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Apr 23, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"Senator, thank you for inviting me to speak at these hearings. But,
with respect, I believe you are investigating the wrong issue from the
wrong angle and in any case, I am not sure what role you and government
should have in this matter."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"People are sharing their experiences of financial hardship via a new user-generated content initiative from the New York Times.
Picturing the Recession asks readers to submit photos which capture the signs of economic troubles in their homes, neighbourhoods and towns."
Picturing the Recession asks readers to submit photos which capture the signs of economic troubles in their homes, neighbourhoods and towns."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"As newspapers shed copy editors and post more and more unedited stories online, what’s the impact on their content?"
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"If a website's editorial mission focuses on building community, as I've argued,
so should its advertising sales strategy focus on community as well.
Don't fall into the trap of selling potential advertisers nothing more
than numbers; don't neglect to sell them on the opportunity to support
the community that you are building."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
Robert Niles provides advice to community journalists looking to write content for online newspapers.
"That's a harsh realization for many journalists, who have worked intensely to cover their communities for years. But effort and will don't deliver readers. Information that engages and rewards them does."
"That's a harsh realization for many journalists, who have worked intensely to cover their communities for years. But effort and will don't deliver readers. Information that engages and rewards them does."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
David Chase, owner of Sunvalley Online provide a critique for newspapers going online only.
"I'd like to welcome the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to the world of pureplay, online-only local Internet sites."
"I'd like to welcome the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to the world of pureplay, online-only local Internet sites."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"Most newspaper websites are doing a bad design job in making their stories readable."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes included online-only news organizations
“primarily dedicated to original news reporting and coverage of
ongoing stories” for the first time — and the Awards got 65 entries from 37 different online-only entities. One primarily online organization, Politico, was a finalist — in Cartooning. The Awards cited Matt Wuerker of Politico
for his engaging mix of art and ideas, resulting in cleverly conceived
cartoons that persuade rather than rant and that sometimes use
animation to widen their impact."
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"[T]he journalistic future I think we’re about to embark upon: that of
free-agent professionals who are medium agnostic and can produce text,
audio and video for just about any kind of media outlet, including one
they individually control. Think of it as blended reporting.?"
Apr 22, 2009
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
"This is the first of two reports from the International Symposium on
Online Journalism. To get a more extensive look what was said at this
weekend’s symposium, go to the the Online Journalism Symposium Blog at or look for tweets from the symposium at #isoj"
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