The state of news, reporting and journalism in 2014
There have been a ton of new news site's launching in the past month. I've barely been able to keep up! Here's the news on news sites..
Slashdot's Rob Malda, aka CmdrTaco surprised me by launching a non-tech news site Trove.com, "The best news stories picked by people who share your interests".
Jason Calacanis just launched Inside.com, a "breaking news application".
Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg left their successful AllThingsD brand to start fresh with recode.net.
There's even a tech news site called "The Information", umm ya, that's $400 / year.
Another popular mobile news app that showed up last year was circa, which allows you to follow curated topics.
We already had a wave of flipboard like news aggregators that focus on mobile ease of use. It looks like it's time for another wave of competitors.
I haven't really played with many of these, but clearly the news isn't going away anytime soon. With the passing of Google Reader last year, I'm excited to see some new blood and approaches to this massive daily habit of reading the news. We spend a lot of time doing it every day, and it's part of what I consider my professional interests to be on top of the latest trends and tech.
It's time to take another look at the development toolbox and features for news: RSS blogs and podcasts, aggregation, social signals, mark as read, mobility, ease of use, topics and source subscriptions, discussion and sharing.
There's an endless stream of news coming at us, and we have to pick and choose how to cast our nets and what to even bother with. It really is the epitome of our human challenge with the internet, finding signal in the vast amount of noise. In the digital information age, I think this is a very exciting area that can improve humanity with the freedom of knowledge around the world.
I'll be following these apps this year, so let me know if I missed any or you have any tips for getting your news.
Slashdot's Rob Malda, aka CmdrTaco surprised me by launching a non-tech news site Trove.com, "The best news stories picked by people who share your interests".
Jason Calacanis just launched Inside.com, a "breaking news application".
Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg left their successful AllThingsD brand to start fresh with recode.net.
There's even a tech news site called "The Information", umm ya, that's $400 / year.
Another popular mobile news app that showed up last year was circa, which allows you to follow curated topics.
We already had a wave of flipboard like news aggregators that focus on mobile ease of use. It looks like it's time for another wave of competitors.
I haven't really played with many of these, but clearly the news isn't going away anytime soon. With the passing of Google Reader last year, I'm excited to see some new blood and approaches to this massive daily habit of reading the news. We spend a lot of time doing it every day, and it's part of what I consider my professional interests to be on top of the latest trends and tech.
It's time to take another look at the development toolbox and features for news: RSS blogs and podcasts, aggregation, social signals, mark as read, mobility, ease of use, topics and source subscriptions, discussion and sharing.
There's an endless stream of news coming at us, and we have to pick and choose how to cast our nets and what to even bother with. It really is the epitome of our human challenge with the internet, finding signal in the vast amount of noise. In the digital information age, I think this is a very exciting area that can improve humanity with the freedom of knowledge around the world.
I'll be following these apps this year, so let me know if I missed any or you have any tips for getting your news.