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OJR: Focusing on the future of digital journalism

OJR front page archive for July 2007

A journalist's guide to crowdsourcing

July 31, 2007
OJR's editor answers basic questions about how news organizations can improve investigative reports by using the Internet to gather information from their readers.

Translating the network evening news to the Web

July 27, 2007
Q&A: OJR talks with ABC News' Jason Samuels about how news webcasts are creating new models for television reporting.

How newspapers can thrive on the World Wide Web

July 24, 2007
Commentary: An online journalism pioneer examines the state of the industry through the example of his hometown Florida newspapers.

Wanted: Experienced, passionate citizens for hyperlocal sites: Earn $$$ from your home!

July 19, 2007
Commentary: Backfence has joined the growing list of hyperlocal, grassroots journalism initiatives which have failed. But here are some back-of-the-envelope numbers which suggest such sites can, and should, succeed.

FOIA at 40: Can it still help the public examine its government?

July 17, 2007
OJR talks with with Lucy Dalglish, of The Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press, about the Bush administration's love of secrecy... and the media's lack of outrage.

Hits, page views and other garbage we pass off as audience metrics

July 13, 2007
Commentary: Nielsen/NetRatings took a step in the right direction this week. But we've got a long way to go as an industry to tell an accurate story about who's reading our websites.