Sunday, 19 August 2007, 11:01
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The Chicago Tribune is reverse publishing user-submitted content from the triblocal.com web sites develop two weekly print newspapers for Chicago suburbs.
Saturday, 21 July 2007, 12:19
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"Chicagotribune.com relaunched today with a bright, new look and additional features that enhance the user experience. The site is built on a new platform that is designed to better serve users in the broadband environment."
Saturday, 21 July 2007, 08:04
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"Blogs are now the organizing principle for newspapers’ original online content. … The word ‘blog’ has way too much baggage — it’s too often equated with opinion. But a blog is just a content management system …
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 13:51
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The Chicago Tribune has launched a community journalism Web site encouraging readers in nine suburbs to post their own unedited articles, photos and blogs.
Newspapers’ ‘frenemy’ Google, the debate continues
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 14:31
Google maybe making peace with the wires, but America’s latest newspaper mogul is not a fan. The new owner of Tribune newspapers, Chicago property magnate Sam Zell, reignited the old Google-as-kleptomaniac topos when he told students at Stanford University:
“We have a situation today where effectively the content is being paid for by the newspapers [...]
Skillset of the journalist of the future
Sunday, 4 March 2007, 11:19
The Chicago Tribune’s interactive division is hoping to hire a journalist specialising in interactive database production of the sort Adrian Holovaty has been advocating.
The requirements for the job are pretty demanding:
- 2-5 years’ experience with databases, preferably in a newsroom
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English or related discipline
- Computer-assisted reporting background or similar
- Demonstrated knowledge of statistics, statistical analysis, etc.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience in database content entry and management
- Broad experience with data sources, data mining and database
concepting - Familiarity with database interfaces and web presentation layers
- Basic knowledge of HTML and Flash required; advanced skills
desirable
A journalism or English graduate with quantitative and technical skills to go with a deep understanding of how the web works. There aren’t many people with that skillset.
What’s worse, I can’t imagine how anyone would obtain those skills through conventional journalism education.
I can’t think of any journalism course in Britain that prepares students for a career path that might eventually involve applying for a job like this — although I’d love to be corrected if I’m wrong.
Update 9/3: There has been a lot of activity on this topic since I posted this. Adrian Holovaty is hiring at WashingtonPost.com, while Matt Waite counsels newspapers stop looking for the next Holovaty and to concentrate on finding these skills among existing staff. Meanwhile, Mark Glaser of MediaShift has a great report on what various other US newspapers are doing in this area.
