Author: Jack Lail

  • First of a series of APME online credibility roundtables held

    It would be fair to say when it comes to online, and more specifically comments on news sites, we’re making it up as we go. Because it’s evolving, it’s great to get some feedback and ideas from others. That’s what we did Wednesday night. The Associated Press Managing Editors and the Knoxville News Sentinel held…

  • Sizzling science on bacon and social media

    The whole bacon thing explained. Yo, Michael Silence. Scientfic-ish proof that bacon ain’t no sausage.

  • More editors willing to pay the price of paid content

    Despite the buzz on paid content, subscription sites and micro-payments, the idea that putting up pay walls and toll booths to save newspapers seems destined to only hasten the erosion of community relevance for newspapers. If the newspaper industry were Twitter, going to paid content most certainly would be a “Fail Whale” moment. But unlike…