In a new essay entitled
Build the Wall, David Simon (who was a
Baltimore Sun reporter before he produced
The Wire) argues that if the larger newspaper industry is to survive, The New York Times and Washington Post must start charging readers for access to their websites (preferably done as a single action in concert with each other) —
John Gruber,
Dave Winer, and the folks at Gawker
disagree, and Steven Berlin Johnson argues that while the future for newspapers might be quite bleak,
the future for journalism and high quality analysis is actually quite bright. Meanwhile, the Times
is currently doing market research to see if it's readers would be willing to pay $5 a month for online access, and the Associated Press
announced it's intent to build a new news DRM system that will enable users to “
consume, mash up and share AP content based on rights”.
posted by dyslexictraveler
on Jul 24, 2009 -
128 comments
Journalism may be going through a painful period but thanks to the web the once lowly information graphic is finally growing up to be all it never could on paper. Especially the New York Times seems to currently stand out in how frequently and quickly they build amazingly detailed and insightful interactive features. Consider the
tracking of US Airways Flight 1549 or the piece on
raising its engine from the Hudson. Other recent highlights:
9,955,441 parking tickets issues in NYC mapped by street,
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008,
Ansel Adams's Yosemite,
the view from the 10-meter platform explained,
A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses 1789 to the Present,
A Map of the number of medals that countries won in summer Olympic Games,
Going to the End of the Line,
The 44 Places to go in 2009, an explanation of
how the Pentagon responded to criticism of then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld,
The Soyuz Spacecraft,
How the Towers Stood and Fell and
many,
many, more.
[more inside]
posted by krautland
on Feb 14, 2009 -
16 comments
