Original Reporting

Audio_Closing_Poem by Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

In this final episode of Original Reporting, host Tomer Ovadia surveys a range of ideas that could help improve incentives for original journalism. Other notes: Lessons from fashion's free culture (Johanna Blakley at TEDxUSC) - https://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture/discussion

Episode four dives deeper into editorial reasons for aggregation. Join host Tomer Ovadia as he answers the question: what type of content should be considered original journalism?

In episode three, host Tomer Ovadia examines strategies publishers are currently employing in response to incentives for original reporting. Other notes: Steal our Stories (Propublica) - https://www.propublica.org/steal-our-stories/

In episode two, we explore where original content is created and how incentives to produce it have changed. Hosted by Tomer Ovadia. Other notes: The Loss of Local News—News Deserts - https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/03/06/the-loss-of-local-news-news-deserts Who’s Producing Local Journalism? Assessing Journalistic Output Across Different Outlet Types - https://dewitt.sanford.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Whos-Producing-Local-Journalism_FINAL.pdf

In this first episode of Original Reporting, host Tomer Ovadia reviews the history of original journalism and what some call "The Aggregation Era." Other notes: The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger (Full interview at Code 2019) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ByCkocPBBA New rule: Cover what you do best. Link to the rest - https://buzzmachine.com/2007/02/22/new-rule-cover-what-you-do-best-link-to-the-rest/ Opinion: Elizabeth Flock’s resignation: The Post fails a young blogger - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/elizabeth-flocks-resignation-the-post-fails-a-young-blogger/2012/04/20/gIQAFACXWT_story.html All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate - https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/magazine/mag-13lede-t.html Postscript: Aggregation Aggro - https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/postscript-aggregation-aggro/ What Charlie Sheen taught Salon about being original - https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/02/what-charlie-sheen-taught-salon-about-being-original/

Introducing Original Reporting, a limited podcast series looking at the creation and business of journalism. Host Tomer Ovadia, a software engineer with a background in journalism, talks to experts about one of the biggest problems facing the news industry today: a model to fund original reporting. This podcast was produced and published with help from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Other notes: Learn more about Tomer Ovadia, a 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow: https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2020/01/2020-knight-visiting-nieman-fellows/ Learn more about the Nieman Foundation: https://nieman.harvard.edu/about/ Full episodes will begin publishing in early September 2020.