Journal bricolage?
May 11, 2010 at 10:58 pm | In free_press, media, newspapers | Comments Off on Journal bricolage?Off-topic preamble, part 1: Lately, when I have a “must-write” on my agenda, I find myself staring at a “can’t-write.” Take the topic of journalism (please, take it!)…
Continuing off-topic preamble, part 2: Bricolage means putting something together from cobbled together pieces, or processes.
Cut to the chase (not exactly part 3, but getting there): With that in mind, two pieces, which the reader may complete or associate in ways that she sees fit:
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^ That’s one item (a screenshot of a tweet today by David Eaves, apropos of transactions at the Canada 3.0 Digital Media Forum in Stratford, Ontario).
The second item is from today’s Toronto Star, CanWest sees future in digital content, about the sale of Canwest Global Communications‘ newspapers for CDN$1.1 billion to a group headed by Paul Godfrey:
Citizen journalists, reporters equipped with video cameras, news stories that are filed first to the latest mobile gadget before they appear in traditional print media.
These are some of the concepts the man who will be advising the next owners of Canada’s largest chain of newspapers will bring to the table. (source)
I’m not so sure that anyone in the suits really cares about “intrinsic nature,” frankly.
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