Just got back from judging a regional press contest today - four of us had all of the multimedia and blog and general online categories. This is the third year I have helped out and a few obvious trends are apparent. A) It is really EASY to lose a contest B) It is not that hard to win or at least place The ways to lose are more apparent and more ...
Why Newspapers shouldn't allow comments In which the writer pulls memorable comments from the NYT site such as this as proof of her thesis: "if he wasn't a reporter for the new york times, would we be reading this?" "Monetizing your shameful past is disgusting. Haven't you harmed your loved ones enough for one lifetime?" I totally agree. Newspapers are allowing far too much conversation. And though only 5% of it is ...
The 2008 Readership Study from Northwestern University is out. For online managers - the news is not good: ... 62 percent of respondents said they had never visited the local newspaper's Website, and only 14 percent said they had visited between the last seven to 30 days, numbers that have improved only a little over the last five years. I need to dig into the numbers a bit - they ...
This is a great story from Raleigh - about a subscriber suing the N&O for their recent staff cut backs. Plaintiff alleges fraud in that the newspaper announced changes in the coverage after procuring renewals from Plaintiff and other subscribers. First - it is so typically delightful that a newspaper would write a story about their being sued for what is obviously just a crazy protest. Not that this story ...
Probably in 5 years I will dislike Google as much as I currently do MSFT. But - until then, I love 'em. Don't get me started on Google Apps for Your Domain. Using it, love it. But the latest jackpot is a new feature in Google Analytics - internal site search tracking. I should read their blog more often - but we activated the site tracking on nashuatelegraph.com about two ...
Just finished the blogroll at the bottom of the page. Looks simple, it wasn't. I am really bored with static lists of blogs. Tough to tell what is worth clicking on if you are not already familiar with the writers. So - to put this together - I exported an OPML file out of Flock (same one I use in Google Reader) containing 30 or 40 journalism bloggers. Then - ...
So - finally had a day or two to spend working on the site again. Nothing fancy, just a basic WP install with a template I have been hacking around with. Most fun - I added a blogroll on steroids at the bottom. I am dynamically publishing the names of all the people I follow on the various social sites. The list shows just their names - if you ...
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