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Steve Boriss
Steve Boriss teaches the class "The Future of News" at Washington University in St. Louis, blogs at at TheFutureofNews.com, and offers services through The Future of News, Inc. to help news organizations, corporations, and agencies succeed in the emerging news environment.
You’re Fired! The Media Don’t Get to Pick the Democratic Nominee Anymore
The Old Media has thoroughly enjoyed the privilege of guiding the Democratic nomination to the candidate with whom they and the Beltway establishment felt most comfortable, writes Steve Boriss. Unfortunately for them, those days are over - and the 2008 results in Iowa proved it.
What Journalism Schools Should Be Teaching
The New Media revolution has left J-schools grasping for relevancy, writes Steve Boriss, who helpfully offers his blueprint for a 21st-century curriculum. Lesson one: the customer is always right.
We’re All in the Entertainment Industry Now. Journalists, Too
There's no business like show business, writes Steve Boriss - which, unfortunately for many journalists, is no business they really know. It was true with newspapers and TV but the Internet has really sealed the deal - news is entertainment.
Is the Hollywood Writers’ Strike a Recipe for Disaster?
The Hollywood writers' strike has been portrayed in the media as a David vs. Goliath battle: poor righteous writers versus the huge evil entertainment empires determined to hang onto their billions in profits from Internet distribution. Steve Boriss begs to differ.
British Invasion Hits U.S. Media
The biggest British influence on American culture since the Beatles is transforming our news. Steve Boriss welcomes the invaders with open arms: it's about time someone spiced up our "snoozy, prissy and haughty" media outlets, he says.
Thomas Jefferson Wouldn’t Think Much of Modern Journalism. Blogging – That’s Another Story…
Though journalism as we know it didn't exist when the First Amendment was written, today's reporters don't hesitate to make the case for their importance by citing a famous Thomas Jefferson quote. Steve Boriss contends that mainstream news is the opposite of what the third president thought it should be.
The Mass Media’s Mass Hysteria Over Google
Mainstream journalists are terrified that Google News will steal their power, but Steve Boriss argues that there are more serious threats to the media than a site that "is nothing more than a dumb, machine-driven aggregator of news from other sites."
Yellow Journalism: The Golden Age of American News
Scandal-mongering! Sensationalism! Hyper-nationalism! Don't believe everything you read. The smearing of "Yellow Journalism" was nothing more than a "successful and semi-permanent power grab by elites that allowed them, and not the people, to control news for a century," writes Steve Boriss.
Inside the Mind of Murdoch – News Corp’s Path To Domination
Unlike his competitors in the news business, Rupert Murdoch knows the importance of keeping customers happy, writes Steve Boriss.
