Media News - Monday, December 29, 2008

God bless us, every 10

Gotta love the end of the year, writes the Columbia Journalism Reveiw. A time for celebration, a time for looking forward and back, a time during which, no matter what our creed--we come together to clasp our hands, raise our voices, and worship at the altar of itemized aggregation. Yep: 'tis the season...for lists! Long lists, short lists, funny lists, sad lists, lists with a point, lists with no point at all--and lists, most often, consisting of ten items! In the spirit of the holidays, then, CJR gives you...its top ten of the Top Ten lists of 2008. And when you're done with that, check out the additional links the EJC has provided: (Columbia Journalism Review)

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No. 10 - Is all the best design really outside the US?

Each year SND takes the last few days of December to look back on the news design year that was. It’s been a crazy time for our craft and the industry, so take the trek with them over the next 10 articles as they recount the biggest moments in a year filled with extraordinary change. (Society for News Design)

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Top 10 MediaShifting Stories of 2008

Once again, it's time to look back on the year that was, and consider the new media highlights. Overall, it's been a topsy-turvy year, with a deep recession and historic election giving us reason to despair and hope. The economic turmoil pushed people to read online news at historic levels this past fall, and econ blogs became required reading for those who wanted to gain insight into the complex problems of the financial world. In politics, the drawn-out Democratic primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton gave political junkies more reason to stay tuned to news sites and political blogs, including the rise of poll-watching blogs and fact-check sites. And when Election Day came, Americans were glued not just to their TV sets, but also their computer monitors and mobile phones, for updates. When it comes to mobile media usage, the smartphone continued to make inroads as Apple released a new generation of the iPhone and competitors sprung up all over. In many urban settings, people stuck in line or taking a work break increasingly turned to their smartphones to fill the time, texting, surfing the Net and playing games like never before. The vision of computing everywhere is closer than ever to coming to fruition -- which means that more than ever, we're seeking breaks from technology. Without further ado here's the list of the top MediaShifting stories for 2008, listed in order of influence, and voted on by MediaShift readers in the Reader Poll and on Twitter. (MediaShift)

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What won’t happen in 2009 and what will

Here are my no doubt misguided and naive predictions, writes Paul Bradshaw. Including:

• 2009 will not be the year of the mobile web
• 2009 will not be the year of the semantic web
• In 2009 Google will look more vulnerable than ever
• 2009 Will see a lot of thinking and little action
• 2009 will see social media getting lean - and mean

(Online Journalism Blog)

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117 magazine and media predictions

We asked a diverse cross-section of the magazine/media industry—publishers, editors, dealmakers, designers, bloggers—for their predictions. Not surprisingly, perhaps, some said the magazine industry in 2008 was so incredibly depressing that they didn’t dare predict the grim year ahead. Others, though, dared. So here they are, your 2009 magazine and media predictions—all 117 of them, (mostly) unedited and unabridged, and in no particular order. (Folio)

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The year in newspapers: Trends to follow in 2009

To say the least, 2008 proved a difficult year for newspapers in many nations. Rising printing and distribution costs, waning circulations and fragmented audiences continued to challenge a business model that seems increasingly outdated. And despite many promising advancements made by newspaper companies in Internet and mobile, revenues remain far behind those of print. But the news is far from all negative. Below is some food for thought for newsroom executives everywhere, ways in which newspapers began adapting to the modern media landscape in 2008 that will continue through 2009. (Editors Weblog)

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