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Feb/12
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Social media training is getting results for the BBC: from BBC College of Journalism Blog

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Facebook Posts Only Live For 3 Hours: from ReadWriteWeb

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"Megaupload got in trouble because it messed with the entertainment lobby’s favorite formats: music and movies. The Pirate Bay, which hosts torrent files, has been a scourge of rights holders for years, since, as its name suggests, it do…

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Journalists must add mobile newsgathering to list of job skills: from Advancing the Story

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Investigative journalist disappointed that media isn’t interested in civil right…

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"Esta reforma pasa por estrechar la colaboración entre periodistas profesionales y ciudadanos. Según las declaraciones de Freeman el periódico está trabajando en el cierre de su edición impresa por completo.

A principios de este me…

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How to create the b…

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Solo comics e ilustraciones en la edición especial del diario ‘Libération’: from 233grados.c…

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Alex Gamela published Liberdade de Imprensa.

Liberdade de Imprensa: from Jornalismo e Comunicação

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Gina Chen: Breaking-news…

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Alex Gamela published Three Songs by Lead Belly (1945).

Three Songs by Lead Belly (1945)

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"There is a place for specialism, and journalism can be a specialism. Rewriting press releases doesn’t take much effort, but taking a complex series of events, synthesising them into a narrative and conveying them to an audience is a s…

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Alex Gamela published More Purple = More Ladies.

More Purple = More Ladies: from The…

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ACTA ‘Is More Dangerous Than SOPA’: from Mashable!

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How You Can Turn 19th Century Photos Into Animated GIFs: from Mashable!

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Why journalists have always had an entrepreneurial streak: from SPJ Press Notes

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JOHNSTON PRESS: A HEALTHY MARGIN OVER 20%: from WHAT’S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS

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"The nice thing is that (most) newsroooms are more enlightened places. They don’t sideline the digital editor to simply be the web monkey who sits in the corner (right?). The input of journalists, who can see the value to their own jou…

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QR Codes: bad idea or terrible idea?: from Epeus’ epigone

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Porque se gere ainda o conhecimento numa lógica de escassez?: from Jornalismo e Comunicação

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Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS]: from Mashable!

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Multimedia means more reach, more money: from Advancing the Story

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The Last (Faxed) Poem of Charles Bukowski: from Open Cul…

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New Stable Release of OpenShot Video Editor Ready: from O…

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Alex Gamela published O que é, ou não é, jornalismo?.

O que é, ou não é, jornalismo?: from Jornalismo e Comunicação

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Alex Gamela published Refining the Model.

Refining the Model: from Monday Note

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"Data nerds from government and academia gathered Friday at Northeastern University to show off the latest version of Weave, an open-source, web-based platform designed to visualize “any available data by anyone for any purpose.” The…

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Refining the digital newspaper model: from Media news,…

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Jan/12
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Bolsas SAPO para #infoviz

Gostam de visualizações de dados? Percebem de Javascript, HTML5, PHP/Python/Perl? Querem ter acesso a uma bolsa para fazer isso?

A SAPO abriu concurso para duas bolsas para o seu  Laboratórios em Picoas, em Lisboa. Eles procuram dois bolseiros para trabalhar em full time em projectos de ciber-jornalismo e de visualização de informação como estes:

Mundo Visto Daqui: http://noticias.sapo.pt/nacional/artigo/as-noticias-da-semana-antonio-me_2142.html

A rede de ligações de António Mexia nas notícias

 

Twittometro: http://legislativas.sapo.pt/2011/twitometro/

Voxx: http://voxx.sapo.pt/

De acordo com o Luís Sarmento, engenheiro de dados da SAPO, eles estão à procura de candidatos com conhecimentos de Javascript, HTML5, PHP/Python/Perl e gosto por visualização de informação.

Idealmente, os candidatos devem ter terminado recentemente mestrado em áreas afins à informática.

Estas  bolsas têm um valor inicial de 800 euros, durante 6 meses, renováveis até um ano.

Tipicamente, alguns dos bolseiros que temos integrado nos Labs acabam por ser integrados na equipa SAPO.

Se estiverem interessados enviem o CV ou as vossas questões para  las@co.sapo.pt.

