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The New Orleans Times-Picayune wins Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

Constantin Basturea — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:41:48 +0000

History will note the way in which the Picayune’s online coverage of Katrina has forever changed the way in which a breaking catastrophic story can be — should be — reported. It proved that many of the conventions first developed and refined by bloggers, specifically the reverse-chronological display of stories and, at times, the reassuring, compassionate and conversational human voice, are more effective online than the “above the fold” headline, inverted pyramid and 5-Ws (who, what, etc.) of the print newspaper era. — Rex Hammock

Pulitzer.org: The Pulitzer Prize Winners 2006 | Public Service – Citation
Nola.com: Times-Picayune wins Pulitzers for Katrina coverage

Looking for the Middleberg/Ross media studies on the Web

Constantin Basturea — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:28:34 +0000

It would be really, really great — for practitioners, journalists, students, and scholars — if Euro RSCG Magnet would consider posting on its Media Room all the Middleberg/Ross media studies, instead of letting people dig through the Internet Archive for them. And maybe someone would consider buying middleberg.com (the domain of Middleberg + Associates, acquired in 2000 by Euro RSCG), and redirect it to the new page. Academic journals and books are still refering the URL as the source for the studies, and it’s dissapointing to find a domain that’s for sale (since March 22, 2006), instead of the information you need.

Useful links:

The Middleberg/Ross media studies — documents availalbe in the Internet Archive on April 14, 2006:
- 1996 – The Media in Cyberspace III – A National Survey (PDF, 32 pages)
- 1997 – The Media in Cyberspace Study – Fourth Annual National Survey (PDF, 36 pages)
- 1999 – The Sixth Annual Middleberg/Ross “Media in Cyberspace Study”: Overview | Executive Summary | PowerPoint slides
- 2000 – The Seventh Annual Print and Broadcast “Survey of Media in the Wired World”: Overview | Executive Summary
- 2002 – The Eighth Annual Media Survey: “Change and its Impact on Communications”: Executive Summary | PowerPoint slides | Press release
2006 – 11th Annual Euro RSCG Magnet and Columbia University Survey of the Media : Rebuilding Trust: Can credibility be rebuilt in the newsroom and the boardroom? (PDF, 34 pages) | Press release

Legitimacy, complacency

Constantin Basturea — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:16:41 +0000

- Look – like it or not, these bloggers have already gained a certain legitimacy.
- Yes, John. And therein lies our only hope. For with legitimacy, the bloggers will gain a seat at the table, and with that comes access, status, money, power, and… if we’ve learned anything about the mainstream media — that breeds complacency… or whatever.

John Stewart and Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show on the role of bloggers in today’s media, February 2005 | see the video | hat tip