How Will You Get News in 2017?
The Southern Newspaper Publisher’s Association is running a contest with a $2000 prize for the best prototype of how you will get your news in 2017.
The author of Blackhawk Down thinks that journalism’s future is in global dialogue and writes an interesting account of his first contact with interactive journalism.
Unlike with TV and radio, which are stuck with people reading out loud, customers of digital journalism will get the best of all media forms. They can wade into any story that attracts them as deeply as they wish. Readers will gravitate toward prose, while those who prefer sounds and images can simply watch and listen. The digital report will not be locked into the strict chronological format of TV and radio news, but will be much more like a newspaper, which permits you to begin with sports and weather, if you wish, or go right to the editorials or comics.
He also has some great advice for aspiring journalists.
I advise young journalists today to learn how to use a digital video camera, and to get used to working in multimedia. Nearly every story I write today for the Atlantic, and every book I undertake, I do in conjunction with a documentary filmmaker.
Good luck with the contest. If I can help, drop me an email.