Archive for November, 2007
108th Army-Navy Game special feature
The special feature is officially up and live at www.stripes.com/armynavy. It has been up for a few days now, but I finally have some time to discuss it a bit. We currently have four stories/features, an audio slide show, several photos and quotes from people at the academies and fans. Each day we’ll be adding [...]
Would you hire?
Would you hire someone who: Doesn’t have a facebook or MySpace account? Doesn’t know what del.icio.us is? Doesn’t know the difference between a site like Twitter and facebook? Doesn’t regularly read non-MSM media like blogs? Doesn’t subscribe to high-speed Internet? Are these even questions that your work asks of new journalists? Would your answers be [...]
One of those weeks (Army-Navy Game time)
Update: the feature is up. I’ll be adding new content each day. You can find it at http://www.stripes.com/armynavy This Saturday is the 108th Army-Navy Game, which means I’ll be really busy this week. I apologize if the updates are slow, but I’m already skipping my weekend (Tuesday and Wednesday) to get this feature done. I [...]
Not every print item should go on the Web
Newspapers and Web sites are two different mediums and should be treated as such. Every newspapers has at least a few features, stories or other items that don’t translate well to the Web. If print products don’t make sense on the Web, don’t put them on the Web. We make Web products that clearly don’t [...]
Newspapers could learn a lot from the retail world
By Kate McLoughlin I realized something about online journalism today while shopping on oldnavy.com: Newspapers could learn a lot from the retail world. For whatever reason, well-known companies that sell clothes, electronics, toys, etc. have made what some would consider a seamless transition into the Internet age. They have not been shown up by Web-only [...]
J-schools have a lot to answer for
The blogverse have been inflamed about which journalists get “it” and are willing to embrace online journalism. Their is a disturbing paradox, however, that surrounds which journalists are willing to embrace online journalism and add new skills to their repertoire. The journalists who grew up with computers and the Web are often the ones least [...]
Must read: lawmakers threaten financial aid over digital piracy
Top democratic politicians have introduced legislation that could cause universities to lose financial aid if they don’t provide deterrents against digital piracy and provide alternatives to piracy, such as subscription services for music and movies for all students. Basically, the legislation is charging universities with the responsibility of policing their networks and stopping digital piracy. [...]
A new way to access the JI
Today is your lucky day if you find www.patthorntonfiles.com/blog too difficult a domain to remember. The Journalism Iconoclast can now be accessed via www.journalismiconoclast.com as well. Yes, it is a great day for people with poor memories. But you didn’t think I’d purchase a new domain just as a forwarding service, did you? Big things [...]
I made a deal with the devil
I’m not proud of it, but I did it anyway. Yes, I signed a new contact with “the new” AT&T Wireless. How could I you might ask? Well, it’s simple, the iPhone. No, I didn’t purchase an iPhone, yet. I’m waiting until after Macworld this January to make that decision, but if the iPhone was [...]
You never know who is visiting your site
Which is why it is very important to build for Web standards. If you or your company just builds for Internet Explorer, not only are you building for a browser that is behind the times (and just terrible, just terrible), but you also might be alienating some of your users. Or a lot of your [...]