 

 

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Jan/12
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"When you turn copyright infringement into a felony and say that anyone can accuse a website of providing ”infringing” tools (and apply severe penalties whether or not you do something about it), you are essentially making it impossi…

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"One of the most important technological advances in the past thousand years was Gutenberg’s printing press. As one Italian bishop put it, it would take three printers working for three months to produce 300 copies of a book – but it w…

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Alex Gamela published Why SOPA Is Dangerous.

Why SOPA Is Dangerous: from Mashable!

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SOPA? Não, obrigado. Libertem o Justin Bieber: from Bitaites

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Alex Gamela published O postal no princípio do post.

O postal no princípio do post: from Jornalismo e Comunicação

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"Now that the big blackout is behind us, does it make sense for us to be buying the products of corporate media here in the US? No, in fact it doesn’t. That’s where the pain really makes sense. Let Hollywood have their share. #

Don’t j…

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"Let’s dive into numbers for a back-of-the-envelope exercise.

First, assumptions: The following is based on my observations of markets in Europe (France, UK, Scandinavia) and the US

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Curated links: Back to school edition: from Innovation in College Media

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Alex Gamela published No movies this weekend.

No movies this weekend: from Dave Winer’s “Scripting News” weblog

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Alex Gamela published Vira o disco….

Vira o disco…: from A DEVIDA COMÉDIA

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Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http://9gag.com/gag/1973919

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"INTERNETS, 18th of January 2012. PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Over a century ago Thomas Edison got the patent for a device which would "do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear". He called it the Kinetoscope. He was …

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Las noticias vistas desde el espacio: from 233grados.com

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Facebook ‘Bug’ Turns Random Codes into Profile Names: from Mashable!

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How to be a journalist in Italy: the debate around the Ordine dei Giornalisti: from Editors Weblog

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"US online advertising spending, which grew 23% to $32.03 billion in 2011, is expected to grow an additional 23.3% to $39.5 billion this year-pushing it ahead of total spending on print newspapers and magazines, according to eMarketer. P…

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"What is the reason for the Kyiv Post’s policy?

It’s simple: We want what we write to be trusted by the public. That requires, at a minimum, a clear separation between advertising and news stories. When it comes to news, journalists…

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"Eva Domínguez | 19/01/2012

Photography first, and now 360-degree video have served to experiment with spatial immersion in digital journalism in order to give the spectators the option to see the scene as it revolves around them, in …

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"Storytelling doesn’t even properly work in the case of stories — at least those for adults, known as novels. British critic Frank Kermode, who died last August after a numbingly productive career, made the point in his finest book, …

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Facebook’s New… Newsrooms?

On Sunday, Facebook…: from The FJP

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New York Times Releases Collaboration Plugin for WordPress
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Portugal e "Troika" numa …

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A Documentary Film abou…

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Jan/12
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Responsive design from another …

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"Most newspapers are stuck in the late 20th century formulas, scarcely varied across the country, for section concepts (even names) and types of coverage. These conventions, moreover, carry over into digital forms, and only in the past c…

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"Journalists – 10 Ways not to Look Stupid on the Job

Journalists are always in the public eye. They rub shoulders with elected officials, heroes, and important business leaders, and their words are considered the voice of the communi…

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A Twitter addict, I had to detox from modern tech…

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Study: Your Facebook Personality Is The Real You:…

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Alex Gamela shared Digital has changed reporting.

"Jay Rosen has an interview with Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton, who said in a recent column that the Post might be guilty of innovating too quickly, and as Jay highlights, Pexton says:

I am not a person who thinks the fun…

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"A simple idea seeds all these examples: It’s time to open up journalism’s processes, not just its outcomes, to more robust and effective interaction with sources, contributors and consumers. A discipline based on bringing informatio…

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Cit-J Wire Demotix Adds Advertising, Giv…

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Alex Gamela published Soapy: Can This Plug-In Kill SOPA?.

Soapy: Can This Plug-In Kill SOPA?: from Mashable!

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Alex Gamela shared Drewbot • "Content" Creep.

Publishers have stopped referring to their products as journalism, writing, literature, photography, or art. Today, everything is simply “content”.

