Archive for January, 2009

1981 TV report on birth of Internet news [techcrunch.com]

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

“Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to see the day’s newspaper. Well, it’s not as far-fetched as it may seem.”

Thus begins this video of a 1981 KRON report predicting the rise of news reporting on the internet.

via You Need To See This Video (1981 TV Report On Birth Of Internet News) .

Owen Youngman joins Medill

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Owen Youngman has been appointed the Knight Professor of Digital Media Strategy at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He will fill a chair created by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and will begin work in April 2009. 

via Medill – News Releases .