http://businessjournalism.org/2011/05/02/covering-technology-challenges/ Reynolds Center helps journalists Cover Business Better Free training, workshops, Webinars Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism Wed, 15 May 2013 18:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://businessjournalism.org/2011/05/02/covering-technology-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-13208 How to cover technology: An introduction : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism Wed, 04 May 2011 22:37:07 +0000 http://businessjournalism.org/?p=25826#comment-13208 [...] The tech beat also includes aspects of economics, especially coverage of the financiers, venture capitalists and government agencies who fund digital innovations; and also the marketing, engineering and management executives who define the projects and products that turn broad innovations into specific products and then bring these products, and future iterations of them, to consumers and the market, not only in the U.S. but around the world. Beat Basics: MORE on COVERING TECHNOLOGY An introduction Core concepts and terms Four main elements People, field visits, documents Covering technology: Challenges [...] [...] The tech beat also includes aspects of economics, especially coverage of the financiers, venture capitalists and government agencies who fund digital innovations; and also the marketing, engineering and management executives who define the projects and products that turn broad innovations into specific products and then bring these products, and future iterations of them, to consumers and the market, not only in the U.S. but around the world. Beat Basics: MORE on COVERING TECHNOLOGY An introduction Core concepts and terms Four main elements People, field visits, documents Covering technology: Challenges [...]

]]> http://businessjournalism.org/2011/05/02/covering-technology-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-13196 Covering technology: People, field visits, documents : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism Tue, 03 May 2011 22:44:44 +0000 http://businessjournalism.org/?p=25826#comment-13196 [...] Experts alert reporters to what’s significant and new in the blizzard of information about mature and emerging technologies. They help reporters decode new “buzz words” and evaluate competing claims about similar products and services. Experts also help reporters check the veracity of claims, and help them fix mistakes – before they are published. Beat Basics: MORE on COVERING TECHNOLOGY An introduction Core concepts and terms Four main elements People, field visits, documents Covering technology: Challenges [...] [...] Experts alert reporters to what’s significant and new in the blizzard of information about mature and emerging technologies. They help reporters decode new “buzz words” and evaluate competing claims about similar products and services. Experts also help reporters check the veracity of claims, and help them fix mistakes – before they are published. Beat Basics: MORE on COVERING TECHNOLOGY An introduction Core concepts and terms Four main elements People, field visits, documents Covering technology: Challenges [...]

]]> http://businessjournalism.org/2011/05/02/covering-technology-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-13193 Covering technology: Core concepts and terms : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism Tue, 03 May 2011 22:38:42 +0000 http://businessjournalism.org/?p=25826#comment-13193 [...] Successful innovations generally need a way of paying for themselves. The term “business model” refers to the manner in which a technology gets paid for. The most common model is the sale of individual products to large numbers of people. Another model involves “subscriptions.” The cable company Comcast doesn’t try to sell you its service each month, but rather for a long time. This model involves making it costly for the consumer to switch. A third model calls for giving away a basic product for free, then selling add-ons. Beat Basics: MORE on COVERING TECHNOLOGY An introduction Core concepts and terms Four main elements People, field visits, documents Covering technology: Challenges [...] [...] Successful innovations generally need a way of paying for themselves. The term “business model” refers to the manner in which a technology gets paid for. The most common model is the sale of individual products to large numbers of people. Another model involves “subscriptions.” The cable company Comcast doesn’t try to sell you its service each month, but rather for a long time. This model involves making it costly for the consumer to switch. A third model calls for giving away a basic product for free, then selling add-ons. Beat Basics: MORE on COVERING TECHNOLOGY An introduction Core concepts and terms Four main elements People, field visits, documents Covering technology: Challenges [...]

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