Those working in media, especially digital media, can attest to the word’s popular…

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Objectivity is a method, not an element of style. In other words:

Do not write stories that give equal weight to each ‘side’ of an argument if the evidence behind each side of the argument is not equal. Doing so misrepresents th…

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" Perhaps in journalism it will be like it was in music for a long time: there are a lot of people doing great stuff, but only a handful, the stars, will be able to make a good living out of it. Most will be doing it for a nickel and …

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Alex Gamela published Los piratas y el Parlamento.

Los piratas y el Parlamento: from El Blog de Enri…

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200,000 Martin Luther King Papers Go Online: from …

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"The mental (and physical) effort that the interactor is subjected to in an interactive documentary is much greater than in traditional viewing. To put it in other terms, it is much more effort to sit in front of a computer screen and …

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Jan/12
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Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http://www.greensavers.pt

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Editing the Guardian’s Facebook ebook: from…

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2012: Why the Web Is Not Dead and Other Flashpoints: from MediaShift

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Google+ Is Going To Mess Up The Internet: from ReadWri…

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Stop Designing Pages And Start Designing Flows: from Smashing Magazine

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Will the tablets save long-form journalism?: from New Model Journalism

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6 Apps That Block Online Distractions So You Can Get Work Done: from Mashable!…

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Alex Gamela published The internet is realistic.

The internet is realistic: from Dave Winer’s “Scripting News” weblog

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Press release: World’s most dangerous region for journalists: the Arab World: from Editors Weblog

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David Cohn y Spot.us: «periodismo financiado por la comunidad»: from Periodismo Ciudadano

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Sweden Recognizes File-Sharing as a Religion: from Mashable!

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Issues for 2012 #5: How Will Online News Be Organized? – Rea…

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Alex Gamela published Indiemapper is Free.

Indiemapper is Free: from Chart Porn

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"To understand newspapers’ 15-year attachment to paywalls, you have to understand “Everyone must pay!” not just as an economic assertion, but as a cultural one. Though the journalists all knew readership would plummet if their pape…

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Welcome to the official site of the book HTML5 Multimedia, part of Peachpit’s Develop and Design series. This site holds all the sample code that’s mentioned throughout the book, as well as some extended examples.

The code is easy to fi…

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"The university with supposedly one of the best communications programs in the Philippines argued that it did not respond to Vitug’s request for information on Corona’s UST career because it didn’t know how to respond to “online…

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Alex Gamela published Tagging 101 For Newsrooms.

Tagging 101 For Newsrooms: from 10,000 Words

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Learn To Code Today with Google Code University…

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NewsRight: US companies come together to monitorize their online content: from Editors Weblog

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19 free ebooks on journalism (for your Xmas Kindle): from Online Journalism Blog

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Lord Leveson:The state cannot licence journalists: from Press Gazette Latest News

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"Daily newspaper delivery will go the way of the milkman in a growing number of communities in 2012 and beyond.

Barring a miraculous turnaround in the economy, a sea change in the thinking of media buyers or a late-breaking proclivity f…

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"Las editoriales intentan controlar el tiempo, que es algo imposible. Los actores del sector intentan que las cosas pasen a la velocidad que ellos dicen cuando en realidad las cosas pasan a la velocidad que la tecnología y el mercado ma…

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"If, for example, one person researches the regulations relating to an issue, another FOIs key documents

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Alex Gamela published Que bom, alternativas à sopa….

Que bom, alternativas à sopa…: from C…

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Tool of the week for journalists – ProPublica’s TimelineSetter: from News from Journalism.co.uk

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Jan/12
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La Comisión Naciona…

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Alex Gamela published Photography in 2011 and Beyond.

Photography in 2011 and Beyond: from Phototuts+ This year rev…

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Basil Al-Sayed, Who Chronicled The Syrian Uprising, Is…: from The FJP

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If HTML5 Kills the Blog Format, I Won’t Shed …

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Alex Gamela published The 5 Tenets of Open Journalism.

