ESPN looks to the future of sports coverage
January 30, 2015
Neat look at ESPN and how it’s trying to embrace a future full of media disruptions.
Is 'Serial' bad journalism?
January 30, 2015
Is the wildy popular “Serial” podcast bad journalism or is objectivity in journalism a threadbare concept?
Google most trusted source for news and information
January 21, 2015
Newspapers, and legacy media in general, have always thought that a key competitive advantage is being viewed as a “trusted source” of news and information.
Freedom of speech often takes courage
January 18, 2015
Good watch for this holiday weekend, "The Editor and the Dragon," the story of W. Horace Carter (Jan. 20, 1921 - Sept. 16, 2009), a community newspaper editor in Tabor City, N.C., who courageously editorialized against the Carolina Ku Klux...
CNN gets FAA approval for drone tests
January 13, 2015
My guess is this news is huge for news media use of drone aircraft.
An ancient list of digital newspapers
January 05, 2015
David Carlson reminded me today of a list I created in November 1993 of all the U.S. newspapers I knew of that had electronic new services.
Social media drives traffic, but the prize is direct users
September 25, 2014Evolving is a painful process
August 17, 2014The old and the new
August 01, 2014
The old knoxnews (a design in use for just over seven years) and the new design, launched July 22, 2014. The old site was on the “Ellington” platform; the new one uses “Endplay.” What’s up with the German ads? We...