Posts filed under “Blogging”
My newest journalism adventure…
I’ve spent the last two years producing journalism in a myriad of formats and the last year arguing for ways to modernize and make relevant journalism in the 21st century.I’ve argued for reinventing journalism. I’ve argued for journalists to let go of everything they’ve ever known. Ultimately, informing people is my passion. I care deeply [...]
Another look at the AP blogging fiasco
After cooling down and thinking about the situation more, I’ve got some new thoughts. The Associated Press is in bind, with very few good options. AP makes money off of selling their content for someone else to publish, which is quite different than a media organization like The New York Times. The Times makes the [...]
Look Ma, it’s me!
Innovation in College Media has an interview with me up right now if you want to find out more about what and how I think. I will leave you with a small preview of the interview. This sums up what I think well: And if you want to make journalism better — truly foment change [...]
News organizations need to rethink staff resources in order to promote innovation
It’s a simple question: What should news organizations stop doing, today, immediately, to make more time for innovation? And it’s a simple answer: News organizations should stop pretending like it’s the pre-Internet days. Most news organizations are still legacy-first. Newspapers still care more about the print edition than the Web edition. Beats are still centered [...]
A blogging assignment for all journalists
I’m convinced that most journalists don’t really understand blogs or the power blogs have. So, it’s time for all journalists to start understanding blogs. Yes, it would be great if all journalists experimented with blogging and blogging software, but that is overkill in some ways and just unreasonable given the reality on the ground (we’ll [...]
Twitter can drive traffic
If you’re on the fence about signing up for Twitter, know this: Twitter can drive traffic to your site. This blog is less than a year old. I’m 23 years old — hardly an established brand or identity. That’s why I only have a little more than 100 people following me on Twitter. But Twitter [...]
Is WordPress secure enough?
In the past week we’ve lost two well-known journalism blogs that used WordPress. MultimediaShooter.com might be down for the count, and Matt Waite has decided to stop using WordPress after his site was hacked and his MySQL database ruined. Waite is now developing a custom Django-based platform for his new site. He is done with [...]
A blog for bloggers
MySanAntonio.com has a blog dedicated to helping staff bloggers blog better. What a novel idea! Instead of just telling staff members to blog blindly, they are providing staffers with a resource on what this new medium is and how to utilize it well (and I’m sure blogging is a very new concept to many of [...]
Blog your beat to connect with your audience
Why not blog your beat and then reverse publish the content to print? People want continuous updates throughout the day. That’s why sites like TechCrunch are so wildly popular. People want experts on niches and they want to get news in real time. Most good beat writers at newspapers are experts in a niche. Take [...]