The 5 Tenets of Open Journalism: from MediaShift

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MySpace Tom to Google+: don’t become a cesspool: from …

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2012 – a year of irony for the media industry?: from News from Journalism.co.uk

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Jason Calacanis: "Blogging Is Dead" & Why "S…

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Alex Gamela published 2011: The Year the Free Ride Died.

2011: The Year the Free Ride Died: from ReadWriteWeb

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Five New Year’s Resolutions For Newsrooms: fr…

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Arab spring leads surge in events captured on cameraphones

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Alfred Hermida: 2012 will be t…

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Op-Ed: Stop Feeding Facebook, It’s Time for …

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Mário Soares: o livro que o “atacava” e que desapareceu de circulação (e do jornal i): …

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‘Público se juega su futuro en los próximos días’: from 233grados.com

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10 Firefox Add-ons to Level Up Your Freelance Efficiency: from Fre…

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Twitter expresa su solidaridad con los trabajadores del diario Público: from 233grados.com

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Assunção Esteves: não é só a reforma dos 7.000EUR que incomoda o povo: from Tugaleaks

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Alex Gamela published Publish for people, not to them.

Publish for people, not to them: from Andrew Spittle

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Why Do Big Companies Get Rid Of Talented People?: from Only Dead Fish

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Year in Review: 6 Trends in Journalism Education: from MediaShift

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Disruption isn’t an inconvenience, it’s a lifebuoy…

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by Mandy Brown for Issue № 1

What is it that we do now?

This question was posed to me by the digital editor of a longstanding print magazine. It came at the end of a discussion that ranged from tablet apps and workflows to business m…

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Dec/11
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2011 – Achievements and Standpoint | Feitos e Ponto de Situação

The year is almost over and I have the need to put things into some perspective. So, despite considering it as one of the worst years I had in my life, I’m going to look at the things I did, and try to prove myself it wasn’t really that bad.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Professionally, the first half was good, I was teaching in a training program created by Porto University, instructing journalists from Cofina, one of the biggest portuguese media groups. I worked with over 200 journalists and editors and it was a really rewarding experience. I think I changed some minds and helped many improve their skills. The rest is not up to me.

I also worked as an instructor with the team of P3, a new youth oriented  news website, which was a different challenge because they were online only, thus with a whole another approach to content production. And my teaching days were then over.

I had to go back to be a student and finish my overdue MA final project. It wasn’t that good, and I could make all the excuses in the world because I really have a few good ones for not doing better and they would all be true, but the fact is I could have done better. Still, I had a commendation over it and I got an upgrade in my degree.  So far it hasn’t impressed anyone.

I wanted to develop a few projects but with all the problems I had this year some were postponed and I had to give up on others. I wanted to open my own business as a multimedia journalism producer/ consultant, but there’s a crisis going on, and people around here weren’t very impressed with my credentials. I have far better recognition abroad than in my own country, which kinda pisses me off. The fact is, I didn’t create my own job, nor I have one to complain about.

Meanwhile, I invested in video content, using a HDSLR, all my efforts can be seen here (only those uploaded in the last 3 months count). I did a short doc about a cultural association I work with, and most of the stuff I made is based on the events we have there, like concerts and exhibitions. It’s a good testing ground and I’m planning to use what I’ve learned to create more journalistic stuff.

O ano está quase a acabar e tenho a necessidade de pôr as coisas em perspectiva. Apesar de achar que este foi um dos piores anos da minha vida, vou olhar para o que fiz e tentar provar que afinal não foi assim tão mau.

FEITOS

Profissionalmente, os primeiros meses foram bons, fui formador num programa criado pela Universidade do Porto para a Cofina, onde trabalhei com mais de 200 jornalistas e editores das várias publicações do grupo e foi uma experiência fantástica. Acho que mudei algumas mentalidades e ajudei muitos a melhorar as suas capacidades. O resto não é comigo.

Também dei formação à equipa do P3, o que foi um desafio especial porque eles estão exclusivamente online, logo com uma aproximação completamente diferente na criação de conteúdos. E a seguir acabaram-se os dias como professor.

Tive que voltar a ser estudante e acabar o meu projecto final de mestrado. Não correu lá muito bem e podia dar todas as desculpas – e até tenho algumas muito boas e que são verdade – para isso, mas sei que podia ter feito melhor. Mesmo assim, passei com louvor e tenho agora um grau académico melhor. Até agora ninguém ficou lá muito impressionado com isso.

