Comments on: Start your news site now – thanks to Murdoch http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/start-your-news-site-now/ Stewart Kirkpatrick on journalism, Scotland, the net Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:12:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Stewart http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/start-your-news-site-now/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Stewart Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:47:40 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1790#comment-329 Ah, yes. User generated content, How very 2008. Not a big part of what I'm suggesting, you'll notice... Ah, yes. User generated content, How very 2008. Not a big part of what I’m suggesting, you’ll notice…

]]> By: scottdouglas http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/start-your-news-site-now/comment-page-1/#comment-328 scottdouglas Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:39:09 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1790#comment-328 Oh dear. This whole argument simply makes me want to weep. More opinion. Just what the world needs to replace the kind of journalism that used to hold various ne'er do wells to account. Because, as David Simon (ex of the Baltimore Sun) has pointed out, your average "citizen journalist" or opinion peddler is hardly going to get out of their jammies to go and knock doors, challenge officialdomw or do the other difficult/unpleasant/time-consuming/boring/risky grunt work that is the bedrock of good journalism. Free news is great - as long as it is free news worth having. Just how long will it be worth having if the choice comes down to either state-funded BBC - or unchecked opinion from a bedroom activist (no matter how pretty their turn of phrase)? Up to a point, Lord Copper. As long as it's not cash point, eh? Oh dear.
This whole argument simply makes me want to weep.
More opinion. Just what the world needs to replace the kind of journalism that used to hold various ne’er do wells to account.
Because, as David Simon (ex of the Baltimore Sun) has pointed out, your average “citizen journalist” or opinion peddler is hardly going to get out of their jammies to go and knock doors, challenge officialdomw or do the other difficult/unpleasant/time-consuming/boring/risky grunt work that is the bedrock of good journalism.
Free news is great – as long as it is free news worth having.
Just how long will it be worth having if the choice comes down to either state-funded BBC – or unchecked opinion from a bedroom activist (no matter how pretty their turn of phrase)?
Up to a point, Lord Copper. As long as it’s not cash point, eh?

]]> By: Tale of an old newspaper shows why paid news websites may be the future after all – Media is Social: Craig McGill, PR, Social Media, Digital http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/start-your-news-site-now/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Tale of an old newspaper shows why paid news websites may be the future after all – Media is Social: Craig McGill, PR, Social Media, Digital Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:20:15 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1790#comment-327 [...] does this have to do with online news? Well Stewart Kirkpatrick, Shaun Milne, Iain Bruce have all had their stab at the recent chat over paywalls. They think [...] [...] does this have to do with online news? Well Stewart Kirkpatrick, Shaun Milne, Iain Bruce have all had their stab at the recent chat over paywalls. They think [...]

]]> By: Wes Mantooth http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/start-your-news-site-now/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Wes Mantooth Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:25:54 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1790#comment-326 Stewart, I suppose a good indicator is the lack of comments on the subscription articles, apart from the few dribblers, who acknowledge they divine the gist of the article from a few sentences, there are rarely any comments on them, therefore few subscribers, presumably. One senses that Murdoch has been waiting ages to apply standard business practise to online news and start charging. I think you're right and more journos should turn their skills to their own blawgs/newsfeeds. forargyll.com being the perfect example of an independent press concerned with local issues. Stewart, I suppose a good indicator is the lack of comments on the subscription articles, apart from the few dribblers, who acknowledge they divine the gist of the article from a few sentences, there are rarely any comments on them, therefore few subscribers, presumably.

One senses that Murdoch has been waiting ages to apply standard business practise to online news and start charging. I think you’re right and more journos should turn their skills to their own blawgs/newsfeeds.

forargyll.com being the perfect example of an independent press concerned with local issues.

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