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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Buzzfeed

1. November 19, 2012 06:50 AM

   Buzzfeed president talks branded content

   The future of media revenue has its roots in the past

   By Sara Morrison

   The Columbia Spectator, The Blue & White, and the Columbia InterPublications Association hosted the Columbia Media Conference last weekend. The daylong event consisted of four panels covering mostly future of media industry issues with an impressive roster of panelists (keynote speakers included Mother Jones founder Jeffrey Klein and ProPublica president, CEO, and editor in chief Paul Steiger; New York Times...

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2. October 26, 2012 12:45 PM

   Pass the #popcorn

   ICYMI: Buzzfeed's copyranter defends his right to republish

   By Sara Morrison

   According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure most of that 8 percent are journalists. Journalists love Twitter, whether using it for writing, conversation, or fighting. And I love to watch—and judge—the sparring. If you see a #JournoTweetFight that you think merits inclusion, please give me a heads...

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3. November 1, 2012 06:45 PM

   Pass the #popcorn

   Hurricane Sandy edition

   By Sara Morrison

   According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure most of that 8 percent are journalists. Journalists love Twitter, whether using it for writing, conversation, or fighting. And I love to watch—and judge—the sparring. If you see a #JournoTweetFight that you think merits inclusion, please give me a heads...

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4. March 21, 2012 12:05 PM

   Romney, BuzzFeed, and that “Hidden” Op-Ed

   Is the press ceding policy-shift reporting to oppo artists?

   By Erika Fry

   It was four o’clock on a Friday afternoon when BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski, a 22-year old student at St. John’s College, made a serendipitous discovery. Kaczynski, who has already generated a lot of buzz this election season for his talent at mining the Internet for embarrassing material on political candidates, was browsing the web archives of old Mitt Romney sites (Free...

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5. May 18, 2012 03:15 PM

   The future of media is social

   It's also shared, viral, and free from banner ads

   By Kira Goldenberg

   The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU hosted I Want Media’s fifth annual “Future of Media” forum on Friday afternoon. Speakers included Adweek executive editor James Cooper, BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti, Jezebel editor in chief Jessica Coen, Reuters social media guru Anthony De Rosa, Thrillist co-founder Ben Lerer, Activate’s Michael Wolf, and Greg Clayman, the publisher of The Daily. Here...

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