Nils G. Indahl

Renewing journalism with new voices

Nils G. Indahl — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:11:38 +0000

“The internet gives journalists access to citizen voices that are new and fresh, and therefore has a democratising effect,” says Nils G. Indahl in an interview with The Hindu newspaper. He had organised a workshop on Latest techniques in Internet search at the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) in Chennai.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/article2766980.ece

Generation Y do it on the mobile

Nils G. Indahl — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:29:19 +0000

More than 90 per cent of young users in Nigeria, South Africa, and Indonesia access the web primarily through a mobile phone. According to a report by the browser company Opera, generation Y – the age group between 18 and 27 – say they browse the web mostly on a smart phone or mobile device.

The report also shows that users in China and the United States share a scepticism towards printed newspapers. 53 percent of respondents in the United States and 57 percent of respondents in China rarely or never read physical newspapers.

Opera said that global data traffic through its browser rose 15 percent in October from September 2010. That was up 134 percent compared to 2009.

Young journalists adopt social media

Nils G. Indahl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:31:58 +0000

Half of journalists under the age of 29 use social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook to research news stories, according to a survey from the Society for New Communications Research. A full 100 percent of the respondents think that new media and communication tools enhance journalism.

Wikia: New search engine launches

Nils G. Indahl — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:36:32 +0000

Wikia is a new search engine by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. The service is edited in accordance with the wiki principle: that of trusted feedback from a community of users acting together in a transparent way. Users can submit and rate web pages, and attach articles to interesting search words.

The mobile internet

Nils G. Indahl — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:41:11 +0000

”Mobile Internet users want to see everything on a Web page, not just text or special handheld material,” says Jon von Tetzchner, one of the founders of Opera, the browser designed for mobile devices.

Download my interview with Jon von Tetzchner in On Magazine, in PDF format [the file is 1.1 MB]