presentation delivered by Evgeny Morozov at New Media Essentials summer course organized by TOL in Prague, July 2007

1. Old Media and New Media: are we in this together? Prague, July 09/2007, by Evgeny Morozov

4. Trust in “Old Media” is falling Source : State of the News Media, Project for Excellence in Journalism, February 2007

5. Average Circulation is Falling

6. Average Viewership is Falling

7. Average Ratings Are Falling

8. Local wins over national/international

9. Bureaus are closing down

11. People read news online

12. Young people go digital

13. “ Monopolies” disappear

14. Growing misinformation

15. Too little attention; too many mistakes

18. … but, first, how “new” is it?

19. For example, that’s “new media” in the 70s...

20. Fanzines & Zines: great examples User-Generated Content (UGC)‏

21. Self-published Samizdat Counterculture Low Budget Self-expression/not $$$ DIY Community Easy to produce Low barriers

27. DIY: from counterculture to mainstream

29. The crucial difference is that readers/producers of pamphlets were POORLY or NEVER connected

30. +

32. % of Population Going Online Source: State of the News Media 2007

33. Internet is getting more widespread

34. ...and better

35. … and different

36. As a result, thousands of new social Web services appear

38. FLICKR

39. YouTube

41. WordPress

46. Sign-ups for Second Life

47. Technorati

52. More is still to come…

55. What best describes your view of online / new media journalism and its role in your community?

56. Because of the possibility to interact with readers online, it has been said that: "News is no longer a lecture, it is a conversation" (Dan Gillmor). How do you view the effects of this phenomenon on quality journalism? 2007 Newsroom Barometer, World Editors Forum and Reuters

57. Do you think that the majority of news (print and online) will be free in the future? 2007 Newsroom Barometer, World Editors Forum and Reuters

58. Overall, how optimistic are you about your newspaper's future? 2007 Newsroom Barometer, World Editors Forum and Reuters

59. Looking 10 years into the future, what will be the most common way of reading the news in your community? 2007 Newsroom Barometer, World Editors Forum and Reuters

60. Over the next 10 years, do you think that the quality of journalism is going to: 2007 Newsroom Barometer, World Editors Forum and Reuters

61. If you had to invest in editorial quality, what would you do first in the newsroom?

62. If you had to invest in editorial quality, what would you do second in the newsroom?

65. Thanks to new media, the conversations in old media are getting richer

71. But it’s not just enhancing old conversations; it’s creating new breaking and other interesting stories too

79. Whole programs made entirely of amateur user-generated content ALREADY appear on professional TV

88. Tomorrow’s media: what is it like?

100. New skill-set is needed

101. Most important skills for online journalists

104. ...new ways to present news/data

120. QUESTIONS?

121. disclaimer: I've done my best to attribute slides, graphs and screenshots used in this presentation. Nobody is perfect, and some of them may have slipped in unclaimed – apologies to the original right holders. Let's hope that my frivolous use of your graphs or tables falls under fair use ;-)