic shrewdness, research and determination? Resume (in Swedish) carries the story of how Niklas Svensson landed the first interview with Swedish author Henning Mankell, an interview that was mentioned on international networks such as BBC and Al-Jazeera, after he was released from
Journalism
It’s simple, logical, some would say plain obvious. Then why is it so hard to implement in reality? While listening to an inspiring talk by Juan Señor at the Oxford Tablet Summit Tuesday, I was struck by what he said on how we need to move from Facebook journalism
Journalism
About a week after the ash cloud from Eyjafallajökull started wrecking havoc to airtravel all over Europe, The Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises (HSH) has launched Reishjem.no (Travel.no) in collaboration with the Norwegan foreign department. Unveiled yesterday evening, the new website is almost identical to Schibsted-owned
Journalism
I just found a key insight into how to manage my time better. The funny thing is that I've been adapting my schedule to these recommendations for a few years already while only operating on an inkling, a sense of how compartmentalisation might be key to balancing the