JTech Weekly #1 – iPad, Paywalls and WikiLeaks

My new podcast project, JTech Weekly, a podcast that discusses the merging of technology and journalism, has published its first episode and is now available in iTunes! Run a search for “jtech weekly” (and beware, we are not the French Java Technology podcast, just similarly named, unfortunately) or just click this link right here to open up our iTunes site and subscribe. Here’s the description of the first episdoe.

In this week’s epsiode, Chris, Josh and Andrew talk about the recently released Apple iPad and its possible implications on the journalism industry. With more news organizations moving to the iPad to create new subscription models, is Apple in danger of controlling the news?

On a similar vein, we discuss the returning trend of paywalls with online journalism as the New York Times plans what we dub “freemium journalism” with a limited pay structure. And finally, we discuss the controversial Wikileaks video of the death of two Reuters journalists in Iraq at the hands of the U.S. Military. Where do we draw the line between journalism and watchdog journalism?

I am very excited about this new project and any feedback about the podcast is much appreciated! Just contact me or send an email to mail [at] jtechweekly [dot] com. Also, please do us a favor and become a fan of ours on Facebook and follow us on Twitter; that would be much appreciated. If you have topic ideas or any other suggestions, send us an email at the address above.

We have some interesting ideas we may implement in the coming weeks so be sure to come back to the site for updates! Thanks everyone!