Monthly Archives: April 2008

The Web owes us nothing

Posted on April 30, 2008 by pat

Just because a company and an industry thrived off of legacy media, doesn’t mean the Web owes them anything. The Web doesn’t owe us money. It doesn’t owe us market share. And we can’t force consumers to not enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Thought: We need to build cool shit

Posted on April 29, 2008 by pat

Rob Curley has had an unofficial mission statement at the newspapers he has worked at: Build cool shit. That’s the only way we are going to turn around the journalism industry. With that in mind, here is some cool Web … Continue reading →

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Rewriting (rethinking) written content on the Web

Posted on April 28, 2008 by pat

The inverted pyramid might still have a place in journalism, but it doesn’t make sense as the dominant writing style on the Web. In fact, the beauty of the Web is that each story can have a different writing style. … Continue reading →

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I can’t wait for the future of print newspapers

Posted on April 25, 2008 by pat

I don’t believe print is dead. Far from it. I just believe, however, that most print products are trying to compete with online products. The fundamental problem with most print products is that they are trying to do it all … Continue reading →

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Old-guard media rules don’t work on the Web

Posted on April 25, 2008 by pat

People shouldn’t have to read the print edition to get the best, most in-depth coverage. In fact, logic would dictate that a newspaper’s Web site would have more coverage due to the limitless nature of its medium and its ability … Continue reading →

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Politico edits story after readers complain about faulty math

Posted on April 24, 2008 by pat

The Politico wrote a story today originally stating that Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary by 10 points, but has since downgraded that number to 9. Why you might ask? Because of reader backlash. Numerous commenters on the story noted … Continue reading →

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“Journalists” are bad at math

Posted on April 23, 2008 by pat

Many journalists and pundents are proclaiming that Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary by 10 points (AKA “double digits”). Maybe they have some new way of doing math that I am not aware of, but Hillary received 54.6 of the … Continue reading →

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Five interview mistakes that can easily be avoided

Posted on April 22, 2008 by pat

Sometimes you can be your own worst enemy when interviewing for job, even if you are otherwise qualified. Yoni Greenbaum made a post about “How not to get that journalism-related job.” All of the mistakes he lists can easily be … Continue reading →

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How will the average U.S. newspaper turn itself around?

Posted on April 21, 2008 by pat

Many journalism bloggers, industry commentators and people who read my blog work for big publications, and they often do not hear or see some of the ridiculous things their smaller brethren are doing. The average daily newspaper in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Journalism needs an entrepreneurial spirit

Posted on April 21, 2008 by pat

Angryjournalist.com started off as a small side project of sorts for Kiyoshi Martinez. Even that might be a little generous. The site is just a WordPress Blog with a theme installed, and Martinez already had server space. All of this … Continue reading →

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