Video interview and expectations about the book
Just back from Montréal, with first impressions about the expectations that readers have about Making Online News. At the ICA book signing, there was a lot of interest about the book. Barbie Zelizer said it is “a much needed contribution” after many years without much ethnographic work in the newsrooms. We were also happy to hear online journalism researchers like Neil Thurman telling us that they were planning to do observations soon. They were looking for inspiration in the cases compiled in the book.
Alfred Hermida, former editor of the BBC News website and now at British Columbia University, interviewed David in Montréal. One of the issues risen in the interview is the sacralization of immediacy in online media, a trend that -along with the lack of resources- may have prevented online newsrooms from developing more creative products. The book offers a good summary of the constraints of online newsrooms and, hopefully, a good knowledge base to overcome them.
