Gary Goldhammer –author and storyteller.
Content strategist, PR practitioner and marketer | digital and social media innovator | writer and author
Category: News Media
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Hell hath no fury like the heartfelt kvetches of ink-stained wretches. Save The Merc, a web site published by employees of the San Jose Mercury News, is appealing to the local community for salvation, or at least support in their bid to save a “vital civic institution.” They want readers to sign a petition and…
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CARNAGE IN IRAQ, tears over missing teens, stories of lost hope in New Orleans. Cue the music. Run the graphics package. Lights, camera, action. We have seen this so much we have come to expect it – the “big” news story arriving with its own jingle and logo. Newspapers do the same with special sections,…
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I was glad to hear Richard Edelman say that journalists are no longer Gods (thanks for the heavenly tip, Media Orchard). I assume he meant print media and not CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who not only is a God, but also, as we learned from his Hurricane Katrina coverage, can walk on and well as through…
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In a previous post I said that newspapers have failed because they have lost their brand identities. Newspapers – not all, but the majority – sacrificed voice for profit, and ended up with neither. But that’s only part of the story. In fact, I buried the lead. Newspapers – and broadcast media – used to…
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Question: Which U.S. media observer said the following: "The news seems very similar from one media organization to another — as if reporters have stopped doing their jobs and are just sitting in their offices, taking press releases and publishing them in the papers." Answer: None. The quote is from Israeli journalist Michael Weiss, who…
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Few would argue that institutional journalism has lost its way. But journalists are not institutions; they have minds, ideas, passion, prejudice and purpose. They have the tools necessary to bring journalism back from the abyss – but not the will. That’s too bad, because for journalism to regain its conscience and credibility – to save…
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(Note: This is the first in an occasional series of posts about newspapers, their loss of “voice” and relevance, and how they can regain both. You can find these posts under the category “Journalism Next.”) I read a newspaper this morning. Stop the presses. My primary computer is being repaired so I don’t have access…
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PRWeb CEO David McInnis says “There is nothing sacred or holy about journalism anymore” (other than news from the Vatican Press Office, of course.) But McInnis might as well have said the same thing about public relations. As McInnis said later in a comment on MicroPersuasion: We do not try to mask our users’ press…