Year: 2006
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Making online journalism — Part 1 – Teaching Online Journalism
The beginnings of the basics – when to use each medium for what. Making online journalism — Part 1 – Teaching Online Journalism
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How your newspaper can monetize citizen journalism
The traditional way: Content, community and local search build brand loyalty and page view traffic to sell your standard leaderboards, skyscrapers, squares and tiles. Some fresher ideas pointed out by the NAA Presstime magazine: Charge a little less for small businesses looking to advertise on your locally-targeted pages. Let the community (i.e. the Little League)…
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More on the online skills study that made me say Wow
Rich Cameron at the JACC blog reacts to the finding that college experience with CMS tools, HTML and Photoshop will help j-school students get jobs in online news: “Those papers that post PDF only or use non-content management systems are cheating their students. College Publisher is the cheapest, but not only content management system available.…
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I got cheated out of my I Voted sticker
…because I was thrown off by California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson and wife stepping into the room to cast their votes. It was sort of pleasant to see them, seconds after voting for his opponent, and it was certainly amusing to overhear the conversation among the poll workers and his handlers (?) just before…
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What are online RSS feeds? – Yahoo! News
Really Simple Story on RSS. What are online RSS feeds? – Yahoo! News
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Palm Beach Post
Note the double-wide skyscrapers on the right rail. 300×600? Sweet. Not OAS. Palm Beach Post
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Election Day
I wish it were on a Sunday, but here it Tuesday, and it’s time to get off your ass and go to the polls. Seriously. Still don’t know where to show up to do so? Check here. Last time I wrote my “get off your ass and go to the polls” post, I heard back…
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Help us plan for New York – Innovation in College Media
Help Bryan and friends prepare a conference workshop by filling out a quick survey. Help us plan for New York – Innovation in College Media
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What is the purpose of newspaper blogs? reprise – Wordblog
“I have my doubts about the slow development of blogs. If you are a journalist you need to get eyeballs on pages quickly.” What is the purpose of newspaper blogs? reprise – Wordblog
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Is Gannett blowing up the newsroom or just handing out new business cards?
Everyone is a bit excited about the Gannett thing. Me? Not so much. I know it’s a big deal that an extravagantly large news organization has announced they’re going to blow up the newsroom, re-imagine it as an “information center,” and start calling the editors the “Digital” desk, but frankly, I’ve seen good memos and…