April 2008
The Archives
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04.30.08Facebook, in real lifeDisturbingly accurate and very funny. Via British sketch comedy collective Idiots of Ants.
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04.30.08Evening reading + house cleaningDue to my previous comment issue and the theme I was using not being supported any more, I decided to redecorate. Plus, being that I am talking about online journalism and the "future" of the medium, I thought it fitting that I have a more streamlined, futuristic theme. I'm quite pleased with it actually, though there are still some minor tweaks to make. Some reading for today: It seems Cablevision Systems Corps. is joining the bidding war for Newsday. Looks like this one might be bloody. The 7th Annual APMR Online Convergence Awards are open! Who will be the biggest innovator? The San Diego ...
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04.29.08Online feature: Las Vegas Sun, ‘Bomb Demonstration’I've been incredibly impressed with the online presence of the Las Vegas Sun. There's something about the site that just breathes and feels welcoming. One area where they are shining is their multimedia offerings. Like I mentioned in a post yesterday, they include a multimedia link as an integral part of their navigation. There it is, right there at the top just screaming 'Click Me!' One of the pieces they ran recently was a video piece bomb testing and demonstration held by the Las Vegas Fire Department in the Nevada desert. What I liked most about this was that when you go ...
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04.29.08Dissecting the NYTimes.com with design director Khoi VinhDespite what Craig Ferguson says, the NYTimes is still leading the charge in many areas of journalism, most notably in the online world. The Times has been continually improving their online user experience and things seem to have really moved ahead since they took down their pay wall, something that all newspapers should do right now. The NY Times is running week long, Talk to the Newsroom segment with Khoi Vinh, design director of NYTimes.com. What's great about the interaction is that the questions are reader questions and not bland interviewer questions. It's really a great chance to look behind the ...
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04.28.08Where’s the multimedia tab?In perusing several newspaper Web sites I noticed an oddity. Many sites, though I won't mention any names, did not have a 'multimedia/interactive/data" tab as part of their navigation. For most of them it was shoved halfway down the page, sometimes even several scrolls below the main content. This is a travesty at this stage in the game. Even if your site doesn't have much in the way of interactive online content, you should already be paving the way for that content in the future. Whether it be audio slideshows, video or even just picture galleries, readers should have a direct ...
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04.27.08Quote of the Day*From Ryan Sholin's post on '10 obvious things about the future of newspapers you need to get through your head': J-schools can either play a critical role in training the next generation of journalists, or they can fade into irrelevancy. Teach multimedia, interactivity and data, or watch your students become frustrated and puzzled as they try to get jobs with five clips and a smile. That's what I've been trying to iterate to so many of my fellow students (well, former students, I take the big walk on Friday). These same students laugh and smirk at my "blogging" yet don't understand ...
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04.26.08What would make the best news Web site CMS platform?Right now newspapers use a variety of tools to update their Web sites. Some use proprietary content-management systems similar to Wordpress or MoveableType, while others maintain simple, yet highly customizable HTML pages. Different sized organizations are still getting their online legs and figuring out what works best for them. None of these systems have been perfected and most continue to evolve as technology increases. Eventually, however, most major news organizations are going to have to either have in-house developers in their technology department or hire contract Web developers create a CMS platform so they can stay competitive and relevant in an ...
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04.26.08Sunday talk lineup; Sen. Barack Obama on ‘Fox News Sunday’Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ——— ABC's "This Week" — Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.; former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; Reps. Artur Davis, D-Ala., and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. ——— CBS' "Face the Nation" — David Axelrod, campaign adviser for Barack Obama; Howard Wolfson, campaign adviser for Hillary Rodham Clinton; Roger Mudd, author of a book on CBS news. ——— NBC's "Meet the Press" — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. ——— CNN's "Late Edition" — Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y; Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich.; Steve Coll, author of a book on the bin Laden family; James Rubin, a Clinton campaign ...
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04.25.08Darwin Award in 3…2…1Via Gizmodo
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04.24.08Thursday afternoon readingsA quick rundown of some of today's interesting articles: Editor & Publisher is reporting that only 11 top newspaper Web sites are reporting an increase in time spent. Mark Glaser of MediaShift interviews William Bastone, creator of 'The Smoking Gun'. Philip M. Stone: "Let's rename the newsroom the content room." Ruth Hochberger of HuffPo thinks it "...it will be a sad day for journalism if Murdoch swallows Newsday." NY Times allows 'Welcome ads'; How deep will the ad-rabbit hold go? Romenesko: Boston Globe accepts buyout applications from 23 staffers
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04.24.08‘Suck on this’ Thomas FriedmanYou may have heard that NYT columnist Thomas Friedman was recently hit with a pie at a speech he was giving. Yes, above is the video. The proof is in the pudding, or meringue perhaps. Friedman has been under fire since an appearance on Charlie Rose where he summed up the War in Iraq by saying: "Suck on this!" What does this have to do with online journalism? Nothing, it's just rather hilarious. Carry on.
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04.24.08Facebook chat makes FB even more useful for journalistsYou may or may not have noticed that social networking site Facebook recently launched its online, real-time chat service. The beauty of it is, much like Gmail chat, it is integrated into your Facebook front end with nothing to install and no changes to make. You can disable it, but it's an opt-out feature rather than an opt-in. Your "buddy list" is populated by your friends as they sign in and out of Facebook. You send them messages just like a third-party chatting client and they respond. Easy as cake (though it is a lie). What can this do for (online) journalists? While ...
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04.23.08‘New Media Bytes’ is ridiculously informativeAll right, that's it, I'm packing it up. No need for me to be yammering away about online journalism stuff when people like Shawn Smith have everything covered over at New Media Bytes. Smith is a senior news producer at MLive.com, the online arm of Booth Newspapers in Michigan. Honestly, his blog is the most comprehensive site I've seen covering topics such as, but are not limited to, Twitter and journalists, new media metrics and how to coerce your newsroom into accepting the online world. Some notable posts: Ultimate guide to Twitter tools for Journalists Best newspaper blogs for comments, community and readability ...
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04.23.08Wednesday reading in the online world(See second story) My obligatory smattering of links for today: Chicago's 'RedEye' is using Facebook to connect to readers, even so far as putting some of them in print. Nina Simon at Museum 2.0 talks about the cost of Web 2.0 ventures, not in dollars however, but in time spent. Election 2.0 = virtual debates. Two things that need to happen in order to save journalism, according to Sean Blanda. Performancing: Advice for bloggers, less is more! Rupert Murdoch is closing in on Newsday for the kill. Speaking of Murdoch, Jeff Jarvis weighs in on the matter. And Gawker publisher Nick Denton is also wondering why the old man ...
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04.23.08Scarborough Newspaper Audience Ratings Report 2008Consumer shopping research firm Scarborough Research, a Nielsen Media affiliate, has released its 2008 Newspaper Audience Ratings Report. The SNARR, besides just being a fun word to say, can be a useful and quick measure for newspapers, but it is not a perfect measure. CLICK HERE to read the report. (PDF) What does all of this mean? The numbers are basically a measure of your organization's market penetration, meaning what percentage of the audience in a specific 'Designated Market Area' you have. In this case, the DMA is a specific grouping of counties that is in the newspaper's coverage area. This is an OK ...
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