Quis desenvolver alguns projectos mas com todos os problemas que tive este ano alguns foram adiados outros esquecidos. Queria abrir o meu próprio negócio como jornalista multimédia / formador /consultor, mas há uma crise lá fora e as pessoas não parecem muito impressionadas com as minhas credenciais. Tenho melhor reconhecimento noutros países do que aqui, o que me deixa um bocado lixado. A verdade é que falhei em criar o meu emprego ou a arranjar um de que me possa queixar.

Entretanto investi na produção de vídeo com uma HDSLR, podem ver aqui alguns dos resultados (só os dos últimos 3 meses contam). Fiz um pequeno trabalho sobre a associação de que faço parte, e muitos dos videos são sobre coisas que por lá vão passando como concertos e exposições. É um bom tubo de ensaio (!), e estou a planear usar o que aprendi para fazer conteúdos mais jornalísticos.

I also wrote some interesting posts for the blog (check list below) and started a monthly column in a computer magazine, and did some articles for P3 (people there like me, what can I do?). I wrote an article about documentaries in this non-linear world, and a post at Innovative Interactivity about what features a news product should have.

Escrevi ainda uns posts interessantes aqui no blog (ver lista abaixo) e comecei uma coluna mensal na PCGuia, e fiz ainda alguns artigos para o P3 (o pessoal lá gosta de mim, que é que posso fazer?). Escrevi ainda um artigo sobre documentários neste mundo não linear, e um post convidado sobre as características que um produto jornalístico online deve ter.

Standpoint

This was one of the longest, strenuous years I have ever experienced. Even though I was able to accomplish some goals, they look meaningless in the overall outcome. I’m broke, unemployed, I have no perspectives.  It has always been one step forward and three behind. I had to give up on a lot of things, and basically I feel like it’s 2001 for me (another bad year) but with a heavier burden. I wasn’t expecting this.

My projects are moving slowly, there is no money or time to devote myself fully to them. I’m starting 2012 on basic survival mode, but that’s the outlook for millions of Portuguese people this year. Going abroad is a possibility, I understand Nando’s is always hiring. There’s a lot to decide in the upcoming weeks.

Still, I’m on the market, I’m trying to sell training and consultancy programs for local and regional newspapers, I’m available as a freelancer both for national or international media, and I’ll be presenting a few more ideas if things don’t get any worse.

2011 won’t be missed, too many bad things have happened, but such is life. I’m finishing way worse than I started, and I’m considering other options for my future, because life is unstoppable in its motion and either you roll with or get crushed. I’m a roller.

Death to 2011, I’ll look back on it with a bitter taste in my mouth.

Ponto de situação

Este foi um dos anos mais longos e extenuantes que vivi. Apesar de ter atingido alguns objectivos, tudo parece inútil no balanço geral. Estou basicamente falido, desempregado, sem grandes perspectivas. Foi sempre um passo para a frente e três para trás. Tive que desistir de muita coisa, e sinto-me de volta a 2001 (outro ano péssimo) mas apenas com um fardo ainda mais pesado. Não estava mesmo à espera disto.

Os meus projectos pessoais estão a andar devagar ou parados, não há dinheiro ou tempo para me dedicar a eles. Vou começar 2012 em modo de sobrevivência, mas sou e mais uns milhões de concidadãos. Ir para fora é uma possibilidade, também se lavam pratos lá fora. Há muito para decidir nas próximas semanas.

Por enquanto, estou no mercado, a tentar vender programas de formação e consultadoria para media locais e regionais. Estou disponível como freelancer para publicações nacionais ou internacionais, e tenho mais algumas ideias na manga se isto não piorar.

Não vou ter saudades de 2011, aconteceram demasiadas coisas más, mas é a vida. Termino o ano bem pior do que quando comecei e estou a ponderar outras opções para o meu futuro, porque a vida não pára, ou a acompanhamos ou somos esmagados pelo movimento.

Morte a 2011, vou-me lembrar deste ano com amargos de boca.

