VOA Media Watch: Journalism and New Tech Trends

15 September 2008

Journalism and New Tech Trends

Several of us from VOA attended the annual convention of the Online News Association right here in Washington last Friday and Saturday. What impressed us most of all were the statements by several speakers that “the journalism should always comes first” as news organizations worldwide struggle to cope with the ever-growing number of technological applications available to them.

One of the more impressive presentations was called “10 Tech Trends You've Never Heard Of” by Amy Webb, who is a former journalist and now a media consultant.

We won’t go into any detail on her presentation, a summary of which can be found online.

But one of the emerging tech trends with possible journalistic application involves this:

Can anyone out there tell me what this means/says/is? We hope to hear from you soon.

4 comments:

Jayanta Deka said...: Sir the article is interesting. But frankly speaking I am no way near to solve the 'puzzle'...
Can you help...?

Jayanta Deka
a media student from INDIA..
www.jdodyssey.blogspot.com; 16 September, 2008 08:25
Alex Belida said...: Stay tuned, Jayanta. We will reveal all in due course. Thanks for writing the News Blog.; 16 September, 2008 20:27
Anonymous said...: It's a QR code. I hope soon the blog will get around to discussing the future of shortwave.; 19 September, 2008 13:17
Alex Belida said...: That's correct. But it is not the only answer I am looking for. Hint: the QR code contains instructions.; 19 September, 2008 15:53

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VOA Media Watch

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 125 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages.

The VOA Media Watch, formerly called the VOA News Blog, discusses the editorial integrity and quality of VOA content and responds to inquiries, comments and complaints from the general public and others related to that content. The Media Watch thus serves as a public source of information, explanation and analysis regarding VOA's journalistic standards and practices. General media issues are also discussed.

Alex Belida is the chief writer for the VOA Media Watch. He has been in international broadcasting since 1971. He served as Managing Editor of VOA News from 2004 to 2007. Before that he was a correspondent in Europe and in Africa. He has also served as VOA’s Senior White House Correspondent and as Pentagon Correspondent. Before joining VOA, he worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in both New York and Munich. He has a BA from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and a MS in Journalism from Columbia University in New York. He is a recipient of the prestigious Alumni Achievement Award from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Director of VOA.