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Being a jackass is a NCAA sanctioned event
A trio or more of media groups have been asking the NCAA to sit down and talk about changes it has ordered in the coverage of NCAA events that are detrimental to news organizations and their audiences. So far, the NCAA just hasn’t found the time for a sitdown; no doubt, busy counting the cash…
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Are comments just so 2009?
Some recent links about comments on websites. Build a ladder of interactivity to engage your readers with your publishing business Embedding Google+ Comments on Websites Will Boost Google+ to New Levels Are Comments on Websites Effective? : WebPub Xark!: Why I shut down comments Why comments have been turned off on the FM website. It’s…
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A resolution for 2013: Critically rethink news beats
A good 2013 resolution for editors in newspaper newsrooms is: Critically rethink beats. There is a great discussion of why beats need rethinking that began over the weekend. Former Greensboro News & Record editor John Robinson sparked it in a blog post titled “Fix Local News Or Die*.” He writes: Here’s the problem: Either local…