Jan
25
A little blogging from Vancouver while we hunker down and wait for the snow.
- Mike Huckabee stumps in Fort Lauderdale. Not for the story so much as how it is told. Chuck Fadely, writing on the Yahoo news video group: “One of our videographers, Candace Barbot, shot a late-evening Huckabee event last night with a Canon S5is to save a little time. Shot on the S5is and edited in Final Cut. As I have said many times, it’s not about the gear.”
- Australia’s oldest news magazine axed after 128 years. Falling circulation is not only a North American problem.
- Don’t shoot the messengers. Alan Mutter plays with some fascinating figures as he ponders the possibility that some newspapers may face an even greater crunch as they default on debt payments.
- The lament of a “local” journalist (me). A great essay from the trenches. The short version: “Going all-local may save newspapers (although that jury’s still out), but what about the poor actual journalist — whose entire career plan was to get OFF the local beat.” Read the whole thing.
- Outside.in and The Washington Post. The week that EveryBlock launches, the hyperlocal site Outside.in and the WaPo get together for local coverage. Interesting times.
- Wall Street Journal Content to Remain Behind Pay Wall. Rupert, apparently, still sees the potential to make money from content, especially when you’re the very big fish in a very important pond.
- Student editor opposes Gannett takeover of CSU newspaper. Gannett wants the student newspaper, the students don’t want Gannett.
- New rules on Calgary newspaper boxes. The Alberta city wants to keep city streets clear and the litter to a minimum. This is the least surprising quote from the article: “Paid paper Calgary Herald is in favor of only permitting paid papers to use racks in the streets.”
- Front line. With newspapers doing video, it’s not surprising that Canada’s national broadcaster, the CBC, would try it’s hand at audio slideshows. What is surprising is how unimpressive the audio portion is.
- You Suck at Photoshop #4. This series is still better than TV. And educational, too.
