Convergent journalism

I am going to be honest and say that I am not terribly excited about the idea of convergent journalism. The only reason is that the press might turn into a media-mega-giant that will control all aspects of the news like we saw in the video in class. This will decrease the amount of credible reporters in the field, and limit their numbers too. Why should news organizations pay 20 reporters to do the same story when they only need one.

However, I am in love with idea of all journalists knowing all aspects of the industry. Stories can take on new forms and meanings if the journalist can take understand the images going with their pieces and understand how it all fits together. This type of learning is a great opportunity for all of us so we can be marketable to all news organizations when it comes time to find a job.

Online Journalism Resources

Here are some good sites to check out:

Story forms for online journalism (very good)
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000117.php

'Video journalists': Inevitable revolution or way to cut TV jobs?
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/video_journalists/

Good convergence-focused blog
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/blog/

Monthly multimedia mag focusing on convergence issues
http://www.viewmagazine.tv/

Online Journalism Awards (very good)
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/002803.php

Example of news station website featuring different forms of multimedia
http://www.wral.com/index.html

Providence RI paper featuring relatively simple multimedia on site
http://www.projo.com/multimedia/?ln

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