Amir Kurtovic

Freelance Journalist, Writer and Social Media Victim

Tag: Digital Media

Syndication as a revenue source for online news outlets

Ken Doctor, author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get, recently posted this entry on the Nieman Journalism Lab blog. He argues that syndication is increasingly becoming a profitable strategy for online news outlets. In his words: Some have said that in the digital world, news companies need to think [...]

Stealing The News – When Bloggers Become Plagiarists

Journalism is under fire from all directions. Newspapers are losing circulation and shuting down. Reporters are getting laid off. Profits are bad, and the Internet has turned the news into a commodity. Add to the list of growing problems: plagiarism. Most journalists used to think that bloggers were nothing but plagiarist; taking their reporting and [...]

How to do a slideshow the right way

I came across this slideshow (below) on globalpost.com and thought it was an excellent example of what a good slideshow should be. It has interesting photos, compelling subject matter, and great narration. Granted, it is a slideshow from a patrol in Afghanistan. The one positive aspect of war, if such a thing exists, is that [...]

The Best Free Android Apps For Journalists and Bloggers – Part 2

A few months ago I wrote about my favorite free apps for the Android G1. Well, since then a lot more phones using the Android operating system have been announced and a lot more free apps have appeared on the market place. Here’s a list of my favorite Android apps for journalists and blogger. (You [...]

Skills Needed by 21st Century Journalist – CNN’s Sam Feist

CNN’s Sam Feist on skills journalists need from Josh Patterson on Vimeo.