Looking back at a semester of Participatory Journalism
And so it’s over . . . Well, almost. The Spring 2017 semester is wrapping up, which means it is time for a little introspection. […]
online journalism
Dallas Morning News turns focus to digital, arouses questions about GateHouse-owned Hutchinson News
By the middle of the year, The Dallas Morning News will have eliminated at least 20 positions as it outsources its design and print layout work in […]
Online video fails to engage users
With services like Snapchat, Facebook Live and Instagram providing platforms for video sharing, not to mention the perennial video king in YouTube, various online players are […]
Treat news sites with care of a chef
The traffic numbers for Sterling Student Publications, the site operated by my journalism students, is abysmal. This is especially true for our homepage, so I started […]
NY Times plans for digital, reader focus
Journalism That Stands Apart: The Report of the 2020 Group: https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2020-report/
Adam Moss: NY Mag publishes new content every six minutes
This blew my mind! To publish something new every six minutes is an incredible feat. And even more insanely awesome is that “the editing process […]
Paywall won’t work in Hutchinson
Today The Hutchinson News announced it is throwing up a paywall on it’s website (www.hutchnews.com). Here is the story that appeared on the site today: […]
March Madness: If You Root Against Kansas, You Root Against America
This column is written by Hampton Stevens, who writes for ESPN.com’s Page 2 and ESPN the Magazine, as well as The Atlantic and TheAtlantic.com. This column […]
NYT planning to charge for frequent use of Web site
On Wednesday, The New York Times announced it already has a 2011 New Year’s resolution: charge frequent users of its Web site. An article on […]
Online journalism dubbed Fifth Estate
The press in the United States and abroad has long been referred to as the Fourth Estate. The term was seemingly coined by Scottish writer […]
Google partners with NYT, WaPo to create ‘living story pages’
Today The Washington Post announced the start of a new partnership with Google. The search-engine giant is working with WaPo and The New York Times […]
Newsy Bits Next To The Giblets: Posts I read during Thanksgiving
The Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday is always busy. Some people are taking part in the Cyber Monday insanity, but me personally, I’m trying to […]