Dec
6
A few things:
- The Future of Print Publishing and Paid Content. Scott Karp, the short version: print is not dead, paid content is not dead, but delivery has changed forever, and so have the ideas about value
- Newsgathering online: the missing canoeist. From Adrian Monck news of how a single mom used Google to out-investigate police and media.
- The media biz. A couple of articles related to the business of newspapering: McClatchy, Scripps Forecast Decline in 2008 Revenue and New York Times Climbs on Stock Upgrade.
- Dan Froomkin: Citizen Journalists, Start Your Engines! Interesting on several levels. The Washington Post reporter points to the fact that the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “has started posting preliminary transcripts of many of its hearings on its Web site, giving everyone a chance to pore through testimony and find news the MSM may have overlooked.” As well as turning the bloggers and governance junkies lose, Dan includes this: “This is a great opportunity for citizen journalists to become Washington reporters. If you find some overlooked news in these or other transcripts, e-mail me your blog posts or your findings, and I’ll try to make sure that they aren’t overlooked as well.” Talk about trying to harness the power of the interested crowd.
- Flat-footed in Omaha. How to ensure that your newspaper assumes lesser relevance when big news breaks.
