Journalism 2.0

Recently I put a call out for votes and suggestions on what my next book should be called. I want to thank everyone who responded and figured I owed you a look at the results. (I will let you know when we settle on a title, too.)

I received 59 responses via my LinkedIn query and 15 from my blog survey. Unfortunately, the winner was “D: None of the Above.”

Here’s the breakdown:

A. Journalism 3.0: 17
B. Interactive Journalism: 20
C. Journalism 2010: 6
D. None of the above: 27
Most recommended suggestion: Journalism 2.1 (3)

My favorite suggestion was “Journalism Next.”

Here is a sampling of the other suggestions and comments:

21st-Century Journalism
Journalism 2.0.1
Journalism in the Digital Age
The Next Journalism
Digital Journalism
Dynamic Journalism: Storytelling Through Innovation
Journalism@Digital
Journalism in a Digital Age
New School Journalism

Comments …

…Do you have to change the name? Is it a total rewrite, an update? If it’s an update, I’d stick with Journalism 2.0 and slap a 2009/2010 edition on it – kind of like the AP Stylebook. The name doesn’t change, but the info does…

Otherwise, Journalism 3.0 is the best of what you have. Or how about “Journalism in the 21st Century,” “Journalism in the Digital Age,” or just “Digital Journalism” (with a suitable subscript like “Get with it, or get left behind.”).

…Well, I don’t know much about the content. But I don’t think we’ve revolutionized much past 2.0, so I’d call it “Journalism 2.1”

…I like Journalism 3.0, which ties journalism in nicely with Web 3.0 and all it entails. If you attach a date, then it will quickly become dated. Interactive Journalism seems kind of flat.

Keep the “Survive and Thrive” – it nails what’s on the mind of every student and professional right now.

… I’d lean toward the Interactive Journalism title or maybe something along the lines of “The New Journalism”…

… Journalism 3.0 is a natural evolution to the title, but maybe Journalism 2.1 would be better. The whole versioning thing may be a bit stale. But then again maybe not.

Interactive Journalism is correct, but not very exciting. Don’t know what to tell you as I don’t have much better. Journalism Transformed. Journalism Reinvented. (I like this one better.) Journalism 2010 is out as you just date stamped your book. You are better off being speculative and calling it Journalism 2013 or Journalism, the next decade.

… Since it’s not a completely new edition of your textbook nor is there really another revolution going on in journalism since your last I’d aim for something like Journalism 2.1. It implies the trend is still underway and that this truly is a point update to your text.

… 3.0, no doubt.

Interactive Journalism is generic and 2010 dates the publication.

None of the above might be an interesting move, but could confuse readers. 🙂

…I like A. — but you could always take a cue from Star Wars and do Journalism IV: A New Hope.

I was also trying to think of a way to get “Beyond Thunderdome” into the title.

….Maybe “A” but really I don’t see any of them capturing the times in a way your last one did. “Journalism 2010” is death as it is instantly dated. (Unless you think you can do new editions annually).
If your emphasis and focus isn’t radically different than before, how about something like:

Social Journalism – Your audience, your team
or
Networked Journalism – Reporting in a wired world

… “Journalism 3.0” is the best in this lineup. Here’s a wild idea. I realize that the adjective “ubiquitous” is a $5 word, but think it could work as part of a book title or subtitle. So, I throw it out there, in case it prompts a new approach.

…Well, “J 2010” will be obsolete by the second selling season.

I’m thinking in terms of “big sweep” stuff. By 2012 or so (the year my oldest turns 16), the very notion of “I wanna be a newspaper journalist when I grow up” will seem as quaint as him saying “I’m going to get my driver’s license this year and go buy a horseless carriage!”

What about “Post-modern journalism.”

That’s not quite right. “Post-digital” maybe? Something that gets to the point of “how do we do this after the shattering changes of 2007-2010”?

… Of the ones above I like Interactive Journalism the best, I think.

Or, how about

“Beyond Journalism 2.0” ? or
“Journalism 2020 – Envisioning the Future” (get it, 2020 vision, and future year?) 2010 not far enough out.

… I’m in favor of B

After the whole 2.0-thing I feel it’s time that titles should try to avoid numbers. In my opinion Interactive Journalism tells more.

An alternative suggestion could be You the Media, but it doesn’t imply the interaction between the reader and the journalist and the whole conversation thing that increases as more and more journalist and citizens turn to twitter, facebook and all the other social platforms. I guess that leads me to another suggestion, Social Journalism. But then again people are social and journalism is journalism. So B it is:-)

… I like Journalism 2010 for few reasons:

-We’re not at 3.0 yet.
-Unless the focus radically shifts from 2.0, Interactive Journalism probably wouldn’t be the most fitting title.
-You’ll probably need to update the book again in a couple years.

… Possibilities: Journalism@Digital; Journalism in a Digital Age; New School Journalism; I wouldn’t use 3.0 as this is being used for Semantic Web nor use Interactive. Did find the 2.0 ebook helpful.

… As a young journalist, I can attest that the 2.0, 3.0, etc. labels are very tired not only for the young among us, but the web designers too. So are adding years to titles. It sounds like some decades-old, sci-fi b-movie. Best of luck on finding the right name!

…From my vantage point Choice A is problematic because the students do not tend to relate to computer terms such as 3.0 (they relate to technology as end-users of a closed system, but not to it as operators with more intricate understanding). If you want a technology-related title then go with a term related to end-use such as “I, Journalism”.

B. is workable, but not necessarily a marketable title to professors

C. Journalism 2010 is good, but I would go for 2015

D. What about “Merging and Emerging Journalism” ?