tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74801730200803191032024-03-12T21:23:37.928-05:00Bear in MindThe viewpoints here are purely mine and don't reflect those of my employer and affliliated organizations.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-5862925502588365412023-10-15T22:09:00.001-05:002023-10-15T22:50:07.423-05:00我的第一书出版了!My First Book is Published!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eslite.com/product/10012011242682445496006" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="book cover" border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="832" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eTco-P-gPy7cxay93FuaBqHLFo9dTPQ99YlPY9_KDwPfjVaLmdsLVCxviKfHCccqQcAfvGzWQSFpCNVV42TaiLmWDcRFVl9c14Ab8l3uLAdVbl4fgrM5qIROAvRlNeZ5fJs5izjLctEaZyVxQFclXV16rc011cPQQVBKVfTUtNdKznPi1NZtjK2juIjD/w220-h320/bookCover.png" width="220" /></a></div><br />我在<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind?language=zh-cn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TED演讲</a>后收到北京一家出版社邀请,把演讲内容扩充写成一本书《<a href="https://www.eslite.com/product/10012011242682445496006" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">读书,推迟妥协那天的到来</a>》,但书稿没能通过内容审查。<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>「出版物價值觀導向很重要,在書中有多處宣傳美國價值觀,貶低中國的地方,這類言論在中國肯定是不能出版的。」</li><li>「涉及宗教、禁書的,是出版物中忌諱的,都需要刪除。」</li><li>「要在中國言論管制嚴格的環境下出版,什麼話該說不該說可能還是要充分考慮。」</li><li>「刪除篇幅較大。您看是否能接受這樣的刪改?如果不能接受刪改,恐怕出版工作就進行不下去了。」</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">⋯⋯</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">以上文字引自2015年中國青年出版社給我的最終審稿意見,當時我一讀就炸了:老子當然不刪,槍斃書稿也不刪!我婉拒了他們的刪改要求,主動放棄了出版合同。之後一兩年我嘗試過在大陸以外尋找出版社,但發現很難,也沒有人脈和時間去持續尋找,只好扔下書稿,抽屜一關,放下出版它的執念。</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">時間快進到今年初,我因為幫朋友一個小忙而認識了台灣采薇出版社主編胡志成及其夫人林志厚。大家都是愛書之人,一見如故,十分投緣。我提起自己這部書稿,他們閱讀之後欣然決定出版,讓我喜出望外,又難以置信:這塵封八年的書稿,命運轉折竟倏忽而至,如有神助,胡志成夫婦真是天使!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">我喜歡聽《Steve說》播客節目,主播史秀雄說他的節目最近突然被中國大陸全網封禁,他和嘉賓分享心中的迷茫和憤怒,互相鼓勵不要放棄,因為「萬物皆有時」,終有出頭日。我聽得眼淚都要下來了,因為想起當年的審稿遭遇,依然意難平,因為正在見證「萬物皆有時」,看我的書終於面世。</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">我用網路給史秀雄傳遞了我的支持,也希望用這本書,和你一起互相鼓勵——</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">推遲妥協,不要放棄,萬物皆有時。</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><br /></div>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-63658681458875543162020-04-14T20:45:00.002-05:002021-09-24T17:49:12.799-05:00Seven years after my TED talk | TED演讲七年之后我有幸在TED2013大会上做了一个关于阅读的力量的<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind?language=zh-cn">演讲</a>,其中提到小时候梦想当戏曲演员,但没机会尝试,多年无法释怀,好在阅读让我慢慢从郁闷中走出来。<br />
I have the fortune to give a <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind?language=zh-cn">talk</a> about the power of reading at the TED2013 conference. In it I told the story of how my childhood dream of becoming a Chinese opera singer got crushed, and how reading saved me from becoming cynical of life.<br />
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梦想已死去快四十年,我早就不指望此生会与戏曲界有什么交集,但没想到2018年回南京拜访大学时的老师吕效平教授时竟和戏曲圈子搭上了关系。他那时已答应越剧著名女小生茅威涛在她从艺四十周年即2019年时再写一篇具有学术论文,系统研讨茅威涛的戏曲实践。吕老师曾在2014年发表论文《<a href="https://thea.nju.edu.cn/article/127/">茅威涛对于现代戏曲的意义</a>》,成为茅威涛极为信赖和尊重的戏曲研究专家之一。<br />
Almost 40 years after the death of that childhood dream, I've long assumed that Chinese opera and my life would never cross. To my surprise, while visiting my college professor Lv Xiaoping in Nanjing in 2018, I found myself get connected to the circle of Chinese opera. At that time he had already promised Mao Weitao, a famous Yue opera actress specialized in playing men onstage, that he would write another academic paper about her art in 2019, the 40th anniversary of Mao's career. The 2014 paper by Prof. Lv, <a href="https://thea.nju.edu.cn/article/127/">The Meaning of Mao Weitao to Modern Chinese Opera</a>, has made him one of most trusted and respected opera researchers for Mao.<br />
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和吕老师聊天时他谈起一个苦恼:他自己没时间去做研究写那篇论文,手下有空的研究生又很难胜任这项课题,因为平常都不听戏。我当时脑子一热就毛遂自荐了:我小学起就喜欢听越剧,茅威涛的戏更是从她出道起就开始听,我拿的大众传播博士学位虽然跟戏曲没什么直接关系,但经常用到的理论训练——媒体心理学——却完全可以拿来研究戏曲这个传媒内容。<br />
During our conversation, Prof. Lv mentioned a dilemma he was facing -- He had no time to research and write that promised paper, while his graduate students, who had time, had difficulty taking on the project because they seldom go to Chinese opera. Something must have got to my mind because I immediately volunteered to work on the project: I love Yue opera since childhood and have been listening to Mao's performance since her debut; Even though my doctorate in mass communication bears no direct association to Chinese opera, the media psychology theories I have been trained to use are completely suitable for analyzing Chinese opera, a form of communication.<br />
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吕老师一听也动心了,当场打电话征询茅威涛团队,几天后我们就在杭州和茅威涛面对面讨论,一拍即合。接下来十六个月我的业余时间大多花在观摩、采访、读资料、讨论和写作上面,除了期间因为父亲去世而暂停一段。总算沒白干,写完《<a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iUkzeaL34j39bHMNmiD36w">为现代人改编传统戏:以角色代入理论评析茅威涛的越剧创新</a>》,发表在 2020年1月出版的《戏剧与影视评论》上。<br />
Prof. Lv was intrigued by my proposal and called Mao's team right there for their thoughts. A few days later, we were in Hangzhou talking face to face with Mao and reached a deal. During the following 16 months, I spent most of my free time on watching operas, interviewing people, reading research, discussing ideas, and writing the paper. The only break I took was when my father passed away. All that work paid off. My paper, "<a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iUkzeaL34j39bHMNmiD36w">Adapting Traditional Opera for Modern Audience: Using the Identification Theory to Review Mao Weitao's Yue Opera Reform</a>," was published in the journal of "Stage and Screen Reviews" in Jan 2020.<br />
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茅威涛、吕老师 ,谢谢你们给我机会和信任!命运有时真的很神奇,出乎意料地给我一个机会去抚慰自己少年时对戏曲的执念。命运可以很粗暴,也可以很温柔,取决于我们遇到什么人,取决于我们怎样去回应。<br />
Mao Weitao and Prof. Lv, thanks for giving me this opportunity and your trust. Fate can be truly magical at times. It has unexpectedly given me a chance to pacify my inside teenager's obsession with opera. Fate can be brutal or gentle, depending on who we meet and how we respond.<br />
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<br />Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-42911094137934609272012-11-10T23:09:00.000-06:002020-04-14T20:47:03.331-05:00Voting for the First Time 第一次投票On the eve of 2012 presidential election, I gave a 6-minute talk about my experience of voting for the first time as part of a mini TED on Nov 5, 2012. The video ended up on the <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/06/blog-exclusive-a-miniature-ted-all-about-voting/" target="_blank">TED blog</a>.<br />
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"What one does may not change the outcome of an event, but it's never in vain. To participate is to say 'yes' to life, to join the force of life." I feel really honored to be given the opportunity to tell my story. I hope it has inspired some people to vote.<br />
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<b>Forget the limitations of on-air broadcast</b><br />
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“Newspapers need to stop thinking of news as an article,” Baekdal said, “People do not want a format. They want news.” Likewise, broadcasters also need to stop thinking of news as a audio or video clip with text. The Internet has no limitation on distribution schedule either. “Everything is now!”<br />
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<b>Think of news as data</b><br />
<blockquote>The wrong way to bring news is to create 170 articles and just post them on your website. That just wastes people time. There is no way to differentiate between topics, get the bigger picture, or dive into the details. <br />
