New Fisher Grid

One of the things we use at Newsplex, and that I use in some of my classes, is a one-page sheet that started out being called by the ungainly "story organization and planning," but was rechristened the "Fisher Grid" by my co-authors of "Principles of Convergent Journalism."

It provides a structured way to think about planning a story across media, including thinking about the best way to tell the story and then backing down to alternatives based on the resources you have.

With new options and the rise of easy-to-do slideshows, etc, it needed an update. So a new version is available over at the PCJ wiki. It's a Word doc so you can fill it in by hand or put it up on a computer and fill it in that way, as my students do.

Dupont Reviews 'PCJ'

A tip of the hat to Nancy McKenzie Dupont of the University of Mississippi for her positive review of "Principles of Convergent Journalism" in the latest issue of Electronic News.

I can't link directly, but there is a PDF of it on the reviews page at the PCJ wiki.

PCJ Web site now up

The Web site to go with the new book "Principles of Convergent Journalism" is up and running.

I decided a Wiki was the best form instead of trying to build a site from scratch. It makes sense the way we can break things down into Web sites, blogs, details of the book, reviews, etc. I used Wikispaces, because I am familiar with it.

Drop by at http://pcj.wikispaces.com. We'll be adding things, but we'd also like your suggestions. Hopefully, there will be enough useful links on there that you will bookmark it.

We also aren't ignoring the criticism. The first review we link to is by Alfred Hermida, who didn't like how we have two chapters on "repurposing." But we argue that to ignore reality right now would be disingenuous. Please read our response.