Why Local Stories Require Local Reporters by Susan Johnston
Robert Niles of The Online Journalism Review recently blogged about the importance of using local writers to cover local news. Rather than importing journalism grads eager to work their way up to...
View ArticleThe Daily Beast’s Digital Challenge
In 2008, The Daily Beast launched as an ambitious online effort by magazine legend Tina Brown. That effort took a detour two years ago, when it merged with old-line print publication Newsweek. The...
View ArticleTablet users to websites:“Give it to me faster”
Five words sum up what a new survey says mobile users want from websites: “Give it to me faster.” The latest results from a survey of mobile users by Keynote Competitive Research shows 60% of tablet...
View ArticlePAYWALL TIMES: Postmedia launches new metered paywalls for Canadian titles
Canadian publisher Postmedia today launched paywalls for a number of its newspaper websites, including the Vancouver Sun, The Province and Ottawa Citizen. The metered paywalls introduced for...
View ArticleHarvard ha recopilado las mejores historias publicadas acerca del periodismo...
Carátula del libro ‘El Futuro de las Noticias como se conocen”. (Foto: Nieman Journalism Lab) Por Roberto García Más artículos de este autor Última actualización 03/08/2012@16:44:30 GMT+1 La...
View ArticleDIGITAL FIORST: Patriot-News, Post-Standard GO TO PRINT three days a week
by Andrew Beaujon Published Aug. 28, 2012 10:33 am UpdatedAug. 28, 2012 4:47 pm Pennlive | Syracuse.com The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Penn State...
View ArticleDigital news: Blogs vs PRO
by Jeff Sonderman PublishedAug. 29, 2012 11:15 am Reynolds Journalism Institute The public’s trust in the institution of the press may be fading, and digital platforms have opened the publishing world...
View ArticleHurricane Isaac, Times-Picayune e-edition
by Andrew Beaujon Published Aug. 30, 2012 9:10 am UpdatedAug. 30, 2012 11:16 am Any day a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast, the Times-Picayune’s front page is a must-peek. But Thursday’s front page is...
View ArticleHyperlocal: Pasadena publisher launches a system for outsourcing local news
A publisher in Pasadena, CA, who said he received death threats when he started hiring workers in India to write local stories five years ago nevertheless has launched a business to help other local...
View ArticleBlock-by-Blockers Respond to Borrell’s Revenue Prescription
Local research guru and Borrell Associates CEO Gordon Borrell infuriated some hyperlocal publishers earlier this month when he said “advertisers don’t want to be around local news.” It was a...
View ArticleDisney park launches old-style newspaper
By SARAH TULLY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ANAHEIM – Disney creators are turning to an old-fashioned method of giving out information to visitors: a newspaper. The Buena Vista Bugle debuted this...
View ArticleBenvenuti a L’Huffington Post!
Ciao desde Roma, donde estoy encantada de anunciar el lanzamiento de L’Huffington Post, que trae la mezcla de noticias, blogs, comunidad y participación social que caracteriza HuffPost a Italia....
View ArticleNuevos medios para un mundo nuevo x Lucia Annunzziata
Italia y Europa están en plena turbulencia económica. La crisis de la deuda, el euro amenazado y el trauma de la globalización se han unido para poner en peligro los dos pilares que habían sostenido el...
View ArticleFunded By $22M From Publishers, Wanderful Media Reinvents The Newspaper...
A startup called Wanderful Media wants to find a place for circulars (those printed flyers full of the latest deals and coupons) in the digital world. Circulars have long been a staple of printed...
View ArticleHow People Get Local News and Information in Different Communities
September 26, 2012 Summary of Findings In January, 2011 the Pew Research Center‘s Project for Excellence in Journalism and Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with the Knight...
View ArticleHiperlocal News: How Community News is Faring
By Michael Remez of the Pew Research Center In 2011, the landscape of community news websites reached a new level of maturity. Some seed grants ran out, there were more startups, some highly publicized...
View ArticlePaul Janensch: Stopping the presses! Some larger cities now without daily...
As of Oct. 1, New Orleans is the largest city in the country without its own daily printed newspaper. An ink-on-paper version of The Times-Picayune, after a 175-year run as a daily, now is printed and...
View ArticleGlobe details plan to charge for web content
The Globe and Mail unveiled more details of its paywall Monday, as it prepares to join the growing ranks of North American newspapers that are asking users to pay for online content. Citing the need to...
View ArticlePaywall Times: Chicago Tribune sets charge for online content
The Chicago Tribune will begin charging consumers for accessing its online content, the newspaper said Thursday. The paywall plan was outlined in a memo to employees Thursday and offers digital only...
View ArticleHow Three News Organizations Are Optimizing Their Digital Content
by: Tim Sohn It’s no secret that newspapers and online-only news organizations are dedicating more and more resources to their websites and other digital products. At the same time, publishers are...
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