http://www.makingonlinenews.net Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:41:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are excited reading the review that the influential journal New Media & Society has devoted to Making Online News in their August 2009 issue. Sue Robinson (U Wisconsin-Madison) is the author of a very positive critique of the book, that praises its "global perspective" and "nuanced analyses" thanks to ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/review-at-new-media-society/ An article published in Le Monde on May provoked a fruitful debate on the working conditions of online journalists in the French media blogosphere. Corentin Wauters summarizes it wonderfully in English at the EJC website. The bottomline is whether online journalists devote most of their worktime to agency wire editing ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/casestudies/work-conditions-of-online-journalists-debated/ The first reviews of Making Online News have been published in recent months. We are happy that both academic and professional publications have shown interest in the book and are grateful for the comments from such diverse international backgrounds. Mediekultur, Journal of Media and Communication Research, number 45 (PDF, in Danish) Textual ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/first-scholarly-and-professional-reviews-of-the-book/ In the last few weeks, several scholars have written about Making Online News in their blogs. We appreciate their comments and reflections, and are happy to see that the book is fostering critical thinking about online journalism! Paul Bradshaw, on E-Media Tidbits, focuses on Lowrey and Latta's chapter about blogging production ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/reactions-to-the-book-in-the-scholarly-blogosphere/ The editors and some of the authors of Making Online News will be attending the IAMCR 2008 conference in Stockholm. With Peter Lang, the publisher of the book we have set up a book launch wine reception on Tuesday, July 22. The reception will be held in the Spelbomskan room at ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/iamcr-2008-in-stockholm-book-launch-reception/ Two recent journalistic articles offer a nice amount of data on the internal functioning of online newsrooms and are a good background to make the case for ethnographic observation: Talk to the Newsroom: Deputy Managing Editor Jonathan Landman, at NYTimes.com. No Casual Operation: Inside a Citizen Journalism Newsroom, by Geoff Dougherty, Editor ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/methods/inside-online-newsrooms-what-ethnography-can-do/ 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. ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/video-interview-and-expectations-about-the-book/ Making Online News will be in Montreal during the ICA conference next week. Stop by the Peter Lang stand on Friday 23 at 10 am to chat with some of the contributors to the book! In the conference, online news production is not the hottest topic, but there are several relevant ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/ica-in-montreal-book-signing-and-relevant-papers/ The paperback edition of the book is right out of the printer! I got the first copies today. Chris and I are amazed by the efficient production process at Peter Lang: we collected the final drafts from authors in September and sent in the final manuscript for proof-reading in January, ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/pre-order-available-at-amazon/ One of the aims of this site is to comment on new research developments in the area of online journalism and news production innovations, specially highlighting those that share the spirit of Making Online News. The study on convergence in two regional media groups in Spain by Garcí­a Avilés and ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/casestudies/convergence-in-spanish-regional-media/