Some thoughts on News & Democracy
The Reuters Institute published their 2024 Digital News Report. It’s a great resource. Today I want to use it as an occasion to talk about some structural considerations.…
Tag: Journalism
What would a newspaper have to look like to attract you as a paying reader?
Recently, friends and I were discussing the state of journalism and its potential futures. (As you do, right?) The occasion? German print newspapers are struggling, with a series…
Quantified Self on dradio – now in CC
A little while ago, Christian Grasse did a radio feature for dradio on the Quantified Self. There, he included interviews with Johannes Kleske and me. That was really…
Mozilla Festival 2011
_Image by Peter Bihr, Creative Commons (by-nc-sa)_ Mozilla Festival (aka #Mozfest) is over, and it was intense. Throw a mix of 500 journalists, hackers, web devs and activists…
In London for Mozfest and Internet Week Europe
Mozilla’s big open/free culture festival, aptly called Mozilla Festival, is on this coming weekend. I’ll be headed over to London and stay for the full festival as well…
Wikileaks, Afghanistan & The New Rules Of Engagement
As of two days ago Wikileaks has released 92.000 documents about the war in Afghanistan, leaked (most likely) from within the US military. After discussing this with quite…
Guardian: We need to become a platform!
Now here’s a bold move by a major newspaper: The Guardian is becoming a platform. And boy, is that a smart move compared to many other newspapers that…