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Independent Journalism Tips

• 10 Journalism Tips For Bloggers, Podcasters & Other E-Writers - By Spencer Critchley at O'Reilley Digital Media - 2005

Hello, world. Just popping in again real quick to share some thoughts. Mostly concerning the Myers-Brigg INFP personality type as it relates to grassroots journalism.

It appears to me that the medium of paper is on its way to becomming obsolete. It is so much cheaper to publish via the Internet, no newsprint, no presses to maintain, no people to maintain them. Also, disposing of all that paper everyday - or, if you are like me, you let them pile up and then have to get rid of a lot of it - is a bother that most people probably will not miss.
Then, there is the youth audience to consider. They are computer and online oriented. It appears to be much easier to get them to read material on their computers than in newspapers, magazines and books. The future is online, at least until something else comes along.

The Big Four are no more.

According a recent survey published in Ad Age magazine, only one in four 12-to 34-year-olds can name the four major traditional broadcast networks: ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox (sorry CW, you’re not in the club yet.) What networks can they name? MTV, Cartoon Network and Comedy Central. It’s enough to make you wonder how we still have a Republic.

CARNAGE IN IRAQ, tears over missing teens, stories of lost hope in New Orleans.

Cue the music. Run the graphics package. Lights, camera, action.

We have seen this so much we have come to expect it – the “big” news story arriving with its own jingle and logo. Newspapers do the same with special sections, charts and point-of-purchase ad strips.

President Bush may have coined “War on Terror,” but the news media branded it.

In a previous post I said that newspapers have failed because they have lost their brand identities. Newspapers – not all, but the majority – sacrificed voice for profit, and ended up with neither.

But that’s only part of the story. In fact, I buried the lead.

Few would argue that institutional journalism has lost its way. But journalists are not institutions; they have minds, ideas, passion, prejudice and purpose. They have the tools necessary to bring journalism back from the abyss – but not the will.

That’s too bad, because for journalism to regain its conscience and credibility – to save itself – it can’t look to the institutions. Only journalists can save journalism, and so far they have failed.

(Note: This is the first in an occasional series of posts about newspapers, their loss of “voice” and relevance, and how they can regain both. Cross-posted from Below the Fold).

I read a newspaper this morning. Stop the presses.

My primary computer is being repaired so I don’t have access to my RSS reader and my 60 or so feeds. I can’t sync my iPod to download all my Podcast shows. I don’t watch television news unless there is a major event or crisis, I don’t have time to go to multiple web sites or set up the custom Google home page I should have set up months ago. I catch National Public Radio in the car or sometimes at the office, but it’s hard to multitask with Nina Totenberg talking about the Supreme Court and Congressional hearings.