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Instead, think of news as data. Some news, like the analysis and the insights, are perfect as an article. The stream of news, as the story develops, is perfect as a live stream. The rumors and speculations are better as a list. The quick overview is best presented like an illustration.</blockquote>Here is a nice example of how that could be done for a complicated big story.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gSRSc_rNGL6xF23Q1QRswHIkGTE_ZZCZVZsYUcEPxpHgVTXfGlMMhQRaNVYC3NedFTnJQhUuDxlR5sVmtmeL_V1wqz4OkcJwFKfO7NVctPoS-Yfl7Z6KYcfT_g4FsbC6J1hvlkq8ifpn/s1600/newsDesignEg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gSRSc_rNGL6xF23Q1QRswHIkGTE_ZZCZVZsYUcEPxpHgVTXfGlMMhQRaNVYC3NedFTnJQhUuDxlR5sVmtmeL_V1wqz4OkcJwFKfO7NVctPoS-Yfl7Z6KYcfT_g4FsbC6J1hvlkq8ifpn/s640/newsDesignEg.jpg" width="408" /></a></div>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-33738236918511103972011-03-30T14:42:00.001-05:002011-03-30T14:43:26.028-05:00Communication Strategies and Tools from Project Argo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cad2ba1b9a60974388dbaff840e0a66?s=140&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D140&r=G" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cad2ba1b9a60974388dbaff840e0a66?s=140&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D140&r=G" /></a></div>NPR’s <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128777262" target="_blank" title="Argo Netowrk">Argo Network</a> (formerly known as <a href="http://argoproject.org/blog" target="_blank" title="Project
Argo">Project Argo</a>) involves collaboration among 12 local public radio stations in three time zones with various numbers of bloggers and editors at each station. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/how-project-argo-members-communicate-across-time-zones087.html" target="_blank" title="How Project Argo Members Communicate Across Time
Zones">How its members communicate across timezones and locations</a> offers lessons for anyone looking for collaboration strategies and tools. <br />
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The team has been using email, phone calls, Twitter and Skype. Lately they start augmenting phone conversations with <a href="http://piratepad.net/" target="_blank" title="Pirate Pad">PiratePad</a> that allows members to share document editing in real-time, more immediate than using <a href="https://docs.google.com/" target="_blank" title="Google Docs">Google Docs</a>. "Despite the surfeit of tools to choose from, however, the most valuable one-on-one interactions we can have are in person," said Matt Thompson, Argo's Editorial Product Manager. "Of course, this is the most time- and resource-intensive way to communicate. But there’s still nothing like it."<br />
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The team used <a href="http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/" target="_blank">GoToMeeting</a> initially, but it requires too much advance set-up and coordination, and has trouble with Mac. "We’ve since moved to a lower-fidelity approach, using free tools. <a href="http://join.me/" target="_blank">Join.Me</a> to share desktops, and <a href="http://freeconference.com/" target="_blank">FreeConference.com</a> for voice communication," Thompson said. "For a small fee, FreeConference.com allows us to record the audio when we need to. Pair that audio up with video of the related slides, and you’ve got a webinar recording." To capture and share best practices, the team uses <a href="http://argoproject.org/blog/" target="_blank">the Argo blog</a> and <a href="http://docs.argoproject.org/" target="_blank">the Argo documentation site</a>.<br />
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Webinars and phone calls help. The team is also creating a <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/" target="_blank">Stack-Overflow-esque board</a> that allows members to discuss issues and solicit advice as a group. "There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to keeping in touch," Thompson emphasizes, "What’s served us best are flexibility and adaptation. Setting up a phone call over Twitter while we trade notes in a PiratePad. Using Basecamp to agree on a time for a webinar that mashes up FreeConference.com with Join.Me."Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-81256598521731692902011-01-27T15:08:00.003-06:002011-01-27T15:08:00.438-06:00New Approach to BBC Online: Doing Fewer Things, Better<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/img/logos_blocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/img/logos_blocks.jpg" /></a></div>BBC’s Director of Future Media & Technology, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/erik_huggers/" target="_blank" title="Erik
Huggers">Erik Huggers</a>, reveals a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/2011/01/delivering-quality-first.shtml" target="_blank" title="New Approach to
BBC Online">new approach to BBC Online</a> today as the result of a strategy review and a 25% budget cut. The approach emphasizes putting quality first and curbing service sprawl. <br />
<ol><li><b>Doing Fewer Things, Better: </b>Move from building one-off websites to managing online products.</li>
<li><b>Maximizing Distinctiveness</b>: Apply three tests to each site. First, do we really need this website to meet our public purposes? Second, to what degree does it help meet our five editorial priorities? And third, how does it differ from what else is out there in the market; is it distinctive?, and if not – should we be doing it all?</li>
<li><b>Fewer, Better Products: </b>Key products are news, sport, and weather. Homepage and Search bind all the products together.</li>
</ol>BBC Online will pull back from some editorial areas and even close down some websites completely. Meanwhile, BBC Online will NOT:<br />
<blockquote><ul><li>Launch its own social network</li>
<li>Offer specialist news content for specialist audiences</li>
<li>Publish local listings</li>
<li>Develop encyclopaedic propositions in Knowledge</li>
<li>Provide continuing professional development materials for teachers or a managed learning environment for schools</li>
<li>Become a video-on-demand aggregator in BBC iPlayer, although it will link to other on-demand providers</li>
<li>Produce online-only music sessions Offer track-by-track music streaming</li>
<li>Invest in exclusive online sports rights</li>
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posts profit">The Atlantic posts profit</a> in the fourth quarter of 2010, the first time in decades. Its online traffic grew 34% with a monthly average of 5 million unique visitors. The turn-around is attributed to <br />
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<li>Building a marketing services operation</li>
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<li>Maintaining a relentless focus on hiring top talent.</li>
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<blockquote>Few publishers … seem to have really embraced the idea that content can’t be bottled up and locked behind walls any more, and that there is more to be gained by letting it be shared than there is to be lost. </blockquote>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-40510067350224360922010-12-15T22:53:00.000-06:002010-12-14T22:54:31.009-06:00Free Video Editing ToolsI used <a href="http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/">iMovie</a> to edit some video clips for work last year and really like it. It's every intuitive, easy to use, yet still powerful. But I'm a Windows person, by choice and by circumstances, and no longer have easy access to a Mac machine.<br />
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Windows' answer to iMovie is Windows Movie Maker. The <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx">XP version</a> is simple but too simple, lacking many features of iMovie and the ability to edit MP4 video which is the format of my beloved <a href="http://www.theflip.com/en-us/">Flip</a> video camera. I have to use a free tool called<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/svideoconverter/"> Simple Video Converter</a> to convert MP4 files to AVI files before loading the files into Windows Movie Maker to edit. Most of its visual options have a 1990s look.<br />
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But I'm very happy to discover last month that the <a href="http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker?os=other">Windows 7 version</a> of Windows Movie Maker is a huge improvement and can edit MP4 files directly. Its visual options have a more modern look. It offers more choices of transitions and effects than the XP version. But it's still not as intuitive or powerful as iMovie. I especially miss the cut-away feature of iMovie.<br />
