Month: August 2008

  • Meanwhile, back at the entity formerly known as a print newspaper

    While I was out of town yesterday, the newsroom at the Knoxville News Sentinel was doing an outstanding job of breaking news coverage of a shooting at a Knoxville high school. Complete coverage is here. Breaking text, photos, videos, SMS alerts, email and Twittering. A photo gallery of the breaking news and two breaking news…

  • Because I said so

    One of my favorite Knoxville voices has a new blog project. See Katie Allison Granju’s “Because I said so.” And sure, she’s maintaining her well-known personal blog. Before leaving WBIR for a new job with the E.W. Scripps corporate interactive office in Knoxville, Katie launched and grew Knoxvilletalks.com,  a very fresh and vibrant approach to…

  • The AP isn’t your old newspaper’s wire service any more

    Jason Preston: The AP is poised to flip the age-old relationship of content provider and distributor. Inside ten years, the AP will control the distribution path to the largest possible audience, and will be offering member papers a kickback on all ads served against its articles. Papers would be insane not to take that deal.…