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By: The artisanal approach to news | Save the Media

The artisanal approach to news | Save the Media — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:39:16 +0000

[...] used it when he wrote about my post regarding what newspapers could learn from the decline in the ice harvesting business. (Read more about how he explains artisanal news in the comments on that [...]

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By: If it’s good enough for cheese: What would artisanal news look like? » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:01:41 +0000

[...] at Attentionization, used it when he wrote about my post regarding what newspapers could learn from the decline in the ice harvesting business. (Read more about how he explains artisanal news in the comments on that [...]

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By: Cool Links #47: Stress Less « TEACH J: For Teachers of Journalism And Media

Cool Links #47: Stress Less « TEACH J: For Teachers of Journalism And Media — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:09:48 +0000

[...] posts that show exactly how we must change the news business away from the old model or become extinct like Ice Harvesters, while the second post showed that we need to serve niche markets like Sewing [...]

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By: bloggingmom67

bloggingmom67 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:34:42 +0000

@Jeff Klein - Yes -- being open to "monumental" change really is the key. Well, said. -- Gina

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bloggingmom67 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:34:14 +0000

@Dave Hendricks - Very interesting idea ... I'm going to take your idea and mull it a bit. -- Gina

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By: Jeff Klein

Jeff Klein — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:40:16 +0000

Great blog. Wonderful analogy. A key point is that journalists need to think differently about what they do and how they do it, force themselves to learn, and learn to love, new technology and BE OPEN to monumental change.

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By: Dave Hendricks

Dave Hendricks — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:26:33 +0000

@bloggingmom67 - @bloggingmom67 yes the idea of Artisanal News is focused on lower volume, higher quality. Right now there is a terminology disconnect between 'news' and 'journalism'. Essentially journalism is 'artisanal', where news is 'mass'. Newspapers mix those two things together in one curated source, with AP feeds, local stringers, syndicated columnists, and their own stuff. Bloggers often take whatever from wherever, 'curate' it, and add their spin. My feeling is that we are entering into a two-tier 'news' world. Two-tier from the quality/quantity sense and two-tier from the monetization perspective. Artisanal production of 'news' is part of that emerging architecture, at least as i see it.

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By: bloggingmom67

bloggingmom67 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:54:03 +0000

@Daniel Dryzek - Thanks, Daniel. -- Gina

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bloggingmom67 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:53:48 +0000

@Scott Doty - Thanks, Scott. -- Gina

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By: bloggingmom67

bloggingmom67 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:53:25 +0000

@Dave Hendricks - First -- love that you thought my blog post was too short. Don't often hear that. See your point about comparing ice harvesters with bloggers. Good stuff there. I like the idea of artisanal news. Very interesting idea if what you mean is sort of eschewing mass production and making more individualized but higher-quality product. (I'm thinking of artisanal cheese, for example, which cost more than the grocery store stuff but it much better and worth the price to a small, highly interested group, although not necessarily to a mass market.) I'll think about this idea more. I think there's something to it. Thanks for planting the seed. -- Gina

Reply - @Dave Hendricks<\/a> - \r\n\r\nFirst -- love that you thought my blog post was too short. Don\'t often hear that.\r\n\r\nSee your point about comparing ice harvesters with bloggers. Good stuff there. \r\n\r\nI like the idea of artisanal news. Very interesting idea if what you mean is sort of eschewing mass production and making more individualized but higher-quality product. (I\'m thinking of artisanal cheese, for example, which cost more than the grocery store stuff but it much better and worth the price to a small, highly interested group, although not necessarily to a mass market.)\r\n\r\nI\'ll think about this idea more. I think there\'s something to it. Thanks for planting the seed.\r\n\r\n-- Gina'); return false;">Quote