Hard News by Russell Brown

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Hard News: The New New News

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  • Ian Dalziel,

    contentment

    All of this takes time. That’s why we’ve elected to sacrifice something else as opposed to accuracy or accessibility. The sacrifice is speed — we’re rarely going to be the first organization to break news or to comment on a story.

    538 is being realistic - but are enough modern device users ready to go cold turkey on instant gratification?
    I hope so...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    HiTunes: The Top 10 New Zealand Songs About Drugs.

    Oh no!
    You've put my badly drawn Tommy Adderley
    'Gimme that Wine' cover in that story
    - oh well, that's immortality for ya...

    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    even newer new news
    Robocopy is here!

    The Los Angeles Times was the first newspaper to publish a story about an earthquake on Monday - thanks to a robot writer.
    Journalist and programmer Ken Schwencke created an algorithm that automatically generates a short article when an earthquake occurs.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Oh no!
    You’ve put my badly drawn Tommy Adderley
    ‘Gimme that Wine’ cover in that story
    - oh well, that’s immortality for ya…

    Ha! Should we add a credit? Or not?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Sacha, in reply to WH,

    he opportunity is open to anyone willing to take the risk.

    or able

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Mea culpa

    Should we add a credit?
    Or not?

    Hmmmm…
    Why not?
    Hell, yes!
    I’m not planning on leaving a headstone anywhere else…
    …and the web is forever isn’t it?

    and I think me and Bryan thought it was okay at the time – ’82!!

    You should see my Strange Records covers!
    ...and should I mention The Last Rumba (bar) LP cvr ?

    This is my latest cover art
    (and yes, Chad got clearance on the collage elements)

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Russell Brown, in reply to WH,

    Ezra Klein and Nate Silver are doing something new. The opportunity is open to anyone willing to take the risk.

    Greenwald's venture with Omidyar will, it seems, have more money to play with than either of them.

    They've already launched The Intercept, which will be an outlet for all the Snowden documents that Greenwald holds. It's an oddly bare-bones site.

    Story here.

    With his book and movie deals, it seems reasonable to wonder about the way Greenwald is gatekeeping the important information he holds.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Rich of Observationz, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Nah, I'm fairly convinced Fairfax and NZ Herald have had that for ages. Quake rocks Wellington/Christchurch/Waikekamukau every time a quake of over threshold gets detected by geonet.

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    This is my latest cover art
    (and yes, Chad got clearance on the collage elements)

    And very handsome it looks too in my freshly-downloaded DRM-free EPUB, which for the iTunes phobic can be found here.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • WH,

    Greenwald's venture with Omidyar will, it seems, have more money to play with than either of them.

    They've already launched The Intercept, which will be an outlet for all the Snowden documents that Greenwald holds. It's an oddly bare-bones site.

    If I remember correctly, you linked to a Greenwald appearance on BBC's Newsnight programme last year. I have to admit that he's impressed me when I've heard him speak.

    There's been an interesting disjuncture between the legal importance of the Snowden disclosures (which I think is very high) and the surprisingly slight popular engagement in the story. It's almost as if people never expected governments to respect privacy and are not shocked by the extent of the monitoring that has been revealed.

    While I can understand people's cynicism, you have to hope that the policy communities concerned expect more. It will be very interesting to see how the US courts finally resolve the issues winding their way through the legal system.

    The New Republic (purchased by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes in 2012) has been impressing me recently. There's a great story on the limits of Nate Silver style data-led journalism leading there at the moment.

    Since Nov 2006 • 797 posts Report

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