27
Jul
(Failing at) Explaining the Debt Ceiling
The New York Times today provided a sadly excellent example of the common epic fail of producing excellent journalism about a complex topic, and then failing to organize and present that reporting in a useful, accessible (or even timely) way. Here are some thoughts about what’s wrong with their latest debt ceiling Q&A, and how to address them.27
Jul
More debt ceiling opportunity: two-way comments
Despite its flaws, The New York Times’ recent debt ceiling Q&A is demonstrating the importance of comment engagement. More than 150 people have commented, most asking follow-up questions. The reporters are answering. Here’s why there should be more of that.5
Jun
Ungdom og Journalistikk | Video of My Talk in Norway
On May 13, I presented about my research on young people news media in Bergen, Norway, at the Nordiske Mediedager (Nordic Media Festival). Here’s the video.27
Mar
Risk, change, and “stacking dimes”
Earlier this morning I spoke about reaching young readers, to the Newspaper Association of America Conference, mediaXchange, in Dallas, Texas. There’s broad agreement that organizations who focus on reinvention have a better chance to thrive in the years ahead. In that spirit, I want to highlight a timely reshaping by my hometown paper, The Washington Post.21
Nov
Børnene er i orden – A Presentation in Denmark
Video of my presentation at New Media Days 2010 in Denmark, and a summary of the panel with Danish teenagers (in Danish) about their media habits, which followed my presentation.18
Sep
6 minutes, 40 seconds: PechaKucha presentation
I had the distinct privilege of presenting at PechaKucha Night in Raleigh, a quarterly speaking event that uses the PechaKucha format: 20 slides for 20 seconds each, for 6m40s total. Here’s the video of my attempt, focusing on youth and media.18
Sep
A request for input, feedback and criticism
It’s been four months since I first posted the entirety of my research about young people, news media and civic life on this site. I’m requesting any and all input, feedback and criticism on the work and ideas listed here, or generally on the topics of young people, news media and civic life. Over the next week I’ll be collecting and digesting responses and any new information or ideas related to my initial research, and posting them here as a guide for future research and thought.19
Aug
The kids are alright: posts at Nieman Lab
The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University was kind enough to be interested in the research I’ve been doing, which led to my writing a two-part piece about the most compelling lessons and ideas for getting young people engaged with news media.
You can read Part 1 and Part 2 at Nieman Lab.
18
Aug
The end of a trip and the beginning of a report
I have reluctantly returned to the United States from a summer in Europe, bringing with me my legally limited single bottle of wine from Provence, lots of Swiss chocolate and mountains of newspapers, interviews and thoughts about young people and news media. Over the course of the next week I’ll be starting to untangle this research (we’ll call it “mountaintop removal”) and posting about the interesting stuff as I go. Stay tuned!30
Jun
