Shows

Episode 51: Aaron Weiss from KGW!

May 26, 2011

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Episode 50 – It’s all mixed up these days!

May 19, 2011

Netflix rules the living room? Yes. Your mobile device owns the bedroom? Yep again. Also, Betsy & Robert recap Digital Journalism Camp – and talk about other upcoming field trips as well.

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Episode 49: Media Studies Galore + Google Music

May 13, 2011

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Episode 48: Where Do You Get Breaking News?

May 9, 2011

Betsy & Robert want to know – where do you get your breaking news? CNN, Facebook, texts or Twitter? Listen to an irreverent conversation about how news is – or isn’t – revolutionizing itself in the wake of bin Laden’s death.

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Episode 47: Newsileptic Seizures, No More “Read My Lips” and Journalism’s #1!

April 29, 2011

On this week’s Redoing Media show, Betsy and Robert cover this week’s cable news network ‘newsileptic seizure’ (hat tip to Jon Stewart), talk about the new move to ban lip-reading in the wake of Kobe’s homophobic slur, and think that you shouldn’t worry if Apple or Google want to know what you’re up to.

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Episode 46: Abraham Hyatt & Digital Journalism Camp

April 21, 2011

Betsy talks to founder Abraham Hyatt about this year’s Digital Journalism Camp, scheduled for May 14th in Portland, Oregon. They touched on recent journo-related stories, including Facebook’s bid to win the hearts & minds of news producers, and Robert Niles’s plea to start becoming your own boss…

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Episode 45: Hyperlocal HooHah

April 15, 2011

Betsy and Robert talk about the hyperlocal hype that’s missing an audience to care, Jonathan Tasini’s ongoing cluelessness vs. Marco Arment’s brilliance, Street Fight, The Domino Project, digital publishing and more…

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Episode 44: Evil or Clueless?

March 31, 2011

Betsy and Robert talk this week about Google’s +1 initiative, Amazon’s Cloud Storage, and the case of Zite vs the Eight Big Bullies. The question for all three? Which label applies- Evil or Clueless? Plus: Why profanity is here to stay…

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Episode 42: The End of Media as We Knew It

March 18, 2011

How do we cover breaking news on a global stage? Do we need to send Anderson Cooper everywhere? Betsy & Robert both say no. Robert also scoffs at just why anyone needs to deliver a news app, while Betsy wonders why NYTimes iPad subscribers pay more than print counterparts Of course, they both laugh at the multiple holes in the proposed NYTimes paywall pricing plan.

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