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Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says
Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.
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Nov 14, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Tracking web buzz
The increasing popularity of sites that let users submit, save and vote for Web pages they find online means that journalists have great new tools at their fingertips for finding story ideas. Here's a great site to help you track what's popular online.
Apr 17, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
In net age, writers need to get to the point
Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell writes about how readers are increasingly complaining about anecdotal leads and wanting newspaper writers to get to the point, especially in the Internet era.
Ann Schappi of Alexandria wrote: "The interesting thing is that papers are more than a dozen years behind the news trends -- feature-style writing was a fine way to lure the 'non-news reader' into buying the paper in the pre-Internet days. Now, people are on information overload and used to Blackberry-screen-sized bits of meaning. So you better write tight and get to the point fast -- if you don't grab the readers' attention in the first one to three sentences, most aren't going to bother reading further."
Apr 11, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Chronicle podcasts reader calls
Here's an interesting podcasting idea: The San Francisco Chronicle has created a new podcast, "Correct Me If I'm Wrong," that features readers' voice mails.
You can also find a couple of remixed versions in the comments section of Engadget here.
Really clever idea.
Jan 29, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Nieman Reports: Goodbye Gutenberg
Nieman Reports has dedicated its latest issue to the future of newspapers and digital publishing, covering everything from building community to convergence.
Jan 24, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
24/7 Iraq news site launches
A new site, IraqSlogger.com, offers Iraq news links, original reporting and opinion, and is aiming to be "the world's premier Iraq-focused information source." The site, which officially launches this week, is run by former CNN news chief Eason Jordan and produced by a staff with experience in both journalism and the military.
Dec 20, 2006 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
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