Aug
5
Plucked from the avalanche of information and opinion that is the internet:
- US: Two dailies and three weeklies to merge. Interesting that while the buzzword is hyperlocal, in Idaho, Lee Enterprises is cutting costs/staff and going regional.
- A video resource for learning video. Andy Dickinson finds some great stuff and shares it with the rest of us. I love this kind of thing: the more I can point my students to online tech training, the more time I can spend talking about the journalism.
- Harnessing the wisdom of users at the Houston Chronicle. Interesting idea in Houston: “sphere blogs” on climate change, astronomy and space, and evolution run by specialists (who aren’t paid).
- Newspaper industry woes deconstructed. This piece by Bryan Murley is just plain fun (and maybe a little painful for some).
- E&P Tries to Reach Young Journalists. Or, as Amy Gahran wonders, are they trying to reach old journalists and explain the young journalists to them? And, as Amy writes, it’s interesting that in a blog aimed at young reporters, they’ve chosen a title — –31– — that harks back to earlier days and likely makes no sense to young reporters.
- Deputy News Director. NowPublic is looking for someone to do a whole bunch of Web 2.0 newsy things. Via Ryan Sholin’s Twitter feed.
- And speaking of Twitter. Bill Walsh, copy editor and blogger, author of Lapsing into a Comma and The Elephants of Styles, has a feed now.
- 42 things I know. William Lobdell, late of the LA Times, lists the reasons he left the Times and his view of why the newspaper, and the industry, is in such trouble. A lot here to read, ponder and argue with (as some of the commenters already have). Via Joshua Benton at Facebook.
- shelfari. A social network for people who love books, with a Delicious Library-like interface, author profiles, reviews, comments, groups and more.
