Tag: Newspapers
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Newspaper Innovation – Daily blogging on free daily newspapers
Lots of info on this blog following the freesheet scene in Europe. Newspaper Innovation – Daily blogging on free daily newspapers
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Project hopes to preserve old newspapers – Peninsula Press Club
I love old newspapers, ironically enough given my long-winded screeds on the coming e-paper revolution. I wrote a short essay a couple summers ago on a book about early California newspapers. Maybe I should dig that one out and post it. Project hopes to preserve old newspapers – Peninsula Press Club
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Why Citizen Shovelware doesn’t work
…or “Sometimes hyperlocal just ain’t enough.” Community site engine/citizen journalism startup Backfence (Here’s the Palo Alto version.) appears to be well on its way to falling apart. Why? Because people don’t want to participate in your brand, they want to participate in their community. I don’t know if YourHub, a hyperlocal site framework developed by…
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“Reverse Mentoring” – Committee of Concerned Journalists
Dvorkin calls for older newsies to listen to the young newcomers in the organization, because normally, us young folk just sit on our hands with our mouths shut and don’t spend half our day telling the old folks what they should be doing anyway. That’s r “Reverse Mentoring” – Committee of Concerned Journalists
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Appropriate Discoverability – Skrentablog
An SEO rant on newspapers: “Yet if you go to Google and type in any restaurant name, you’re not likely to ever come across a newspaper restaurant review in the results. Yahoo local, yelp, chefmoz (heh), zagat’s, chowhound, jatbar.” Appropriate Discoverability – Skrentablog
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TV Jersey
The Newark Star-Ledger launched TVJersey this week, “The television station New Jersey doesn’t have.” Video is hosted at YouTube. TV Jersey
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The next step after multimedia and interactivity? Just add data.
When I find myself face to screen with an online news site that is still in the Nightly Shovelware Posting stage, I think of two things: How can I add multimedia to this, and how can I add interactivity to this. I think a lot of us go the same route, especially those with more…
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Newspaper Video: Who shoots it and how do they do it
The corner of the media blogosphere I hang out in has been buzzing with some great tips, clues, hints, debate, and analysis of newspaper video lately, and I’ve been too damn busy to chime in much, but here’s a few key pivot points for the uninitiated: Who: Photographers toting around HD cams to shoot video,…
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E.W. Scripps Considering Alternative Strategies for Newspapers
Um, whoa. Wall Street is happy about it, which should tell you something. E.W. Scripps Considering Alternative Strategies for Newspapers