- This Webinar was originally broadcast on:
- June 24, 2010 Enroll Now
- Watch and listen to the original one-hour Webinar in its entirety. This Webinar recording features the full presentation led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty including Q&A from the audience and resources from the presenter.
Course Overview
- Title:
- New Content Providers and the Media
- Type:
- Webinar
- Cost:
- $27.95
- Originally Broadcast On:
- June 24, 2010
- Time Estimate:
- One hour for the main presentation and questions. Sometimes presenters stay longer to answer additional questions from participants.
This Webinar is free for members of ONA. For registration instructions and the ONA member promotion code, visit the Discounts page.
About Webinars
In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host.
There is a new generation of content providers collecting, producing and distributing user-generated stories.
These low-cost, high-volume content distributors have captured the attention of major media players. These organizations--including Associated Content, Demand Media, AllVoices, Helium and others--are growing quickly. Learn whether and how they meet the consumers' appetite for news. What is the quality of the content they are producing? Can writers make a living from them? How are these services filling gaps in traditional media coverage?
This Webinar will discuss these new content providers, their products and how they affect traditional news organizations.
What Will I Learn:
- Who are the leading new content providers?
- What are the costs in developing a network?
- What type of content are they producing?
- Where is their content being distributed?
- How can they benefit journalists?
- Are they competitors or partners?
- How can they serve traditional media outlets?
Who Should Take this Course:
Editors, managers of news organizations, online producers and supervisors as well as others interested in media trends.
Course Instructor:
Mitch Gelman
Mitch Gelman served as senior vice president and executive producer at CNN.com from 2001 through 2009, before joining Examiner.com as vice president, special projects. He worked as reporter at New York Newsday from 1987 through 1996, covering criminal justice, politics, immigration and health, and shared in a Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting. He transitioned into online media, working as lead editor at ESPN.com and CNNSI.com before joining CNN.com. He lives with his family in Colorado.
Training Partner:
ONAvation Webinar Series
The ONAvation series, a partnership between the Online News Association and Poynter's News University, has been created to focus on applying cutting-edge technology to journalism. Founded in 1999, ONA now has more than 1,600 professional members whose principal livelihood involves gathering or producing news for digital presentation.
Technical Requirements:
This Webinar contains audio. Please make sure you've got your headphones and speakers adjusted.
For the best experience, we suggest that:
- PC users use Internet Explorer or Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox
- Mac users use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox or Safari
- You set your monitor resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher
- You use a high-speed connection
Questions? Read our Webinar FAQ or contact us at webinars@newsu.org.