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Below are three video clips I edited using iMovie and two versions of Windows Movie Maker: <br />
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<ul><li>Windows 7 version of Windows Movie Maker</li>
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<ul><li> Windows XP version of Windows Movie Maker</li>
</ul><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U-x_c_kny7M?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U-x_c_kny7M?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-80626812252054463312010-12-14T17:34:00.002-06:002010-12-14T17:37:31.065-06:00Gawker's News Model: Beyond Blog and "River of News"<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_294022895" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyv7AudhqNqEb3jFbtBrO14WEiUscseuprQhLTIlwsOKxptg70dCXLeQARqGHB7KfcKNn1a4MvHGb6zigIqShSJ59JkU0Yod4tzX9-Ekx5wY8h8Dgx77P8lOkRIZM_y_84ylWEh8BW9ay2/s1600/gawker.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://beta.gawker.com/" target="_blank">Gawker Beta Site</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Gawker’s <a href="http://beta.gawker.com/" target="_blank">new design</a> of their news site has moved beyond the typical layout of a blog.<br />
<blockquote>The blog scroll, long the central element of the page, is shifted to the right column, still prominent but subordinate; … and only headlines are displayed. … In place of the original content column: one visually appealing “splash” story, typically built around compelling video or other widescreen imagery and run in full.</blockquote>Gawker <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5701749/why-gawker-is-moving-beyond-the-blog" target="_blank">explained why</a> they moved beyond blog towards a convergence of blog, magazine and television: Scoops drive audience growth, aggressive news-mongering trumps satirical blogging. A powerful story deserves the most prominent real estate and should stay there as long as readers still have strong interest in it. “In our current layout — there is no meaningful distinction between the quick post and a deeper story. Simple blockquotes and other short posts rapidly push our big exclusive down the page.”<br />
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They came up with two solutions.<br />
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<ol><li>The creation or recognition of two different classes within the editorial teams: the curator or editor; and the producer or scoopmonger.</li>
<li>Abandon the single blog flow and separate out the strongest stories.</li>
</ol><blockquote>We need a few breakout stories each day. We will push those on the front page. And these exclusives can be augmented by dozens or hundreds of short items to provide — at low cost — comprehensiveness and fodder for the commentariat. These will typically run inside, linked by headlines from the blog column, so the volume doesn’t overwhelm our strongest stories. </blockquote>NPR’s <a href="http://keithhopper.com/about" target="_blank">Keith Hopper</a>, who’s working with several public radio newsrooms to implement the <a href="http://core.publicinteractive.com/" target="_blank">Core Publisher</a> platform that follows the “<a href="http://core.publicinteractive.com/2010/07/what-is-continuous-news/" target="_blank">River of News</a>” publishing model, <a href="http://core.publicinteractive.com/2010/12/beyond-the-blog/" target="_blank">blogged</a> about Gawker’s new design. In the newsrooms that are piloting Core Publisher, he saw a similar division of labor emerging “between reporters who are tasked with keeping the river flow going and those who’s function has always been to produce deeper original pieces for the radio.” The “<a href="http://core.publicinteractive.com/2010/07/what-is-continuous-news/" target="_blank">River of News</a>” model uses traditional blog layout with stories presented in reverse-chronological order rather than in the order of importance. But the stories are also grouped by a set of pre-determined topics or beats such as energy and health (<a href="http://www.innovationtrail.org/" target="_blank">example of a River of News site</a>) . Hopper is undecided whether Gawker’s new design is suitable for public radio newsrooms.<br />
<blockquote>There’s still the challenge of ensuring the deeper piece is timely and compelling for a web audience, but the role division likely makes more sense in a traditional news shop like public radio newsrooms. Denton’s other solution is more complex and involves flipping the scanable blog flow to a subservient right rail and featuring a single lead story in the primary content well. For me, the jury is still out on the suitability of this approach. </blockquote>I don’t think there’s a one-size-fits-all solution. Most local stations have a small newsroom with very limited capability to produce big exclusive stories on a daily basis. They may do a few in-depth features a year by themselves or in collaboration with other news organizations. For those stations, the “<a href="http://core.publicinteractive.com/2010/07/what-is-continuous-news/" target="_blank">River of News</a>” layout still works. For stations with significant news gathering capabilities, they may be better off using Gawker’s model. NPR can also consider adding a new “beyond blog” layout template to Core Publisher that allows stories to be presented in the order of importance. Core Publisher is built using <a href="http://drupal.org/">Drupal</a>, a CMS with capability to switch layout themes or templates. So there should not be much technical difficulties in adding more templates to Core Publisher.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-67123732910715987362010-12-10T14:37:00.000-06:002010-12-10T14:37:54.413-06:00Profile of iPad Users<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipadnewstracker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/NPR-ipad-app.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://www.ipadnewstracker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/NPR-ipad-app.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NPR iPad app</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The <a href="http://www.rjionline.org/digital-publishing/dpa/stories/research-projects/ipad-news-survey" target="_blank" title="full results of RJI 2010 iPad survey">full results</a> of <a href="http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/12/09/rji-announces-results-ipad-survey/" target="_blank" title="RJI iPad survey">2010 National iPad News Survey</a> are out. Conducted by the <a href="http://www.rjionline.org/" target="_blank">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a> between September and November, the 20-question online survey had 1,609 respondents from U.S. (92%) and 49 other countries. A follow-up panel survey is planned for March, June and September. The main findings are:<br />
<ul><li> iPad users are predominantly well-educated, affluent men between 35 and 64 who purchased the device within the first two months of its release.</li>
<li>The overall satisfaction and time spent with the iPad are very high.</li>
<li>Keeping up with news and current events is the most popular use.</li>
<li>iPad news consumers prefer newspaper applications to newspaper websites and are less likely to use print publications.</li>
<li>Positive iPad reading experience is influenced by age and traditional media habits.</li>
<li>Low prices and ease of use are key factors in users’ decisions to purchase newspaper subscriptions on the iPad.</li>
</ul>A similar survey was conducted by AP in July and August via links on AP, BBC and NPR iPad applications. It found that<br />
<ul><li>iPad users predominantly consumed news at home</li>
<li>iPad users preferred reading long-form text stories on the iPad</li>
