news+organization – Ryan Sholin

Encourage entrepreneurship in your newsroom; don’t kill it – Robert Niles

Aug 15, 2007

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“Every publisher or station manager I’ve met obsessed over brand. And that’s kept many of their managers from approving individual projects that would live on outside servers without the employer’s name and logo.” Encourage entrepreneurship in your newsroom; don’t kill it – Robert Niles

PJNet Today: News Improved: Newsroom Training A Must, But…

Apr 27, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

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Len Witt on News, Improved: “For me, it is like issuing a CPR manual, when the victim is already down and clutching his chest. All the information is helpful, but he might well die before I figure out how to do what’s outlined in the book.” via Mark. PJNet Today: News Improved: Newsroom Training A…

Is USA Today’s orientation toward social networking detrimental to its journalistic purpose? – Editors Weblog

Apr 23, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

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“While many newspapers still consider a newspaper’s website to be just that, a newspaper’s website, Wilson considers it – and has so for a long time – as a medium standing on its own.” Is USA Today’s orientation toward social networking detrimental to its journalistic purpose? – Editors Weblog

Tim Porter book excerpt – PressThink

Mar 29, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

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“Good editors are discovering that the traditional, top-down ‘I-paid-my-dues-and now-it’s-your-turn’ style fails to foster the nimble thinking, collaboration and risk-taking newspapers today need” Tim Porter book excerpt – PressThink

Making online journalism — Part 5 — Teaching Online Journalism

Nov 14, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

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“The key here is recognizing that one person alone is not going to start the story — or finish it. To get from the reporting to the Web site calls for at least two people in probably 90 percent of cases where the story is anything beyond plain text.” Making online journalism — Part 5…