 

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Dec/11
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Dec/11
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O DN tem uma nova redacção, mas tem uma orientação para o online?

Ao ver este vídeo do DN tenho duas reacções: uma de admiração e respeito pelo investimento feito na evolução e na criação de melhores condições de trabalho numa redacção nacional, outra de estupefacção. Onde é que está a estratégia para o online?

O espaço de trabalho define a forma e os resultados desse trabalho e, pelo que percebi da  descrição feita, o DN vai-se lançar como canal de televisão. A lista de inovações centra-se principalmente no hardware, no cenário, nas funcionalidades, mas zero na filosofia de conteúdos online e na estratégia de relação com os utilizadores, com a utilização da interactividade e do multimédia, na utilização das redes sociais. O que falta ali é o futuro dos conteúdos digitais.

Não vou falar mais especificamente do DN, já tive chatices que cheguem por causa de críticas a outros projectos e até agora ninguém me provou que estava errado, só me dificultou a vida profissional e animosidades mais ou menos veladas. Eu sei que não sou um génio, mas percebo disto.

Isto é um problema transversal aos grandes jornais (e jornalistas do papel?) portugueses que parecem morrer de inveja das televisões e querem ser uma, o que até é bem claro nas movimentações de investimentos dos grupos de media nacionais. O que querem perpetuar é a comunicação unidireccional que estão habituados a fazer desde sempre. É um problema de mentalidade, não de capacidade ou qualidade na informação.

As direcções dos jornais não percebem o online. Isso é ponto assente senão não faziam certos (des)investimentos.

Por isso, acho que a única coisa que posso fazer em vez de dar os meus bitaites de borla – se os quiserem vão ter que pagar – posso partilhar com vocês algumas ideias de outros sobre o que é ter uma filosofia dirigida para o online e conteúdos multimédia e interactivos:

How a Digital First approach guides a journalist’s work

How Digital First journalists work

Digital platforms are first in the processes and priorities of the Digital First journalist. We publish newspapers as well, but newspapers cannot drive our work. Newspapers are a shrinking audience and revenue stream and our digital community and revenue stream are growing. Our survival demands a digital focus.

Digital journalists produce content initially for multiple digital platforms: our news websites, blogs, social media, text alerts, email alerts and newsletters (and whatever comes next or whatever I’ve overlooked). Editors responsible for print products will assemble them primarily from content produced originally for digital platforms.

Whatever your job, you need to make high priorities to:

  • Work and think first for digital platforms.
  • Experiment and take risks.
  • Try new tools & techniques.
  • Cover news live.
  • Join, stimulate, curate and lead the community conversation.
  • Engage the community in your coverage.

 

Ten things every journalist should know in 2012

7. Focus on what works – do less to do more. No news organisation however well resourced can achieve everything. Work out what works and strive for excellence in that area.Sometimes you need to take a step back to see where your priorities should lie. You may realise it is better to write one original feature than chase five stories already in the public domain.

 

E no que toca ao valor da marca, ela passa por isto:

The new lazy journalism

 Did I need a newspaper to write precisely the same story days after I read it for the first time? How much do we care about the race for ‘first’ when first is now measured in seconds or perhaps minutes?

 

Robert Hernandez: For journalism’s future, the killer app is credibility

We want people who will cut through the spin and tell us what’s going on, how it will affect us and what can we do about it. We want transparent news. We want news that, while it may not always achieve that goal, honestly strives to be objective.We want to trust journalism. And to do so, we need to trust journalists.And bypassing the blogger-vs-tweeter-vs-media company-vs-journalist debate, it is going to come down to one thing: Credibility.

 

Forget doom, journalism’s future is bright

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Senão, o que acontece é isto:

Newspapers Dead Within Five Years, USC Predicts

 

Posso oferecer duas borlas, uma sobre a criação de produtos jornalísticos dentro da filosofia que defendo para conteúdos digitais e este apontamento que mostra porque é que não fiquei demasiado impressionado com a nova redacção do DN (vejam o slideshow para ter uma ideia).

Isto é o que eu penso que é  parte do futuro do jornalismo. O vídeo do DN é muito daquilo que eu penso que não é.

 

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