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Sips from the Firehose
http://www.artesianmedia.com/blog/
This blog tracks innovations in journalism, spurred by the explosion in the (not longer quite so) "New" Media. I work as a writer, researcher, video producer/director and international consultant. I see decision-makers paralyzed by the avalanche of information that comes spewing at them from the internet - which I likened to "trying to drink for a firehose." This blog tries to filter that information down to a manageable level...
- Added on: Oct 7th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: DaveLaFontaine
- Listed in: Innovation Media Production
- Tags: Mobile video journalism los angeles newspapers monetization
Recent Posts
Wallflowers at the New Media Dance: Newspapers Can’t Decide On Paid Content
Due to some intense consulting projects, multimedia presentations at national conferences, and BizDev meetings with like-minded New Media entrepreneurs, there has been quite a gap in my updates on the whole “Will they or won’t they”...
Newspapers’ Dying Swan Song: SF Chronicle Tries Glossy Paper, Splashy Color
Print die-hards claimed that all that was needed to reverse the audience migration to the internet was to make newspapers more “lively” in appearance. Early verdict: looks pretty, but the advertising still isn’t there, and that soun...
Kazakhstan: Old Stalinist Repression in a New CyberWar Wrapper
Under the guise of “protecting citizens from terrorists and porn,” the government in Kazakhstan is eliminating freedom of speech and of the press via a particularly toxic cocktail of Old Stalinist School beatings, jailings and intimidation – an...
Transcript of Kazakh Journalist Interview
Beatings, midnight phone calls and a culture of fear This is the transcript of my interview with an independent journalist in Kazakhstan. He was commiserating with me about my hospital stay, and mentioned that he too, had suffered because of his po...
On the Way Home from Kazakhstan – Eagles and the Gobi Desert
I’m done with my training sessions for journalists in Kazakhstan, and this trip really stretched the boundaries of my knowledge. These are the issues that I was asked to address: 1. DDoS attacks that rival anything else in the world, taking dow...
Happy Students in Astana, Kazakhstan
This is the last class I taught in Astana – they were very engaged with the idea of moving from traditional media to “New Media,” particularly with blogging. The main question on everyone’s mind was “How do I drive mor...
