Course Overview
- Title:
- New Habits of News Consumers
- Type:
- Seminar Snapshot
- Time Estimate:
- The Seminar Snapshot is divided into eight sections. Total playing time is about 24 minutes.
About Seminar Snapshots
A Seminar Snapshot captures the key learning points of a seminar presentation at The Poynter Institute or at another training event. A snapshot features edited video highlights and other materials offered during a seminar presentation.
Andrew Heyward, former president of CBS News, analyzes how technology is changing news media and its readers and viewers. He offers his vision of the future, in which news content and credibility count more than the source of the information. This Seminar Snapshot was recorded March 12, 2006, at the “New Habits of News Consumers” seminar at The Poynter Institute.
What Will I Learn:
- Current patterns of media consumption
- Different views of the Internet and news media
- The possibilities of interactive media
Who should take this course:
Anyone who wants to learn how digitial media has evolved and the implication for mainstream journalism.
Andrew Heyward
Andrew Heyward is the senior adviser on changing media landscape at Marketspace LLC/Monitor Group. He was formerly producer, executive producer and president of CBS News.
Technical Requirements:
This course requires the Flash Player 7 plug-in. For the highest quality viewing experience, we recommend using Flash 8 or higher. 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
This course contains audio, so please make sure you have your speakers or headphones on.