</ul>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-78841905252658236022010-09-20T13:28:00.003-05:002010-09-20T13:35:33.802-05:00Primary Election Night I was able to vote for the first time in my life in 2010. And I got to cover Wisconsin primary election online as well! Wisconsin Public Radio had a 2-hour live radio coverage on the evening of September 14. It was fun. I was in and out of news room and studios shooting video with my Flip camera, updating <a href="http://wisconsinvote.org/">WisconsinVote.org</a> with latest results from AP, posting who wins on WPR <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wisconsinpublicradio">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/WPR">Twitter</a> pages, and dashing to the parking lot to feed my meter. In the next couple of days, I edited all my footage down to this little video with an awesome piece of music (thanks, Joe!) expressing the atmosphere I felt that night. I know I shouldn't get too excited by a primary election, but I'm Chinese. So :-)<br />
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<object height="310" width="380"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U-x_c_kny7M?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U-x_c_kny7M?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="380" height="310"></embed></object>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-3314415941541836912010-07-07T16:01:00.001-05:002010-07-07T16:02:01.252-05:00Independence from Proprietary Publishing Systems?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://journalregister.com/images/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="32" src="http://journalregister.com/images/logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>On July 4th, <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Journal-Register-Company-Starts-Publishing-Revolution-1285416.htm" target="_blank">Journal Register Company</a> declared independence from proprietary publishing systems by publishing and distributing its 18 daily newspapers, both online and in print, using only free web-based tools. The company started the <a href="http://jrcbenfranklinproject.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ben Franklin Project</a> that “not only proves that websites and newspapers can be freed from the restraints of legacy, proprietary publishing systems, but also heralds the potential of an open and transparent news gathering process.” I really like the <a href="http://jrcbenfranklinproject.wordpress.com/tools/" target="_blank">list of free tools</a> on the project site. It’s worth checking out. I’m adding them to <a href="http://lisa-bu.blogspot.com/p/tools.html" target="_blank">my own list of free tools</a> collected over the years.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-16248645367470634892010-04-20T22:07:00.011-05:002010-04-20T22:07:00.705-05:00Public Broadcasting Stations and Digital Media<div class="snap_preview"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rma/lowres/rman1911l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rma/lowres/rman1911l.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>This is a very <a href="http://prpd-news.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-of-serving-audiences-where.html" target="_blank">thoughtful post from PRPD</a> responding to the appeal from Wyoming Public Radio’s Jon Schwartz on behalf of stations faced with the potential of new platforms, but challenged by the lack of a clear strategy or business model to take advantage of the opportunity.<br />
<ol><li>Digital isn’t going to pay for itself – probably for awhile. E.g. Despite increasing its investment in digital, revenues now cover 85% of the expense of the regional MPR service.</li>
<li>We still need to invest in digital media for one simple reason, our audience. The shortest path to irrelevance is to ignore what our audiences are telling us, and our audiences are increasingly using digital media.</li>
<li>Stations need to add digital media to the list of priority activities, like the news department and the local talk show.</li>
<li>Strategies and practices are emerging, but strategies and best practices emerge as a result of doing. It’s testing, experimenting and learning. It is risk and innovation and failure.</li>
</ol></div>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-33871336641925713612010-04-19T22:05:00.000-05:002010-04-19T22:05:00.792-05:00Videos of 2010 Neale-Silva Winners' RecitalI had lots of fun interviewing the host and some young audience of the 2010 Neale-Silva Winners' Recital on April 11. The video was shot using my handy Flip camera and edited using iMovie. It's amazing how much easier now to shoot and edit video.<br />
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<b>Wisconsin Public Radio's Lori Skelton Previews the Recital</b><br />
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<b>Young Audience Members Share Their Impressions on the Recital</b> <br />
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<ol><li>“It was not quite as easy to repurpose certain core iPhone app features -- the playlist, the station finder -- as we had first imagined.” NPR worked with <a href="http://www.bottlerocketapps.com/" target="_blank">Bottle Rocket</a> again who developed NPR’s iPhone app.</li>
<li>“We were able to leverage a great deal of code from our recent redesign and CMS improvement. The decision to create an entirely separate instance of the site was a lot easier because of the planning infrastructure we put in place last summer.”</li>
<li>“We’re lucky to have a great team of developers who understand storytelling as well as the value of iteration and rapid prototyping.”</li>
<li>“Our research indicated that a large number of NPR listeners would also be heavy iPad users.”</li>
<li>“There were many features in the original concept that did not make it into version 1, such as landing pages for topics and a more hierarchical presentation of the day’s news on the homepage.”</li>
</ol>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-18305960348075270742010-03-15T09:25:00.000-05:002010-03-15T09:25:36.945-05:00Wisconsin Public Radio Listener SurveyThis morning I got a flood of emails after sending out a survey to a randomly selected 10,000 Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) listeners yesterday for my dissertation (I'm working on my PhD in journalism). Many of the emails complain that the survey is too long. <br />
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I agree that it's a pretty long and comprehensive survey. The main reason is because my dissertation project, a study of digital media habits of public radio listeners and producers, needs to answer many questions that no other studies have asked before. So I really appreciate your patience in filling out the survey. To ease the burden, I've set up the survey to save your responses automatically so that you don't have to finish it in one session. <br />
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I understand that we ask a lot from listeners. You just endured a pledge drive earlier this month, for example. But WPR is at a pivotal point of its digital media effort. We just started the first stage of total makeover of our website. For that gigantic task, WPR just hired me as their New Media Content Director this month. A long-time listener, I really want to do a great job and give all of us a brand new, easy to navigate website and mobile application down the road. Your input is the most important advice I can get to make the new website a success.<br />
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Thanks so much for your time and help.<br />
