Month: December 2007

  • Web Celeb in our midst

    Tuesday evening Forbes magazine published its second  “Web Celebs 25.” What’s a Web Celeb? Forbes says its a person famous primarily for creating or appearing in Internet-based content, and for being highly recognizable to a Web-based audience. At No. 21 is Glenn Reynolds of Knoxville, of whom Forbes says: By day, Glenn Reynolds is the…

  • Up for 3 Edgies!

    The Newspaper Association of America announced its Digital Edge Award finalists this afternoon and knoxnews is a finalist in three categories! Most Innovative Visitor Participation Circ. 75,000 – 250,000KnoxNews.com: School Matters (Knoxnews.com/Knoxville News Sentinel)Oklahoma World War II Stories (NewsOK.com/The Oklahoman)Polkvoice.com (The Lakeland Ledger)Tampa Bay Area Artists’ Database (TBO.com) Best Design and Site Architecture Circ. 75,000…

  • What race cars and newspaper Web sites have in common

    The headline on Yoni Greenbaum’s post about innovation at newspaper Web sites got me thinking about NASCAR. NASCAR and innovation at newspaper Web sites? Bizarre, admittedly. Well, OK, his headline is “Don’t let your website get lapped.” That happens in NASCAR on a regular basis to the also rans and sometimes to the contenders when…