January 2010
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“I never blamed the Internet for a speck of the newspaper industry’s problems....”
– Steve Buttry, on leaving the newspaper business for a news-focused startup.
Jan 29th
Come find me at SMC Seattle (tonight!) →
Quick announcement: I’ll be at SMC Seattle’s one-year anniversary celebration tonight, representing myself and @pnwlocalnews. I hit up my first SMC Seattle last month and…
Jan 27th
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“Here is the truth about journalism: Journalists aren’t objects; we are people....”
– Steve Buttry
Jan 26th
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“How serious is the New York Times about having a paywall when it seems it will...”
– Tom Foremski, on how to improve upon The New York Times’ paywall plan.
Jan 24th
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BREAKING: Twitter Launches Location-Based Trending... →
This seems like a natural progression for Twitter and a huge boon to news organizations and independent journalists using Twitter.
Jan 23rd
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The Power of Uniqueness [19 Starting Points for... →
Jan 22nd
Paywalls: People will be paying just to say they... →
Source: B.K. Dewey’s Flickr stream I don’t think paywalls represent inevitable failure. I don’t think it’s impossible to make money by erecting a paywall around your site’s content…
Jan 22nd
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“Public relations: Having good friends in the press & good friends who make...”
– @jolieodell
Jan 22nd
I won’t even *link* to NYTimes.com if they charge →
Source: wallyg’s Flickr stream. Will people pay for the New York Times online? | Old Media, New Tricks. My answer: I won’t. And not only won’t I pay, but I’ll also go out of my…
Jan 21st
Twitter is a taxi (and newspapers are Metro... →
Twitter is so fast, it’s blurry. (Source: Robert S. Donovan’s Flickr page) Besides the fact that Twitter is fast and newspapers are—let’s face it—less fast, Twitter is built for much…
Jan 20th
Blog/code/work in 2010 like Jack Zduriencik →
Jack Zduriencik: Not exactly the most-photographed GM out there. Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik talks a lot about “improving the ballclub”—in other words, making forward progress,…
Jan 20th
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“Any sort of paywall — even the metered kind, like the Times is said to be...”
– What thoughts about metered paywalls say about journalism, the public, and The New York Times » Nieman Journalism Lab
Jan 20th
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“Putting this system in place is effectively the NY Times saying that it only...”
– Mike Masnick, on rumors that NYTimes.com will go to a “metered” pay system.
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“No longer can newspapers survive by publishing at their readers, by talking down...”
– Why I left the Telegraph | Greg Hadfield
Jan 19th
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“So true. @mweller says: “Treat journos & academics with caution if...”
– @niklasf
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
2 1/2 blogging ideas for when you’re out of them →
Source: Cayusa’s Flickr page The hardest part about blogging for me is posting every day. Even on days when I have a good idea, I can end up in shambles because I don’t have time to…
Jan 13th
NYT’s Netflix heat map →
This came today via Kathy Gill on Twitter—it’s a heat map of Netflix queues, broken down by ZIP code for a handful of major cities: OK, so I’m not the only one renting…
Jan 12th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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“Rather than being about journalism this case was about freedom of expression and...”
– The Supreme Court of Canada: There are no journalists, only citizens
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
Make your print headlines SEO friendly →
No kidding, actually, the thought of a cat “editing my face” terrifies me. One of the biggest mistakes print journalists make in their transition to the Web is to assume that a…
Jan 7th
Hearst’s eReader…actually looks kind of awesome... →
I’ve never been a huge fan of eReaders. If I were still in college and I had one as an alternative to hauling around 75 pounds of books? Yes, please. But I have a laptop and an iPhone, which…
Jan 6th
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“1. Take failing print product. 2. Move it to a $900 device. 3. ???? 4....”
– @yelvington
Jan 6th
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“…the Nexus One was arguably the least significant thing that Google...”
– Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL
Jan 6th
Today in It's Funny Until it Happens to You
newsweek: Rachel Sklar’s “Next Year in Media” piece for the Daily Beast is smart and insightful. It’s also, here, a little mean (emphasis ours): At the end of 2009, Jennifer 8. Lee took a buyout from The New York Times. I wonder if her 9,250 Twitter followers really care. I first saw her name on Gawker, and have read more about her than I have by her. Not that she isn’t a fine writer with...
Jan 5th
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Universities adapting to new breed of journalism... →
I hope this post’s aim isn’t to represent a trend or anything. Journalism school is perhaps the only institution further behind the times than newspapers.
Jan 5th
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“Some [one-time visitors to your Web site] are out-of-market lookie-lous, but...”
– http://www.yelvington.com/content/thinking-about-paywall-read-first
Jan 5th
What I’m working on →
“Michigan State alcohol studies” | Life Archive Nope, I haven’t had much time to post—yes, despite suggesting ways to prevent this from happening just a few weeks ago. I do…
Jan 5th
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“There are two kinds of people: those who see the computer/internet/buttons as...”
– Chris Brogan
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th