convergent journalism

Matthew Ricketson has worked on staff as a journalist at Standard News, The Age, The Australian, The Sunday Herald and Time Australia magazine. Before taking up his position as Media and communications editor of The Age in June 2006, he ran the Journalism program at RMIT for 11 years. He has a Master of Arts [...]

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interesting sites
http://www.entropiauniverse.com/
reuters reporter in second life
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/17/MNG9ULQPL61.DTL&feed=rss.phartlaub
www.blackalbinosheep.com – the EPIC video
PERSONALIZATION AND CUSTOMIZATION
www.last.fm.com – customization of music
www.pandora.com – customization of music
VIDEO
www.rocketboom.com

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A list of potential questions about convergent journalism for our contacts at the Age and other
newspapers.
1) Is there a difference between reporting styles for print journalism and for convergent/online journalism? (other than of course style of writing)
2) Is there certain content which is not suitable for print and suitable for convergent journalism and [...]

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http://www.filmaust.com.au/wilderness/
(Analysis of the presentation of the website)
Overall presentation: Lacklustre but consistent
Straightforward website–conventional use of HTML
No snazzy flash presentation, no use of audio or animation
Only interesting bit is the menu bar which changes colour
Colours:
Red and blue not the best contrast, blue is not suitable for senior visitors. The contrast of the font against background is [...]

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Interesting read…gave me different ideas of convergence–I guess I thought of it more as technological than cultural earlier…but now think that its probably sort of a cycle..something that feeds off each other.
The most interesting bit though, is the idea that convergence and its products are not top-down as most media related products are. Its bottom [...]

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