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LisaLisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-15504668201375127792010-01-18T21:57:00.037-06:002010-01-19T10:12:23.289-06:00Review of Zinio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNTh6yddxIbMmlBQ7n41hxXqGiX51oNfcpIX-hWJvHOY8wvrkowjE2EMNMe6erUJ82xa8JZehxpjjLwzi7kIFryWSxisyrbl407R9YhmhP4xc_Nahyphenhyphen1GBLlrQNNwl63i3EaXSVcC0xnuF/s1600-h/zinio.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNTh6yddxIbMmlBQ7n41hxXqGiX51oNfcpIX-hWJvHOY8wvrkowjE2EMNMe6erUJ82xa8JZehxpjjLwzi7kIFryWSxisyrbl407R9YhmhP4xc_Nahyphenhyphen1GBLlrQNNwl63i3EaXSVcC0xnuF/s320/zinio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428328020571113282" border="1" /></a>In a <a href="http://lisa-bu.blogspot.com/2009/11/delicious-today-transformation-of.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> I praised the "iTunes for magazine," an online newsstand planned by a group of magazine publishers including Time Inc. and Condé Nast. Then I got an email from <a href="http://zinio.com/" target="_blank">Zinio</a> and learned that Zinio has already developed such a newsstand that is selling more than 50,000 digital magazines and books in 15 languages. I was really intrigued why the other group is reinventing the wheel. So I did a little digging on Zinio and talked to its Global EVP and CMO, Jeanniey Mullen.<br /><br />A private company established in 2001, Zinio, according to the <a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-08-01/business/17175832_1_electronic-magazines-magazine-sales-e-book" target="_blank">San Francisco Chronicle</a>, has about 5 million active customers and powers Barnes & Noble's electronic magazine sales and e-book previews. The business model of the company is to take a percentage of the revenue from magazine sales, Mullen said. But Zinio is not making money yet, according to <a href="http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090927.wgilmour0928/BNStory/Business" target="_blank">Globe and Mail</a>.<br /><br />Zinio is pursuing a "unity" platform that will allow its readers, with no extra cost, to enjoy their digital magazines on any existing and future device, be it computer, smart phone, tablet, or TV with Internet access. To read their magazines on computers and enjoy the full print-link glory and feel, readers are recommended to download Zinio's free reader software. They can also bookmark, take notes, print any magazine page or share a copy with a friend. To read their magazines on smart phones, the readers need to download an app and the <a href="http://www.zinio.com/press/press-release.jsp?pressreleaseid=pr30002" target="_blank">iPhone app</a> was released earlier this month.<br /><br />I downloaded Zinio's reader software, purchased a few free magazines, and read them on my computer. The process is rather simple and pleasant. Zinio's reader software is quite similar to <a href="http://www.flypmedia.com/archive/FLYP%20+:%20The%20Life%20Underground" target="_blank">FLYP</a>, another gorgeous digital magazine reader, and the <a href="https://timesreader.nytimes.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TimesReader?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001" target="_blank">New York Times Reader</a>. But the latter two are built for a single publication. I don't want to spend so much time and storage space on single-use softwares. I would much prefer a more universal magazine reader like Zinio's.<br /><br />I really like the Unity platform. I can imagine myself flipping through the beautiful pages on my computer, reading bookmarked articles on my smart phone while commuting on bus or waiting in the dentist's office, or showing saved videos from magazines on an Internet TV to guests in my living room.<br /><br />If Zinio is already serve as "iTunes for magazines," why does another group of magazines, some of them are Zinio's customers, want to start another platform? Zinio's Mullen didn't answer. My guess is that some magazine publishers do not like the Unity platform since it limits the publishers' ability to have different price and access models for different devices. Even though publishers have an alternative choice to use Zinio's "private-labeled newsstands" service to create their own web front (e.g. <a href="http://fourpoints-nad.ziniooffers.com/02883749876504517908345/" target="_blank">Four Points</a>) while using Zinio's technology only as a power engine under the hood, the cost may be too high, or the design possibility offered by the power engine may still be too limited for a magazine publisher. It's a power struggle between content providers and distributors. In the off-line world, the struggle often leads to vertical integration of the whole publishing process. We'll see how the struggle plays out in the online world. The same struggle happens in the newspaper industry as well, with <a href="http://www.newspaperdirect.com/" target="_blank">NewspaperDirect</a> trying to be the "iTunes for newspapers."<br /><br />The magazine industry is experiencing the crushing impact of advertisers' migration from print to online. American magazines <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/business/media/13circ.html" target="_blank">lost a quarter of its ad pages</a> between 2008 and 2009. One <a href="http://industry.bnet.com/media/10001487/magazines-hurting-just-as-much-as-newspapers/?tag=content;selector-perfector" target="_blank">forecast</a> says that in 2012, the industry's ad revenue will shrink 28% from its peak in 2007. Readers are migrating online too. According to the <a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-08-01/business/17175832_1_electronic-magazines-magazine-sales-e-book" target="_blank">San Francisco Chronicle</a>, from 2005 to 2007, the number of digital publication subscribers grew from 5.2 million to 13.4 million. So the industry is in a hurry to catch up with advertisers and readers, and to come up with a new business model. Will Zinio succeed? Will "iTunes for magazines" succeed? It's hard to say. But the common external threat may force them to join forces to survive. I won't be surprised if Zinio ends up with being acquired by an alliance of publishers for its technology and customer base.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-83724391318133730592010-01-07T15:37:00.018-06:002010-01-08T09:27:33.016-06:00Delicious Today: When Internet Marries TV<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">1. </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007433" target="_blank">Internet Users Embrace TV</a><br /><blockquote>"In 2009, 65% of Internet users wanted to connect their TV to the Internet, a 7-percentage-point increase over 2008. Web users across all generations increasingly wanted to watch online content, as well as content on their PC, on traditional television screens."</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gravitymedium.com/2009/12/28/sign-me-up-for-a-tv-hooked-to-the-web/"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 315px;" src="http://gravitymedium.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tv-internet-chart.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>At a gathering yesterday, a friend of mine told me, with excitement and proud, that her family have figured out how to download movies from <a href="http://netflix.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=343" target="_blank">NetFlix</a> to their big-screen TV, and really love the convenience and instant gratification of the service. Her description really made me envy. Once I tried watching television shows<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> with a friend from <a href="http://www.hulu.com/" target="_blank">Hulu.com</a> on my laptop. The choice of content was amazing but group watching on a laptop quickly became a physical strain -- we both got a neck ache after 15 minutes. Laptop is definitely not designed for group watching.<br /><br />But a TV show or movie is so much more enjoyable when we watch it with friends or family than solo. There are some huge advantages in a marriage between the high-speed Internet and big-screen TV:<br /><ul><li>Group watching from the comfort of a sofa.</li><li>Always something fun to watch without commercials most of the time.</li><li>With social media applications embedded in the Internet TV (Skype, Twitter, instant message, etc), we can group watch with friends and family who live far away, exchanging comments and recommendations at real time.</li><li>No more pledge drive interruptions. Public broadcasting stations can run their pitches alongside the show with messages timed with specific moments in the show to achieve the maximum impact.</li><li>On-screen pledge. No more phone calls or filling out online pledge forms, audience can enter an amount and click a button on their TV screen to make a donation. </li><li>Less or no pledge drives. If each piece of video content has built-in donation message and button, the pledge becomes constant and there's no need for special drives.<br /></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2. </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/skype_coming_to_a_couch_near_you.php" target="_blank">Skype: Coming to a Couch Near You</a><br /><blockquote>Up to 5 million Skype-enabled TVs will be delivered during 2010. The TV's specially designed web cam can pick up audio from a greater distance, so Skype TV users will be able to remain seated instead of huddling around a microphone.