Comments from online publishing experts

'Citizen journalism start-ups are doomed'
John Ndege, founder, ScribbleSheetPosted by John Ndege at 18/04/08

'Chasing online copyright infringement - is it worth it?'
John Mackenzie, partner, Pinsent MasonsPosted by Laura Oliver at 07/03/08

'Local online news is changing, but not fast enough'
Paul Bradshaw, Birmingham City UniversityPosted by Paul Bradshaw at 13/02/08

'Lords review of media is in danger of achieving nothing'
Laura Oliver, Journalism.co.ukPosted by Laura Oliver at 31/01/08

'None of the papers have grasped the fundamental difference between the internet and print'
Richard Warren, UseritePosted by Richard Warren at 30/11/07

'Journalists are too often reduced to a cross between call-centre workers and data processors'
Michelle Stanistreet is the president of the NUJ and also works for the Sunday Express, here she writes about the Stand Up for Journalism campaignPosted by Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ at 02/11/07

'UK offline media is one of the most competitive and creative in the world. You have to ask why that hasn't followed online'
Lloyd Shepherd and Andrew Levy, Messy Media, UKPosted by Andrew Levy/Lloyd Shepherd at 30/09/07
'40,000 citizen journalist working to report one story for your paper? It's possible, we did it'
Grzegorz Piechota, of Gazeta Wyborcza, on how his newspaper successfully embraced online reader interactionPosted by Grzegorz Piechota, Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, Poland at 02/07/07
Interactivity: an open sewer through your newspaper website
Former editor-in-chief of Trouw poses some questions on the ethics of reader participationPosted by Frits van Exter, Trouw newspaper at 11/06/07
"Twitter is GPS for 120,000 boys and girls in Iraq"
Richard Gizbert, presenter of Al Jazeera's Listening PostPosted by Richard Gizbert, Al Jazeera at 22/05/07
Virginia Tech: 'Horror has given us a glimpse of our media future'
Director of the Center for Citizen Media at the University of California, Dan Gillmor, on the implications for democratised media of the coverage of the Virginia Tech killingsPosted by Dan Gilmor on Virginia Tech at 26/04/07
"Publishers have broadly three choices for non-display advertising"
Adprecision's Justin Morshead on how newspaper sites can make money from internet advertisingPosted by Justin Morshead, Adprecision at 07/03/07
"Broadband's capacity offers scintillating innovation, it would be a shame to waste it"
Award-winning video journalist David Dunkley Gyimah on the possibilities for broadband video newsPosted by Oliver Luft at 25/01/07
"It's counter productive and a waste of time to focus on rights recovery"
Robert Cauthorn, president of CityTools, on why content rights recovery is not the answer for newspapers onlinePosted by Oliver Luft at 21/11/06
"Who needs professional photographers?"
Tony Sleep, a moderator of Editorial Photographers UK, discusses the impact of digital technologyPosted by Oliver Luft at 11/10/06
"The Zidane smoking photo - a cautionary tale about ownership, copyright and licensing."
Kyle MacRae, head of Scoopt, tells how an image of the world's most gifted footballer brought home the problems associated with licensing online picturesPosted by Oliver Luft at 15/09/06
"A strong brand helps moving online, but it doesn't guarantee success"
David Witcomb, of Hellomagazine.com, discusses the challenge of launching a household name mag onlinePosted by Oliver Luft at 11/09/06
"We're cannibalising an old CNN newsroom adage and updating it: 'kill what you can eat, no waste!'"
Award winning video journalist David Dunkley Gyimah on a matured internet, video 2.0, and the outernetPosted by Oliver Luft at 04/08/06
"The London bombings of 7 July 2005 were a watershed moment for 'user-generated content'"
BBC's Kevin Anderson on how evolving social networks will alter journalismPosted by Oliver Luft at 07/07/06
"Many newspapers' websites are still behaving rather like Iron Curtain commissars in 1989"
AOL's Simon Hinde on the best-practice model for online news and how technology could save the newspaperPosted by Oliver Luft at 27/06/06
"Internet-first publishing does not mean the death of newspapers"
The Telegraph's Shane Richmond talks about being Europe's first web-based daily and beating The Guardian to internet-first publishingPosted by Oliver Luft at 19/06/06


