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In defense of anonymous comments

“Banning unsigned online comments undermines the media’s role as a forum for debate.” — Bill Reader.

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What’s competition these days, anyway?

Over at Wired Journalist’s someone asked what to put online first and what to hold for print. He mentioned that staffers were worried about the competition getting ahold of their scoops. Here is my response: Online everyone is a competitor … Continue reading

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Subscribe to comments is a must-have feature

Every Web site that allows users to write comments should also have a mechanism to allow users to subscribe to comments. Subscribing to comment is a way of notifying a user when new comments are left, typically via e-mail. This … Continue reading

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What should the Online Ethics Seal be officially called?

We need your help naming the Online Ethics Seal. The Online Ethics Seal has been the tentative name. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be the finalized name. In fact, many of you have said don’t like the connotation that … Continue reading

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Today is the day for change in your newsroom

You don’t need a fancy new CMS, a new editor in chief, new business model or prayer to start innovating today. This month’s Carnival of Journalism, hosted by Will Sullivan over at Journerdism, asks a very pragmatic question: What are … Continue reading

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Is the downfall of newspapers really just a rebirth of journalism?

Newspaper ad revenues are again down by double digits, more newspapers are defaulting on debt and we’re entering one of the worst economic crises ever. Ad revenue will continue to dry up. Many traditional print advertisers (car dealers, real estate … Continue reading

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The online ethics seal: together we can be more transparent

At ONA 08 and a week later at Poynter Seminar on ethics, I talked about my online ethics seal idea. The idea is very simple —  to form a series of ethics seals that Web sites, blogs and news organizations … Continue reading

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If you could start from scratch would you build the same product?

I was just at Cleveland.com, and I was looking at all the new features the site has launched recently. Certainly, the new features are upgrades over what used to be there. The new design is a step forward. The site, … Continue reading

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Supply and demand is a bitch

I have some lessons from ONA 08 over at BeatBlogging.Org (version 2.0 nonetheless), and I wanted to highlight the supply and demand part of the post: This is an issue facing journalism on the Web and not just beat bloggers. … Continue reading

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Jay Mariotti made the right decision to leave the Sun-Times

The real question is why he stuck around so long. If fact, I don’t understand why any star print columnist or beat reporter doesn’t just start his or her own Web site. The Dallas Cowboys Blog for The Dallas Morning … Continue reading

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