I was watching CNN the other day and came across a story I want to share with the class. To sum it up, Ashton Kutcher of Punk'd and Demi Moore-marrying fame, challenged CNN to a race. His goal? To beat the network to 1 million Twitter followers.
It's quite an interesting story and I think it can spur a lot of thought and discussion about the future of "real" journalism, which can be found on networks like CNN, versus sites like Twitter, which may be the go-to news sources of future generations.
What does it say about what's happening in the journalism industry that Larry King, who represents CNN and, in a way, classic methods of journalism, is posting a YouTube response to Ashton Kutcher's Twitter challenge? What do you think about user-generated sites like Twitter becoming ever more popular for the gathering of information? Just a thought...
By the way, Kutcher won the race. What does THAT say about the state of journalism? I think it speaks to the theory that the U.S. is growing into more of a TMZ society than one that is concerned with politics, international events and stories with real news value.
Original story about Kutcher's challenge (with YouTube video embedded at bottom)- http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/13/ashton-kutcher-promises-to-punk-ted-turner-if-he-beats-cnn-to-a-million-twitter-followers/
Follow-up story about King's response (with YouTube video embedded at bottom):
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/14/twitter-fight-larry-king-to-kutcher-cnn-will-bury-you/
King and Kutcher's conversation on Larry King Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNzag6456fI
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4.22.2009
Good Web Headline/ Bad Web Headline
Levy Suspect Returns to D.C.- Good
This headline was found on washingtonpost.com. It's short, includes important search words, and follows the subject-verb guidelines. It's also in active voice and lets readers know the most important part of the story they are about to read.
More being foreclosed into homelessness- Not so good
This headline was found on The Boston Globe Online. The main reason I don't like it is because it's written in passive voice, which in turn makes it longer than it probably needs to be. It also doesn't include good search words. 'Foreclosed' and 'homelessness' are very broad terms and if entered into a search engine would bring up a huge amount of unrelated stories to the area it's supposed to be about. It's also not specific enough to convey the main point of the story.
This headline was found on washingtonpost.com. It's short, includes important search words, and follows the subject-verb guidelines. It's also in active voice and lets readers know the most important part of the story they are about to read.
More being foreclosed into homelessness- Not so good
This headline was found on The Boston Globe Online. The main reason I don't like it is because it's written in passive voice, which in turn makes it longer than it probably needs to be. It also doesn't include good search words. 'Foreclosed' and 'homelessness' are very broad terms and if entered into a search engine would bring up a huge amount of unrelated stories to the area it's supposed to be about. It's also not specific enough to convey the main point of the story.
3.11.2009
Slate.com Inauguration Coverage
January 21st certainly was an historical day, but a person can only hear or read that word so many times before it's enough already. Enter Slate.com.
I love Slate because it tackles hard news topics but adds interesting twists to its coverage. Its inauguration coverage was no different. If you want to check out the site's full list of inauguration articles, there's a link at the bottom of this post.
With stories like "First Movers: How exactly will Obama get all his stuff into the White House?" and "Does the Kevlar Number Come in a French Cuff? Obama was wearing 'bullet-resistant clothing.' What's that?", the site gives readers answers to questions that simply aren't provided by other news sites.
http://www.slate.com/id/2208447/
I love Slate because it tackles hard news topics but adds interesting twists to its coverage. Its inauguration coverage was no different. If you want to check out the site's full list of inauguration articles, there's a link at the bottom of this post.
With stories like "First Movers: How exactly will Obama get all his stuff into the White House?" and "Does the Kevlar Number Come in a French Cuff? Obama was wearing 'bullet-resistant clothing.' What's that?", the site gives readers answers to questions that simply aren't provided by other news sites.
http://www.slate.com/id/2208447/
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