Journalism, Technology, History

Your morning newspaper is a collector's item

Media consultant Vin Crosbie has created a stir with a thought-provoking two-of-three-parts on the transformation of the newspaper industry. The short take: More than half of the 1,439 daily newspapers in the United States won’t exist in print, e-paper, or...

15,000 reporters are in Denver because ...

A question from “Glenn in Knoxville” leads “Uncle Jay” to explain why so many reporters (some 15,000) are covering the Democratic National Convention. Ah, uh, well, it might explain a few things about newspaper management.

OK, we flunked five assignments

In the Adversity is a Mean Teacher Department, ValleyWag has a typically snarky, but mostly appropriate post about five ways the newspaper botched the Web. My CliffsNotes version: No porn on Viewtron. (How’d we miss that one?) New Century Network...

R. Neal in Denver

Knoxville blogger Randy Neal (of KnoxViews and Tennviews fame) blogging at the Democratic National Convention. It’ll be interesting to see his perspectives on the proceedings. He also has aggregated many other bloggers at the convention.

Innovating at DNC

Video coverage of the Democratic National Convention with Nokia N95’s by UNLV journalism students. Learn more.

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...

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...

Obnoxious wins for now

You may not like it (and I think it reduces traffic), but expect to see more, not less, pre-roll video advertising. We need to evolve to something that works for viewers and advertisers. Being obnoxious can’t be good long term....
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