</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://blogs.twincities.com/yourtechweblog/2009/11/video-streaming-home-entertainment-devices-proliferate.html" target="_blank">Video-streaming home-entertainment devices proliferate</a><br /><blockquote>"A new breed of home-entertainment device can stream movies and more over the Internet and onto a big-screen TV. This isn’t a brand-new phenomenon, but it has accelerated dramatically in the last year or so. Tons of streaming-capable gadgets are now available."<br /></blockquote>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-52586757899398049802009-12-22T14:30:00.014-06:002009-12-22T15:32:14.019-06:00Delicious Today: Mobile Future<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">1. </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2009/12/ford-brings-wi-fi-to-the-highway-watch-out-public-radio.html" target="_blank">Ford Brings Wi-Fi to the Highway | Watch Out Public Radio</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2009/12/in-car-internet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 190px;" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2009/12/in-car-internet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Reading an <a href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/ford-brings-wi-fi-to-the-highway/" target="_blank">article</a> on Wired.com about car makers' race to put wi-fi into new cars, Robert Paterson becomes deeply concerned about the future of public radio. "The car will be a Wifi sanctuary. In a couple of years Wifi will be ubiquitous. Who will need a radio?"<br /><br />It's a legitimate concern. Public radio is competing with other media products in multiple fronts: availability, convenience, content, etc. When technologies such as wi-fi give all competitors an almost equal footing in the fronts of availability and convenience, strength in content becomes increasingly crucial for an media organization's fate. Public radio has been producing a lot of great content. But it should not be complacent and underestimate the competition. The last big hit show on public radio is <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/" target="_blank">This American Life</a>, one public radio manager told me, but that's more than 10 years ago. Public radio needs to rekindle the innovative spirit in the early years of its existence and be more risk-taking.<br /><br />I agree with that manager that public radio needs to have a hard look at its content inventory and strategy. I love public radio but I still find myself listen to more non-public radio content on my iPod -- audio programs produced by <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span>, <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">Ted Conference</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/itunes_u/" target="_blank">iTune universities</a>, foreign media, and just individuals (e.g. <a href="http://www.thepsychfiles.com/" target="_blank">Psych Files</a>). In a word, I have become much more picky about the quality of content now that I have limited time to listen but endless content to choose from. I'm sure I'm not the only listener who does this.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2. </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/mobile_internet_report122009.html" target="_blank">Morgan Stanley Mobile Internet Report, 12/2009</a><br /><br />Key takeaways are:<br /><ul><li>Material wealth creation / destruction should surpass earlier computing cycles. The mobile Internet cycle, the 5th cycle in 50 years, is just starting.<br /></li><li>More users may connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years.</li><li>Five IP-based products / services are growing / converging and providing the underpinnings for dramatic growth in mobile Internet usage – 3G adoption + social networking + video + VoIP + impressive mobile devices.</li><li>Apple + Facebook platforms serving to raise the bar for how users connect / communicate.</li><li>Decade-plus Internet usage / monetization ramps for mobile Internet in Japan plus desktop Internet in developed markets provide roadmaps for global ramp and monetization.</li><li>Massive mobile data growth is driving transitions for carriers and equipment providers.</li><li>Emerging markets have material potential for mobile Internet user growth. Low penetration of fixed-line telephone and already vibrant mobile value-added services mean that for many EM users and SMEs, the Internet will be mobile.<br /></li></ul>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-4864649057152316592009-12-13T13:08:00.006-06:002009-12-13T14:00:17.696-06:00Delicious Today: All about Audience<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/12/09/daily.8/">Public Eager For Mobile TV</a><br /><blockquote>"<span class="articleText">Nearly half of U.S. consumers are ready to watch live broadcast TV via a mobile device, according to a survey.</span>"</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.softpedia.com/images/news2/The-Beginning-and-the-End-of-DVB-H-Mobile-TV-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 201px;" src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/news2/The-Beginning-and-the-End-of-DVB-H-Mobile-TV-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Two events in the past few days make me really want mobile TV, i.e. live television broadcast on cell phone. The first is the huge <a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/video/vmix_94d0dfc2-e519-11de-926f-001cc4c03286.html">snowball fight</a> in the UW-Madison campus here among 950 students during the blizzard that gave me and my fellow students the first snow day in 19 years. I wish I had known it while it was happening so that I could join the fight or at least forward the video to my friends and family. Mobile TV would be a perfect solution in that case. The second event is the long and brutal wait for bus on the morning after the blizzard. My toes were freezing in the below-zero temperature but the bus, half an hour behind schedule, was nowhere to be seen. For the first time in my life I thought seriously that I was going to lose my toes. How I wish I had a way to know the traffic status right there at real time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/business/media/05mobile.html">Asia is the leader of mobile TV service</a>. <a href="http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,62022926,00.htm">South Korea</a> launched the service in 2005, and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4868004.stm">Japan</a> in 2006. The two countries claim <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/80-Percent-of-Mobile-TV-Viewers-from-Japan-and-South-Korea-70088.shtml">80% of the mobile TV viewers</a> in the world.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.hear2.com/2009/12/its-time-to-focus-on-tunein.html">It's Time to Focus on "Tune-In"</a><br /><blockquote>"Arbitron has determined that more breaks per hour turn listeners away, and you're best off engineering two stops per hour, straddled across two adjacent quarter-hours."<br /></blockquote>Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-22936133894385967422009-12-06T14:57:00.005-06:002009-12-06T15:24:53.209-06:00Delicious Today: Tips from Public Broadcasters<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.virtuosovoices.org/includes/PDFs/Interviewing3.pdf">Interviewing Tips from 25 Public Radio Hosts</a><br />Advice from some of public radio's best-known hosts (Bob Edwards, Robert Siegel, Susan Stamberg), as well as its most experienced music producers (David Brown, John Diliberto, Marco Werman and Brian Newhouse, among others).