Washington Post, Bonneville end joint radio venture
August 30, 2007
“Washington Post Radio was an experiment in stretching the idea that it doesn’t really matter through what platform you get your news — what’s important, rather, is who the storytellers are,” says Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher.
“The idea that Post executives fell in love with remains an important one: If the American newspaper is to survive as the basic foundation of newsgathering in this country, the companies that produce daily papers will have to find ways to sell their wares in various other media,” Fisher wrote. “But what the demise of Post Radio teaches is that that expansion into other crafts will mean that news organizations must hire and train people with a different set of talents and passions, and that inevitably entails a different concept of what the news is.”
NAA Media Innovation Awards accepting entries
August 30, 2007
NAA has taken the best of both the ACME and Digital Edge Awards and combined them into the NAA Media Innovation Awards, which include award categories that fit both online and print innovations in newspaper media.
Click here for details and to enter.
When to remove online content
August 30, 2007
As if the ins and outs of Web publishing weren’t challenging enough, news organizations are facing growing questions about whether, how and when to unpublish. Specifically, Poynter looks at when is the the best solution actually to wipe something off a site completely?
How not to use PowerPoint
August 30, 2007
When Bad News Follows You
August 29, 2007
New York Times editors say they recognize that “because the Internet has opened to the world material once available only from microfilm or musty clippings in the newspaper’s library, they have a new obligation to minimize harm.”
Public Editor Clark Hoyt writes:
But what can they do? The choices all seem fraught with pitfalls. You can’t accept someone’s word that an old article was wrong. What if that person who was charged with abusing a child really was guilty? Re-report every story challenged by someone? Impossible, said Jonathan Landman, the deputy managing editor in charge of the newsroom’s online operation: there’d be time for nothing else.
CNN: Leading the pack in… newswriting?
August 29, 2007
Web 2.oh’s Craig Stolz writes:
The folks at CNN have figured out what editors of newspapers figured out by the 1920s or so but then (how?) forgot when they made the transition to the Web: People skim the news, scanning headlines, decks, picture/captions, and reading (sometimes) ledes and (rarely) the story to the jump and (very rarely indeed) all the way to the end….
cbsnews.com, washingtonpost.com partner
August 28, 2007
cbsnews.com and washingtonpost.com have partnered for the 2008 election campaign. The two sites will share political content throughout the duration of the 2008 Presidential campaign. washingtonpost.com will feature video coverage from CBS News correspondents, producers and off-air reporters while news, analysis and commentary from the Washington Post’s political reporters and columnists will appear on CBSNews.com. The partnership will also provide readers the opportunity to engage with each news organization’s reporters and correspondents, who will jointly participate in live chats and other online activities.
The Wall Street Journal Online Adds First Video Podcast, ‘Tech Diary’
August 28, 2007
The Wall Street Journal Online today announced the launch of a new video podcast, “Andy Jordan’s Tech Diary.” In a regular video segment that can be viewed free at www.wsj.com/techdiary, WSJ.com technology reporter Andy Jordan chronicles the (often odd) stories that can be found when people and technology come together. He will spend time with people and the technology they use, watching what happens to the people — and the technology.
Doubt: A new look at murder
August 28, 2007
New interactive feature from the St. Pete Times: “He is serving life for murdering his wife, but did he do it? Only he knows. Is there reasonable doubt? Yes, starting with a new fingerprint match.”
Ex-Star-Tribune publisher raises $1.1 million to start online daily
August 27, 2007
A former Star-Tribune editor and publisher has raised $1.1 million to launch a new online daily publication covering Minnesota and the Twin Cities. Joel Kramer says many of the contributors to MinnPost.com will be former Pioneer Press and Star Tribune reporters.