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Robert Washburn
Professor e-journalism
Loyalist College

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Recent Posts

Read all about it? How local papers’ decline is starving communities of news

The continued presence of the Evening Standard, and the fact that most national media groups are based in London, means the decline in local journalism is felt most keenly outside the south-east. Illustration: Guardian Design Dead pigeons litter the abandoned offices of the Walsall Observer newspaper, where parts of [...] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com

Short Takes: Lessons from a failed newsletter in how to engage with your audience

Short Takes is an occasional series that captures interesting work by Missouri School of Journalism students. As part of my RJI Student Innovation Fellowship with the Greeley Tribune in Greeley, Colorado, a co-worker and I were given the task to start and grow a paid subscription newsletter, The Playbook, [...] Click here to view original web page at www.rjionline.org

Long-Form Journalism is the Future of Print

Journalism is in trouble. Writers of articles pointing this out typically argue that this is really bad for democracy or America or whatever.

News in a Digital Age

In what measurable ways did the style of news presentation in print journalism change between 1989 and 2017? In what measurable ways did the style of news presentation in broadcast journalism change between 1989 and 2017?

Cairncross: innovation in local newsrooms cannot wait any longer

Publishers and media organisations need to innovate faster to fight off competition and survive in a digital age, Dame Frances Cairncross warned at the PPA Festival (9 May 2019). The author of the independent Cairncross Review into a sustainable future for journalism added that the industry has been slow [...] Click here to view original web page at www.journalism.co.uk