Shaping the Future of NYC

Baruch College’s undergraduate newspaper, The Ticker, has tapped into one of the most rapid methods of information sharing: Live Tweeting. Twitter, already being a “real-time information network” (twitter.com), can be used to immediate disperse information. The Ticker used this method of news reporting at a recent journalism panel at Baruch College, called “The Future of Journalism: a Round Table Discussion.” Here, members of The Ticker posted quotes from panelists right after they were said – and discussion arose on Twitter between those posting as well as people not at the event. Check out the live feed here: https://twitter.com/#!/BaruchTicker

Oddly enough, I heard this through media that isn’t considered “print.”

“If I want to spend money on a black and white relic,

I’ll buy the New York Times.“

– Stephen Colbert

This article, found (online, oddly enough) in the New York Times, shows how the Times is trying to deal with the technological changes that their paper is fighting – and the media, in general. Author Arthur S. Brisbane knows these issues just can’t be avoided anymore:

“The problem is part of a much larger phenomenon. In the current environment, New York Times journalists are empowered to build their own personal following via social networks like Twitter and Facebook, while at the same time the wider audience can use blogs and curation sites to pull content away from The Times.”

This article has a few examples of good ideas to fix this problem – in terms of the papers themselves, at least. Check it out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/opinion/sunday/many-voices-but-still-one-times.html?ref=media

This is the article that Ned was talking about in class, and during our group discussion.

This is actually pretty incredible – Philadelphia will apparently be the first major city in America to not have a daily, print newspaper. The media is all about business now, check it out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/opinion/philadelphia-newspapers-are-a-target.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=philadelphia%20media&st=cse