Comments on: How tech’s giants want to re-invent journalism

By: ITProPortal

ITProPortal — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:44 +0000

So, in a nutshell, the wolf is guiding the sheep to the slaughterhouse. Wouldn’t be a surprise if Google buys (or build something similar to) Narrativescience.

By: Renee Marie Jones

Renee Marie Jones — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:59:04 +0000

You count success as “clicks” because that’s what easy to count, not because it really means anything. You can get a lot of clicks if you lie to your customers, making them think you have something they want … they will click to get there, but leave as soon as they realise they have been “had.” That’s what’s wrong with big media … all show and no substance. You will go down the drain trying ever harder to peddle your crap until finally you reach the end you deserve: bankruptcy.

By: Larry Rasky

Larry Rasky — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:52:24 +0000

Great content. Looking forward to more discussion.

By: Tim Bajkiewicz

Tim Bajkiewicz — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:03:28 +0000

I’m constantly stressing context with my journalism college students, but news orgs aren’t set up to highlight this or reward it. It’s about feeding the “beast.” As great as it would be to have something like Google Living Stories, I’m not convinced people would flock to it. We’ve had contextualized info available in different forms for a long time and they’ve never gotten much traction.

By: Donn Friedman

Donn Friedman — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:24:58 +0000

This discussion is moot if there isn’t an economic model to support truth-seeking. Many different ways of story telling are valid, but changing the method of telling the stories, the devices that deliver the stories or the data-structure of the news won’t feed the storytellers.

By: Dilyan Damyanov

Dilyan Damyanov — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:43:35 +0000

Some valid points in the article as well as in the comments. Proof, perhaps, that interactive/collaborative storytelling is indeed better than the traditional linear approach?

By: Denise Clay

Denise Clay — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:29:21 +0000

Four words:
Stay in your lane.

By: michael kanellos

michael kanellos — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:45:43 +0000

Interesting idea, but can you send me the version that wasn’t put through babblefish?

By: Justin Observer

Justin Observer — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:23:58 +0000

Less of more, please. It’s attention that is scarce. More media makes it more so.

By: Tony Powell

Tony Powell — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:33:59 +0000

Typical engineer thinking. They are called “stories” for a reason, Poindexter.