The Past, Present and Future of the News Business

Ye Olde Newspaper Biz

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Ye Olde TV News Biz

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Ye Olde Internet News Biz

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We don’t need any expensive editorial overhead

The Moguls Are Fine: Faces Change

But What Has Happened To Our

Fearless Reporters?

The First Sight Of Real Time News

What Is Happening Right NOW?

Tahir Square Japan

Benghazi SXSW

Near you now

Western Media no longer needs to send Reporters around the world; they are already there.Phew, ‘cos the budget just got axed

Not Just A Few Thousand Reporters

A Few BILLION…..

How Does This Guy Pull It All Together?

A B

Do You Prefer A or B?Hint: they are the same

Traditional Journalism • Collect & nurture sources• Verify & cross check• Create a narrative• Hope Ed likes it

Social Media Curation

• Twitter Lists• Skype a source & watch multiple Lists in Tweetdeck• Let timestamps create the narrative• Hit post & hope “somebody out there” likes it

The New News Filtering Stack

Mainstream Media aka “Final Mile Of Media”Hint: they ain’t going away

A Few Billion People With Mobile PhonesAt least one will be where the action is

Filtering toolsLots of innovation in this layer