Storyville documentary: NY Times -Deadline (Final)

American newspaper organisations have sustained infrastructural changes in a media world that is evolving past old forms of journalism. The death of daily newspapers, and the decline into administration of newspapers such as Rocky Mountain News, Philadelphia News, and The New York times have drawn attention to these changes.

The Storyville documentary, New York Times – Deadline, uncovers these changes, and discusses the impacts and influences that have participated in diminishing commonplace newspapers.

2008 signalled troubling times for the New York Times. The influence of new media prompted the creation of a ‘new’ New York Times. In the time of this change, there was a 30 per cent drop in advertising, a collapse that no one anticipated.

The documentary highlights the immense impact that the decline in advertising revenue has on newspaper organisations. Jeff Jarvis commented in the documentary, “the old newspaper format is dying.”

The dominance of one newspaper can be compressed and damaged due to advertising collapses. Storyville discusses if this level of advertising would ever be recovered in modern new media formats.

Brian Stelter, a new media journalist, is referred to as “the kid who went from blogging to the New York Times.” He comments on the influence of Twitter, and says “people in the newsroom are talking at lunchtime about a story that I knew about at midnight. Twitter gives people a sense of today’s news and how people are reacting to it. Twitter is the wider collective voice.”

The wider collective voice was echoed in the documentary through the exploration of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In 2010, Wikileaks released secret documents, and the documentary explored what affects this would have on journalists. Assange denied that his whistleblowing website would have an affect on the war, and commented “journalism is just a tool to get to the goal.”

The documentary explores the overhauls, changes and the dramatic impact that instantaneous and new forms of information being released has on journalists’ roles. The interviewing techniques and constant referral to problems that have been overcome, and how the NYT keeps moving forward, gives a deep insight into the world of reporting for the NYT, and the evolving changes that the newspaper has gone through.

New York Times – Deadline was screened on BBC2 in February 2012.

Storyville documentary: NY Times -Deadline (draft 2)

American newspaper organisations have sustained infrastructural changes in a media world that is evolving past old forms of journalism. The death of daily newspapers, and the decline into administration of newspapers such as Rocky Mountain News, Philadelphia News, and The New York times have drawn attention to these changes. The Storyville documentary, New York Times – Deadline, uncovers these changes, and discusses the impacts and influences that have participated in diminishing commonplace newspapers.

In 2008, the New York Times created a media desk, after the newspaper came into trouble. The influence of new media has formed a design to create a new New York Times. In the time of this change, the drop in advertising was at 30%, a collapse that no one anticipated. The documentary highlights the massive impact that the declines in advertising revenue has on newspaper organisations. Jeff Jarvis commented in the documentary, “the old newspaper format is dying.”

The dominance of one newspaper can be compressed and damaged due to advertising collapses. Storyville discusses if this level of advertising would ever be recovered in the modern new media formats.

Brian Stelter, a new media journalist, is referred to as ‘the kid who went from blogging to the New York Times.’ He comments on the influence of Twitter, and says “people in the newsroom are talking at lunchtime about a story that I knew about at midnight the night before. Twitter gives people a sense of today’s news and how people are reacting to it. Twitter is the wider collective voice.”

The wider collective voice was echoed in the documentary through the exploration of Wiki -leaks founder Julian Assange. In 2010, Wiki-leaks released secret documents, and the documentary explored what affects this would have on journalists. Assange denied that his whistle blowing website would have an affect on the war, and commented “journalism is just a tool to get to the goal.”

The documentary explores the overhauls the changes and the dramatic impact that new realises and forms of information being released has on journalist’s roles. The interviewing techniques and constant referral to problems that have been overcome, and how the NYT keeps moving forward, gives a deep insight into the world of reporting for the NYT, and the evolving changes that the newspaper has gone through.

Storyville documentary: NY Times -Deadline (draft 1)

American newspaper organisations have sustained infrastructural changes in a media world that is evolving past old forms of journalism. The death of daily newspapers, and the decline into administration of newspapers such as Rocky Mountain News, Philadelphia News, and The New York times have drawn attention to these changes. The Storyville documentary, New York Times – Deadline, uncovers these changes, and discusses the impacts and influences that have participated in making them happen.

In 2008, the New York Times created a media desk, after the newspaper came into trouble. The influence of new media has formed a design to create a new New York Times. In the time of this change, the drop in advertising was at 30%, a collapse that no one anticipated. The documentary highlights the massive impact that the declines in advertising revenue has on newspaper organisations. The dominance of one newspaper can be compressed and damaged due to advertising collapses. Storyville discusses if this level of advertising would ever be recovered in the modern new media formats.

Brian Stelter, a new media journalist, is referred to as ‘the kid who went from blogging to the New York Times in the documentary. He comments on the influence of Twitter, and says ‘people in the newsroom are talking at lunchtime about a story that I knew about at midnight the night before.’ Twitter gives people a sense of today’s news and how people are reacting to it. Twitter is the wider collective voice.

Essay structure and ideas

Reporting on war ideas for essay, structure and viewpoint

·         What Laws dictate journalist’s roles in war?

How are journalists roles impacted on by current laws and legislation governing what they can/cannot do?

·         A journalists need to report on war, how, and why? And what if any, patterns do they follow. (catalyst)

·         How are messages within war interpreted, and negotiated to the viewer by the journalist? Do any laws affect this?

·         When does imagery become distasteful, or undignified, and at what point are pictures that are released, used to influence thinking. (Propaganda)

·         Do journalists have reasons to report war? How strong is the public interest?

Do ‘we’ want to know about the wars, or are we required to know about, and be told about them? Why?

·         Do journalists ever use war to exploit, or reason the actions of government, laws, and legislations being carried out?

 Concluding point

·         The act of reporting war, transfers messages of the unknown to the public. How authentic can this reporting be, in consideration to the laws dictating reporting on war?

Message to BBC

I sent this Email to the BBC in February to aid my Self-Initiated Project, I got an out of office reply, and will contact them again in the neer future.

Design ideas for webiste

Colour schemes and website ideas

For the website colours, my client would like warm colours, but deep shades to compliment his current work place, which uses purple, reds and blacks. The website would try to resemble this, but also have a slight difference to also distinguish that my client’s website is his own and not one of the company he works for.

This colour wheel represents some of the colours that we are considering.

                                              

These colours would be selected when the content is ready for publishing and finalised. I have sketched some possible outcomes including colours, and basic layouts for the website.

Website decision

Decision on website provider

After meeting with my client, we have discussed the different uses of his website and the different types of website providers in more detail. After some deliberation, we decided on using Wordpress, as from registering and looking at some examples, he liked how they were presented and the professionalism of their appearance.

We set up the website, so that I could show the initial process of how this is done to my client, and help him become familiar with the site. This was also however, my first use of Wordpress too.

First use of Wordpress

My first uses of Wordpress have been to set up an account for my client. In doing this, I discovered that it is a more complex set up than my current blog/website that I use, which is Blogger. The initial set up was easy, but to customise the look, it seemed more complex, but also more flexible. We set up the website using the .com version instead of the .org. This is because my client decided that he would like to use it as simply and easily as possible, as he is not new media savvy.

Some of the uses of the customisation tools were confusing at first, and although the website has been initially set up, I will have to become more familiar with the interface and the design tools of the website in order to achieve something resembling what my client would desire. I am going to work on some designing in sketches and colour schemes using a colour wheel; to try and gain a clearer view of what the finished website may look like when completed.