http://www.makingonlinenews.net Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:02:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ This website is the virtual home of a research project that started many years ago as separate efforts to understand a new phenomenon: Media all around the world have been exploring the Internet as a news medium for more than a decade now, creating a new breed of journalism. Online ... http://www.makingonlinenews.net/book/a-book%e2%80%a6-and-a-network/