Gannett Blog: Econ 101: To preserve Gannett Blog after Dec. 31, I begin testing journalism’s new business model
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 07:01
Jim Hopkins: "I'm now starting the time clock on an experiment illustrating the brutal economics of online journalism. Based on the long odds, I'll probably fail — pushing Gannett Blog closer to its demise, and showing on a micro level why Gannett's survival is so threatened. I'm looking for ways to earn about $24,000 a year from several sources to supplement my income, now that USA Today's severance checks are ending. A logical place to start: this blog…"
Gannett Blog: Econ 101: To preserve Gannett Blog after Dec. 31, I begin testing journalism’s new business model
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 07:01
Jim Hopkins: "I'm now starting the time clock on an experiment illustrating the brutal economics of online journalism. Based on the long odds, I'll probably fail — pushing Gannett Blog closer to its demise, and showing on a micro level why Gannett's survival is so threatened. I'm looking for ways to earn about $24,000 a year from several sources to supplement my income, now that USA Today's severance checks are ending. A logical place to start: this blog…"
Mastering Multimedia: Video: Quality vs. Quantity Debate Rages On
Monday, 13 October 2008, 07:14
Colin Mulvany wades into the online video "quality vs. quantity" debate with some questions about video journalism objectives that every newsroom should consider…
Rob Curley: Newspaper-produced video: quality vs. quantity?
Monday, 13 October 2008, 07:08
"I’ve seen some amazing pieces of video journalism (both here in Las Vegas and definitely at The Washington Post) where journalism think-tanks and professors around the country went absolutely nuts about how much they loved it. And then I see the traffic to those videos and I realize only the journalism think-tanks and professors, and probably the videographer’s parents/family, watched it."
FT.com: Why journalism wins my vote
Sunday, 12 October 2008, 09:02
FT editor Lionel Barber on the state of newspapers in the US: "[I]t seems undeniable that 2008 – and the coverage of the presidential election – will be seen as a tipping point in American journalism. The imperial status of the mainstream media – the television networks, big metropolitan dailies and lofty commentators – has been shaken. The lay-offs of hundreds of US newspaper journalists are a symptom of a wider malaise. We are witnessing a shift in the balance of power towards new media, with wholesale repercussions for the practice of journalism."
Inside Guardian.co.uk: guardian.co.uk goes geotagging and gets Google maps
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 12:57
Paul Carvill: "We have published our first article containing geolocation data! We introduced this feature in the US Elections blog pages to track our reporters as they travel with the presidential election campaigns. On those pages you can see a Google map with the points marked where our reporter wrote a blogpost. … . We are using the GeoRSS Simple location encoding standard."
Gary Andrews: Local news FAIL
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 12:54
"Had the full [Exeter Express &] Echo article been online at that point in time, I wouldn’t have needed to go elsewhere to find this out. Nor try and fill in the Exeter-specific gaps that I simply couldn’t find anywhere else."
BBC News: Magazine: The High Street
Friday, 10 October 2008, 16:47
Nice multimedia feature from the BBC News Online Magazine. "What began as a credit crisis in banking now seems to have spread to other parts of the economy, with some experts saying the UK is already in recession. But how is it affecting shopkeepers? We visited Shirley High Street in Southampton"
Holdthefrontpage.co.uk: Trinity Mirror titles launch wiki for the North-East
Friday, 10 October 2008, 12:28
"Trinity Mirror put out a national call to staff to come forward with bright ideas in a bid to find 'the next big thing.' … The competition was won by web developer Louise Midgley, who works for Trinity's North-East division… [She] has already received a cash prize and … will also win a future share of any profits from her idea."
Wiki North East - An interactive archive for and about the people, places and events of the North East
Friday, 10 October 2008, 12:21
A clever idea from Trinity Mirror's papers in Newcastle and Teesside: "Wiki North East is a collaboration of editorial articles and user generated content for and about the people, places and events of the North East."
ReelSEO: How Important is a Video SEO Strategy For Newspapers?
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 12:02
"Just how important is video SEO for newspaper companies? “Their survival depends on it at this point,” says Jake Matthews, Partner and VP of Business Development for 10e20, and head of their search marketing campaigns and video strategy."
Eat Sleep Publish: Interview with New York Times SEO expert Marshall Simmonds
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 21:56
"I had a chance to ask Marshall Simmonds, who is the Chief Search Strategist for the New York Times, a few technical questions about SEO for newspapers. As you’d expect, the answers are a little bit technical too. But this might be a good one to forward to your team of developers."
Hitwise: The cult of Robert Peston and BBC blogs
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 21:41
Robin Goad: "UK Internet searches for ‘robert peston’ have shot up over the last month."
NCTJ: Videojournalism for Websites
Monday, 6 October 2008, 09:29
"A short training film offering advice and guidance to students, trainees and journalists on shooting news videos for websites."
