A reader shared this observation on the convergence of television and newspapers.
Recently the WSJ and the NY Times seemed to have given themselves facelifts of a sort. The WSJ has a new format, with large LIFE magazine like photographs, and the NYT has upgraded its videos.
The old videos in the NYT were quite simple, perhaps an interview with a single person. In the new videos, they go so far as to interview not just a number of people, but almost everyone that was interviewed for the article. There is a strong sense of narrative, and interesting camera work. I feel like I am watching “60 Minutes”.
Here at last is the old media-new media convergence that everyone used to talk about back when Time Warner merged with AOL.
We see this with Netflix, which is becoming an online TV network producing its own content (an objective that Netflix disavowed as recently as seven years ago).
Civil Beat has breached the divide between online journalism and public affairs journalism. But CB may have to morph into the equivalent of television journalism if all the big players do it, with the risk of looking outdated for those who lag behind. That requires greater resources (cameraman, director, editors, etc.), which in turn might mean a need for some sort of advertising. (I do think CB is rather puritanical in this respect.)
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“Civil Beat has breached the divide between online journalism and public affairs journalism. But CB may have to morph into the equivalent of television journalism if all the big players do it, with the risk of looking outdated for those who lag behind. That requires greater resources (cameraman, director, editors, etc.), which in turn might mean a need for some sort of advertising. (I do think CB is rather puritanical in this respect.)”
excellent observation. Civil Beat came up with a new model, but in the tech world, last year’s model quickly becomes ancient and dated. a complete partnership with TV news makes sense.
without donations from Pierre Omidyar, Civil Beat would be sharing a grave with Honolulu Weekly.
Whatever CB decides I hope it is successful. They do a great job of issue focused reporting. It is a such a breath of fresh air from the fluff of other news outlets that are strictly press releases and police blotters. I also like CB since they give the whole story usually and include pdf’s of court cases so the reader can read for themselves the facts.
Yes, 5 years later no information whatsoever regarding numbers of subscribers, page views or any basic data on how they stack up with other media. My guess there’s probably a good reason for that….
I do not want video from a print medium. Unless resources are committed it’s pretty half-assed where it is attempted (so far).
If I want video, I go to producers of video content. Admittedly, here in Honolulu, even some of that stuff is not all that well produced.
Think of it in the reverse – would you go to a TV station’s online news site just for written-word, in-depth news stories?
“Think of it in the reverse – would you go to a TV station’s online news site just for written-word, in-depth news stories?”
every single day, answer is yes.
To be fair……………
Star-Advertiser Corrections
For Saturday, May 2, 2015
» Attorney Myles Breiner said Gerime Bradley will try to complete community service in the next four to six weeks for his conviction of third-degree assault in the death of an Ewa Beach man in March 2014. An Page B2 article Wednesday reported that Breiner was talking about the victim, John Howard.
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