Yep, it’s live!
Watch streaming online at: http://www.mogulus.com/newsinnovation_portland The conference is currently going on. You can tune in at the link above to watch and chat. You can also find me on twitter for tiny updates at: http://twitter.com/kenkeiter/
Live Content
11:00 AM: We’re currently discussing bullet-points from our individual discussions on the news business models. Emphasis includes: new data visualization tools, collaboration with the audience, requiring better technology skills in journalists. We’ve also noticed that production in the real-world and production in print face the challenge of a lack of timeline on the web. One of the concerns is that people who are producing for the web lose their scope - we need virtual newsrooms? Journalists need the back-and-forth between peers to gather information? Many disagreements about this. Should consumers provide the primary critique!
11:09 AM: Consumer driven media versus media outlets as gatekeepers — deciding what stories the public sees. Big topic of contention.
11:15 AM: What is the threshold between when consumers want content to be forced to them versus when they gather it themselves. Someone made the point that human interest stories are dugg down? First thing I’ve ever heard about that… How does geographic location affect human interest stories.
11:19 AM: Let’s take a break!
12:02 PM: Talking about marketing and community. How do we generate community and what role should community play in news. Empower users to spread content for you. Talking about EveryBlock. User generated content is advertising — seems to be the concern here. Is it journalism? Or is is just geo-twitter? Static information versus dynamic information. What is the definition of journalism? Is it the provision of data (no matter how small) to empower your community? Or is it stories that are vetted and go through a real process. CRM in news! Managing the relationship with consumers that GENERATE media. This may be an entirely new application… Consumers that generate media are critical in an industry that is being killed by teh interwebz.
12:58 PM: Talked about http://www.mapwith.us/ briefly. We’re talking about geo-relevance for stories and micro-stories. How to tackle social burnout and get people to continue producing content.
