Monthly Archives: March 2008

Journalism students need to know marketing

Posted on March 30, 2008 by pat

Maybe you’ve heard the news by now about how traditional journalism — especially the print side — is having a tough time. This is not the time to despair. This is the time to create new ventures and take journalism … Continue reading →

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Journalism students need to know business

Posted on March 28, 2008 by pat

Students should not be allowed to graduate from journalism school without some business sense and knowledge of the journalism industry. Every student should know how to write, edit, research, report and have strong online skills. But those are just skills, … Continue reading →

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Huffington should have more traffic than Drudge

Posted on March 27, 2008 by pat

No one should be shocked that The Huffington Post had better comscore and Nielsen Online numbers than the Drudge Report in February. February 2008 monthly unique visitors: Nielsen Online Huffington Post: 3.7 million Drudge Report: 3.4 million comScore Huffington Post: … Continue reading →

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Today’s Thought: Journalists must trust their audiences

Posted on March 26, 2008 by pat

“Before the public can learn to trust the powerful, the powerful must learn to trust the public.” – Jeff Jarvis Too many journalists don’t trust the public — AKA their audience. Many believe that journalists are the arbiters of information … Continue reading →

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The end of print

Posted on March 25, 2008 by pat

The New Yorker has an article this month about the state of newspaper journalism (hint: it’s not good). It’s a must read for anyone in the industry or anyone thinking about going into it. Here are a couple of gems … Continue reading →

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Twitter can drive traffic, part 2

Posted on March 24, 2008 by pat

The No. 4 source of traffic to the JI is Twitter. And yet, I’ve only been a serious user of Twitter for a few months. The traffic this blog gets from Traffic seems to grow by the week. Anyone in … Continue reading →

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What print publications do you subscribe to?

Posted on March 23, 2008 by pat

Let’s have a little straw poll: What print publications do you subscribe to? I’ll go first. National Geographic is the only print publication I subscribe to. I let my Economist subscription lapse because it’s pretty expensive, but I’m thinking of … Continue reading →

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Why I read the print edition

Posted on March 21, 2008 by pat

Ryan Sholin compiled a list of the reasons why he used to read the print edition and how those reasons aren’t the same reasons why he reads news Web sites. Here are the reasons I picked up a newspaper growing … Continue reading →

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What is journalism?

Posted on March 21, 2008 by pat

Journalism is a defender of democracy. Journalism is a freer of societies. Journalism is the last line of defense against tyranny. Journalism is the voice of the lowest common denominator. Journalism is for the people, by the people. Journalism is … Continue reading →

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Today’s Thought: Look to the future

Posted on March 20, 2008 by pat

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky. So where are you looking?

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