journalism

[Reading #8] Discounting, data stories and long journalism

May 1, 2011

1. Discounting So discounting is what retailers do – at Christmas, to seize the momentum of buying ahead of Christmas, and, in June, to get cash rather than debts on the books ahead of the end of financial year. But it’s something we all do. Think about the choice between watching TV or doing exercise. [...]

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Catriona Menzies-Pike on crowdfunding New Matilda

January 24, 2011
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When New Matilda closed its doors at the end of June, 2010, a lot of people sighed. Others shook their heads (“Someone should do something about this!”). A few people said they had a bad business model (“What, paying writers!”) and a few hard heads just thought it was part and parcel of running a media business in this day and age (“Fail fast!”). But with the indefatigable Marni Cordell at the helm and Catriona Menzies-Pike as associate editor, we should have known to expect more.

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Caught in an information rip?

January 12, 2011
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Being interconnected and tapped into the global flow of data has its risks. Personal risks, global risks, fundamental challenges like the mass extinction of Australia’s biodiversity. But there’s also the very real chance of good – the ability to understand each other, to have richer, far more fulfilling experiences, to come up with new ideas, to solve some of these big problems. Finding the balance is crucial.

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Proving ideas in a crisis

January 12, 2011
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It seems careless to think about creativity when friends and family in Brisbane are being evacuated in the face of rising floodwaters. It’s a crisis. But it’s also a showcase for good ideas. Like wearing dive boots. But a hundred other great things too.

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Science blogging, a rethink

December 16, 2010
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The NASA astrobiology debacle is a chance to rethink science blogging. People think of blogging as amateur or DIY media, which it can be. But I reckon it would help if scientists started to think about blogging as an extension to what they do at conferences.

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