Monthly Archives: July 2007
Technology is the key to journalism
The No. 1 thing newspapers have botched in the last 15 years is technology. They have been slow to adapt, slow to embrace and slow to realize they are making themselves obsolete. Many newspapers continue to act like they exist … Continue reading
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Hyperlocal will make money
With the closure of Backfence, people are beginning to doubt the viability of hyperlocal sites as anything beyond a hobby for a few dedicated people. That hasn’t stopped mega-dailies from getting into the market. The Chicago Tribune launched TribLocal earlier … Continue reading
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Today’s thoughts 7-8-07
Atlanta Journal Constitution rethinks everything A lot mega-dailies have been shedding staff in recent years — The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, the AJC and many more. But it at least sounds like the AJC is doing more than … Continue reading
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Today’s thoughts 7-7-07
Farewell Backfence The hyper-local community journalism site is now defunct. It will be missed, but the lessons learned from the project can help all journalists. It showed that journalism that is more local — and not the trend towards more … Continue reading
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Harnessing the power of social networking
A tricky question for media companies will be how to best harness the power of social networking. Some companies like USA Today have built in social networking straight to their sites. I think all journalism companies should embrace social networking, … Continue reading
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Do newspapers need to be innovators?
I know what you’re thinking, “of course they do!” But do they? There is a difference between taking risks and truly innovating by making new technologies and features. If technology companies like Facebook, Flickr, Technorati and Google show us the … Continue reading
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Today’s thoughts 7-4-07
Where are the standards? If there is one thing that really bothers me about a lot of Web sites (not just journalism ones) is the lack of standards — as in standards-compliant code. As much as I like what The … Continue reading
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Today’s thoughts 7-3-07
Gannett and its 24-hour “Information Centers” this year to less-than-stellar results. Part of it is just poor thinking, which I’ll tackle in a minute. Editor and Publisher profiled the “Information Center” at the Daily Record in North Jersey. The center … Continue reading
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Staffing a modern newsroom
If I were in charge of my paper (or yours) this is how I would staff it. Don’t worry, this will never happen. At 22-years old, I have about as much say as the cleaning staff. I am going to … Continue reading
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CNN.com relaunch review
CNN.com launched a new version of its site, and at first glance it doesn’t seem like anything earth shattering. It looks similar to the old design. Some like it more, some like it less and few really care one way … Continue reading
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