Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts

13 September 2009

Technology - What can newspapers learn from government and the people they share as customers? "‘Athens’ on the Net" - NYTimes.com

In many ways, newspapers are in the same situation as are governments - long-time venerable institutions facing rapid changes in their constituencies brought about largely by technological innovation. As such, I'd argue, they have lots more to learn from one another than they so far realize.

22 August 2009

Photos - Smile, you or an altered you, may be on Candid Camera! - "Faked Photographs - Look, and Then Look Again" - NYTimes.com

It is surprising to me that issues of credibility, reliability and accuracy have not played a really big role in the evolving nature of newspapers, their competitors, the public and others. The crisis of credibility remains however, and in the new digital world as we have known for so long, the ability to change content whether it be words or pictures is unlimited, with policing a chancy proposition at best. How does a newspaper manage to keep an eye on these issues along with all the others?