Tag: future of journalism

Rangers, Tax, Blogs, and the Scottish Media

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And this is where multimedia journalism stakes its claim for recognition – in dogged, single-issue pursuit.  It’s hard for newspapers and the mainstream media to focus in on just one story and dissect it forensically for months on end, whereas sites such as Rangers Tax Case, Sheridan Trial Blog and so forth can expend their time and energy on just the one subject. When the Press Award nominations are announced next year, I wouldn’t be shocked to find Rangers Tax Case failing to make the list, largely because their presence would make for an uncomfortable night for many of the

Long form magazine articles are online to stay, here’s why

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The Independent asks if "snappy websites will kill off lengthy magazine articles", ironically in a lengthy magazine article: Time’s Josh Tyrangiel argued that the culture of rapid-fire news on the internet meant that Time magazine’s distinctive essays were just "too long" to work on its website. In his view, the web had rendered the entire form obsolete. A lot depends on how you decide what killing off means. While I’ve not got my hands on any solid data for the whole internet, the online world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with a number of websites, a measurable number of dedicated