Gaurav Mishra, a social media thought-leader, has devised a rhombus he argues simulates the pathology of the news story in the digital age.
It starts with Twitter, moves to a blog, then on to a package, followed by some context and analysis, then into conversation and eventual customization. He envisages an SMS getting the ball rolling and he believes all breaking news will roll out this way.
Mishra looked at Paul Bradshaw's "news diamond" (an innovation published last year that articulated the 21st century newsroom) and went in a different direction, ostensibly because he sees the blurring of creators, curators and consumers (the three traditional categories being creators, filters and consumers).
But Mishra also notes some challenges: the signal to noise ratio is bound to be high in the early going and the stage between the Tweet and the analysis quite long --- getting those matters under some control is a priority in the new order.
It starts with Twitter, moves to a blog, then on to a package, followed by some context and analysis, then into conversation and eventual customization. He envisages an SMS getting the ball rolling and he believes all breaking news will roll out this way.
Mishra looked at Paul Bradshaw's "news diamond" (an innovation published last year that articulated the 21st century newsroom) and went in a different direction, ostensibly because he sees the blurring of creators, curators and consumers (the three traditional categories being creators, filters and consumers).
But Mishra also notes some challenges: the signal to noise ratio is bound to be high in the early going and the stage between the Tweet and the analysis quite long --- getting those matters under some control is a priority in the new order.
