http://www.fixjournalism.com a conversation about journalism's future Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:35:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/ipad-opens-another-door-of-opportunity-for-journalism/ http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/ipad-opens-another-door-of-opportunity-for-journalism/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:34:38 +0000 Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=656 http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/ipad-opens-another-door-of-opportunity-for-journalism/feed/ 0 http://www.fixjournalism.com/social-networking/journalism-cannot-just-save-itself-or-it-will-fail/ http://www.fixjournalism.com/social-networking/journalism-cannot-just-save-itself-or-it-will-fail/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:13:34 +0000 Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=340 news needs to find a way to create something that doesn't only help the journalist, but helps thousands of other unpaid creative people. uNews must be for more than news. It must be for all creative endeavours. It must be for InnoCentive.com, it must be for people who want to make money off of their own videos, images news, games, information and other content. uNews can't actually be called "uNews." uNews needs to be for everyone AND news. And it has to be as fun and interesting to be a part of as all of your awesome Apple products. uNews must be a paradigm shift on how we operate on the Web. It must serve as a focusing point for all communications. Otherwise, it will fail like the other micropayment systems did. Other systems segregated content away from the Web instead of integrating people into each other. That is the key. uNews must CENTALIZE the web instead of further DECENTRALIZING it. But wouldn't it be great of a news company made it? [...]]]> http://www.fixjournalism.com/social-networking/journalism-cannot-just-save-itself-or-it-will-fail/feed/ 1 http://www.fixjournalism.com/web/better-question-what-isnt-google-doing/ http://www.fixjournalism.com/web/better-question-what-isnt-google-doing/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:34:04 +0000 Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=336 If the Web disappeared Google would die. Consider this more carefully. Google's entire operation is Web based. News, however, is cross-platform: TV, radio, Web, paper. If the Web died, news would survive. That's an important distinction. Google is not inventing new forms of communications, they are innovating current forms of communication. But sadly, news is neither inventing nor innovating. [...]]]> http://www.fixjournalism.com/web/better-question-what-isnt-google-doing/feed/ 0 http://www.fixjournalism.com/users/why-micropayments-will-improve-journalism/ http://www.fixjournalism.com/users/why-micropayments-will-improve-journalism/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:15:36 +0000 Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=315 http://www.fixjournalism.com/users/why-micropayments-will-improve-journalism/feed/ 2 http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/the-continuing-micropayment-unews-conversation/ http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/the-continuing-micropayment-unews-conversation/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:55:39 +0000 Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=322 http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/the-continuing-micropayment-unews-conversation/feed/ 2 http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/re-itunes-for-news-a-breathrough/ http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/re-itunes-for-news-a-breathrough/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:47:31 +0000 Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=297 David Carr of The New York Times is either an asshole or genius. He discusses the idea of making an iTunes for distributing news and information (click here for Michael Hogan's take). Wow, it's about time. [...]]]> http://www.fixjournalism.com/news/re-itunes-for-news-a-breathrough/feed/ 1