WATSON

Over 9,000 newspapers in America

As of 2010, there were approximately 255 million websites in existence

42 million blogs

As of 2006, according to CNET, one new blog surfaced every half second.

Less than 1/6 of website owners write their own content

The number of user-generated content creators will reach 114.5

million in 2013

At the dawn of the millennium there were an estimated 41,000 writers

currently in employment.

In 2006 that number rose over 300%.

What do these numbers mean? These statistics?

WE EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING

The world is literally in the palm of our hands.

We love to interact. We want to give back to the community.

Not enough to just listen or watch.

Twitter.

Simply not enough.

Proves point: We are the gathers, interpreters,

producers

CITIZEN JOUNRNALIST

Current trends in Newspapers

• Death of the Newspaper

• Newspaper Death Watch

• The Year the Newspaper Died

• Chronicling the Death of

American Newspaper

• Is There Life after Newspapers?

I am a member of create lab, a team of 8 students across Louisiana State

University’s curriculum.

As a part of the Manship School of Mass Communication’s digital

initiative, Create Lab was formed to find digital solutions for real clients.

Times Picayune

Answer the last headline’s question

Low point in the news industry

Instead of competing with content, we channel it.

We’ve created Watson. Aptly named after Sherlock

Holmes, Watson is an app for citizen journalists and professional

journalists.