<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2. </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mq2.org/node/475">Social Media Trends of 2009, by NPR's Andy Carvin</a><br />4 trends:<br /><ol><li>Ascension of facebook</li><li>iPhone and the App Store, including a few apps such as foursquare, Kaboom, and the Extraordinaries which integrate geolocation awareness with nightlife, playground mapping or two-minute volunteer opportunities</li><li>social gaming</li><li>data portability<br /></li></ol>Keeping track of technological trends can be an overwhelming task. But the burden won't be so heavy if more public broadcasters are like Andy Carvin who share their research and experience with colleagues. Andy mentioned <a href="http://publicmediacamp.org/">Public Media Camp</a> held recently in Washington, D.C. which I attended as well. With hundreds of people gathering together, who have diverse experience but same passion about public media, the camp is a great facilitator of sharing ideas and best practices. But a physical camp is expensive and time consuming to organize and attend. I hope there is a permanent virtual "camp" on the Internet where we can find Andy's presentation and other practical guide. In other words, the virtual camp can serve as a knowledge depository for all public broadcasters.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-16827100786853907262009-11-30T16:48:00.010-06:002009-11-30T17:43:22.794-06:00Delicious Today: Transformation of NewsHour, Views from Inside and Outside<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/11/25/pbsnewsroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 159px;" src="http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/11/25/pbsnewsroom.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/11/how-a-shift-in-perspective-salvaged-boston-coms-local-search-project/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NiemanJournalismLab+%28Nieman+Journalism+Lab%29&utm_content=Bloglines">Merging Online and Broadcast Cultures to Reinvent 'NewsHour' (insider's view)</a> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span><blockquote>The "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" is re-incarnating itself as the "PBS NewsHour" on December 7. There are a lot of behind-the-scenes details involved in creating the new program, and chief among them is a complete reorganization of our editorial teams to create a merged newsroom for online and broadcast.</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/business/media/30pbs.htm">Stressing the Web, ‘NewsHour’ Begins an Overhaul (outsider's view)</a><br /><blockquote>With almost no current overlap between the show’s Web and TV audiences, “NewsHour” executives see significant potential in the reorganization. ...The news and public affairs lineup on PBS is undergoing a broader overhaul, as well. “Nightly Business Report” will have a new anchor in the new year. <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/bill_moyers/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Bill Moyers">Bill Moyers</a> is ending his weekly Friday show at the end of April, and PBS canceled the companion “Now on PBS.”</blockquote>I first learned about NewsHour's merge of its on-air and online staff when I visited its online editor, Lee Banville, while interning at CPB this summer. I immediately like the idea because as the web producer at Wisconsin Public Radio's <a href="http://hereonearth.org/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Here on Earth</span></a> show, I have reached the same conclusion that on-air and online staff have to work as a single team in order to harness the synergy of radio and Internet. The two technologies are like two musical instruments, when they are played together in an orchestrated way, their music sounds better and richer. But during the merge process, the two teams inevitably will experience storms before they establish new norms (work routines) and perform well again. Old habits die hard. It takes a determined yet sensitive management and a committed yet open-minded staff to sail through the storms. I'm very glad and encouraged that NewsHour is sharing its transformation process with the rest of us. Its experience will provide valuable lessons for other public broadcasting organizations.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">3. </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/business/media/25mag.html">Group of Magazine Publishers Is Said to Be Building an Online Newsstand </a><br /><p></p><blockquote>A consortium of magazine publishers including Time Inc. and <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/conde_nast_publications/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Condé Nast Publications.">Condé Nast</a> plan to jointly build an online newsstand for publications in multiple digital formats ... sometimes characterized as an “iTunes for magazines.”</blockquote>A very smart move for magazines. I wish there was a similar space for content produced by hundreds of public radio and television stations, <a href="http://lisa-bu.blogspot.com/2009/08/delicious-today-mobile-audience.html">a public media cyber mall</a>. Without it, it's really hard to cross promote content or encourage healthy competition to improve the quality and variety of public programming.<br /><p></p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">4. </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/11/how-a-shift-in-perspective-salvaged-boston-coms-local-search-project/">How a shift in perspective salvaged Boston.com’s local search project</a><br /><blockquote>In 2006, <a href="http://www.boston.com/">Boston.com</a> launched a <a href="http://www.boston.com/search/">local search tool</a> that was supposed to be a big part of the site’s future. ... The reality is that Boston.com’s local search never caught on. ... Disappointing numbers didn’t lead Boston.com to abandon local search. ... The “aha” moment came when the team stopped looking at search as a product and started seeing it as a platform.</blockquote> Boston.com found two new uses for their local search engine and averted a total loss on their 6-figure investment. It serves as a good example of how we should approach experiment and technology: always take a second and <span style="font-style: italic;">different </span>look before giving it up.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-13339827973736818982009-11-15T11:22:00.010-06:002009-11-15T12:02:23.359-06:00Delicious Today: Innovative way of teaching journalism at NYU<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#1: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://studio20nyu.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Studio 20, NYU's new journalism MA program</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://14.media.tumblr.com/avatar_74691e83559a_64.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 64px; height: 64px;" src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/avatar_74691e83559a_64.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote>The curriculum emphasizes project-based learning. Students, faculty and visiting talent work on editorial and web development projects together, typically with media partners (e.g. <span id="about-text">the Economist magazine</span> in 2009) who themselves need to find new approaches or face problems in succeeding online. <span id="about-text">The curriculum has three parts: 1.) the traditional requirements of two basic reporting classes plus "the ethics of the web;" 2.) a core of three project-based classes called Studio I, II and III; and 3.) elective enrichment courses that allow students to pursue interests and work on initiatives of their own. In their third and final semester, students design their own project with an appropriate media partner and try to create innovation--as well as a name--for themselves.</span></blockquote>I really like this project-based approach to teaching journalism. It allows students to interact more with real-world media organizations, to gain more practical experience and skills, and, most importantly, to develop <span style="font-weight: bold;">ownership </span>of media innovation process. From my experience of working with media technology, learning to use technical tools is just the first step of innovation. Innovation is a process, a mindset. An innovator needs to be quick in learning new skills, but also be willing to discard what he has learned in the past and know when and how to do that.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#2: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.researchexcellence.com/news/documents/VCM_Radio-Audio_Report_FINAL_29Oct09.pdf" target="_blank">How U.S. Adults Use Radio and Other Forms of Audio</a><br />Results from the Council for Research Excellence, Video Consumer Mapping Study based on 2008 data:<br /><ul><li>90% of adults are exposed to some form of audio media on a daily basis, with broadcast radio having by far the largest share of listening time.</li><li>Audio media exposure has the highest reach among those with higher levels of education and income.</li><li>Broadcast radio is the dominant form of audio media at home, work, and in the car.</li><li>On average, individuals spend almost identical amounts of time during weekdays (454 minutes) as they do on weekends (458 minutes) using one of the five key media sources.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#3: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://journalismdegree.org/2009/top-50-journalism-blogs/" target="_blank">Top 50 Journalism Blogs</a><br /><blockquote>"The following list of top fifty journalism blogs includes blogs that focus on citizen, or grassroot, journalism, personal blogs from professional reporters, journalism school-supported blogs, blogs on a new media focus, organizational blogs and self-professed bipartisan resource blogs that provide primary resources for investigative writing."</blockquote>This is an excellent collection of journalism resources and thinkers that can help us keep track the current development and debate in journalism. It saves me a lot of searching time.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-12695245501261041102009-11-08T11:08:00.010-06:002009-11-08T11:49:03.053-06:00Delicious Today: Twitter List, Data Mining Journalism<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#1: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=173078">Fort Hood Shooting Shows How Twitter, Lists Can be Used for Breaking News</a> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />#2: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://nytimes.com/twitter">Good Example of Twitter List Use: New York Times</a><br /><blockquote>"Lists proved a new way to follow breaking news on Twitter, with filtered groupings of local news outlets, military accounts, and local citizens."</blockquote>Two media organizations shine in the coverage of the shooting. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Austin American-Statesman, </span>the biggest news provider in Central Texas, created a new Twit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TwqDy0Eclrw-IltZQu6Wk43pjLbYw_fx6ePO98odNwVKnbpV3nuRuIOMeWrPUgKCmu6rZPJo_qMrR52lWDdnEs0TGIBjg62qwQRT203oRQcj-AOnbSxVm9Gcm3OWOuziV1d8AtG1EMC3/s1600-h/twitterList.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TwqDy0Eclrw-IltZQu6Wk43pjLbYw_fx6ePO98odNwVKnbpV3nuRuIOMeWrPUgKCmu6rZPJo_qMrR52lWDdnEs0TGIBjg62qwQRT203oRQcj-AOnbSxVm9Gcm3OWOuziV1d8AtG1EMC3/s400/twitterList.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401788661611350818" border="0" /></a>ter account for the event, "<a href="http://twitter.com/FtHoodShootings">FtHoodShootings</a>," immediately and used it as the central place to publish latest reports from its journalist on the scene and information from other media outlets and citizens. The <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span> created a <a href="http://twitter.com/nytimes/fort-hood-shootings">Twitter list of Fort Hood</a> sources and posted the list as a content module prominently on its website. These two organizations demonstrate a good practice of using Twitter in covering breaking news:<ol><li>If you, a news organization, are near where the event happens, create a new Twitter account dedicated to covering the event and sharing information from other media sources and citizens. In other words, make your new Twitter account the destination for information about the event.</li><li>If you are not near the site of the event, create a Twitter list and curate the information for your audience. By listing local sources on the event, separating facts from rumors, and providing useful context information, you build your reputation as a trusted guide and will attract more audience.<br /></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#3: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://dewitt.sanford.duke.edu/index.php/about/area-of-research/computational_journalism">Duke University's Computational Journalism</a><br /><blockquote>"Computational journalism’ s combination of algorithms, data, and knowledge from social sciences could help preserve the watchdog function of journalism. <a href="http://dewitt.sanford.duke.edu/images/uploads/About_3_Research_B_cj_1_finalreport.pdf">Accountability Through Algorithm: Developing the Field of Computational Journalism</a> describes how computational approaches, such as the development of a suite of open source reporting tools, can make it easier for reporters and citizens to hold government accountable."</blockquote>Computational journalism is similar to what I call <a href="http://lisa-bu.blogspot.com/search/label/data%20mining">data mining journalism</a>, an Internet-native form of journalism that's still in its early stage of development. I'm excited to see that the academic world has taken such interest in it.Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480173020080319103.post-47210532785023214862009-11-02T13:42:00.013-06:002009-11-02T15:00:41.111-06:00Delicious Today: 2 Business Models for JournalismI did some <a href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bu/web/businessModelPbSlides09.pdf">research over the summer on journalism business models</a> for CPB. There seem to be five major revenue sources: pay wall, syndication, ads, product subsidy, and membership. Today I came across two successful examples: GlobalPost with its ads-syndication-membership combination model, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Washington Post</span> with its product subsidy model.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#1: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/10/globalpost-generating-revenue-of-1-million-in-first-year/">GlobalPost generating revenue of $1 million in first year</a><br /><blockquote>"GlobalPost’s current revenue streams are advertising (sold exclusively in-house), syndication (with partners like <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28cbs.html">CBS</a> and the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS219223+22-Jan-2009+BW20090122">New York Daily News</a>), and its subscription <a href="http://www.globalpost.com//passport">Passport</a> service."</blockquote><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/business/media/23global.html">Profiled by the <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span></a>, <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/">GlobalPost</a> is a for-profit <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.globalpost.com/sites/all/themes/globalpost/logo.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 49px;" src="http://www.globalpost.com/sites/all/themes/globalpost/logo.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>online news organization launched in January this year. It has more than 65 correspondents in nearly 50 countries. Its co-founder Charlie Sennott calls the organization "<a href="http://twitter.com/megangarber/status/5050839512">a lifeboat</a>" for serious international news reporting. I'm a bit surprised but glad to see that it's doing so well financially in the first year.<br /><br />What public broadcasting can learn most from GlobalPost's business model is <span style="font-weight: bold;">syndication</span>. We've been putting a lot of effort in underwriting and membership drive, but not enough in syndication.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#2: </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/30/business/AP-US-Earns-Washington-Post.html">Washington Post Co. Quarterly Profit Up 69%</a><br />The Washington Post company owns <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/newsweek_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Newsweek.">Newsweek</a> magazine, <a href="http://www.kaplan.com/about-kaplan/company-overview">Kaplan education services</a> and television properties along with its namesake newspaper. Its print and web publication are losing money, so journalism operation in the company is subsidized by its Kaplan and cable divisions.<br /><br />What products can public broadcasting use to help pay for its journalism operation?Lisa Bu, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749023890027959390noreply@blogger.com0