About a year ago, I and many others suggested making an iTunes for newspapers but we see now that that might not be such a great idea considering the music industry and a million other blog posts about paying for stories. iTunes also would prohibit the type of content possible and revenue potential considering Apple would ...
My point is, anyone can innovate any time, anywhere. You can do it in small increments so no one will notice. A method I've heard here is that you innovate and change in small ways over a long period of time. At the end of your journey, everything is completely different but everyone thinks of ...
In imagination land, we'll partner with Comma Coffee, a locally owned coffee shop in Carson City. We'll go with the original idea, where Swift partners to put Nevada Appeal newspapers and a Nevada Appeal reporter in the coffee shop almost all day. We have Online Community Managers (OCMs), so let's say it's one of those ...
Journalists write stories. Most stories are intended to convey information. The strategic thinking that should be the next step — who needs this information, how might they act on it, how will they find it, how will they share it, how is it useful to them? — gets little attention in most newsrooms. This piece ...
I apologize to any of our regular readers for being a horrible blogger. I've been swamped with completing school and have admittedly not thought much about journalism. To make up for it, I'll blog regularly while I'm at the Poynter Institute and when I return to Reno for the Newspaper Association of ...
The “future of journalism” discussion usually gets framed in the context of editorial content. We ask questions like: “how can we better connect with readers?” “how can we use technology to build communities?” “how do we ingrain ourselves into the conversation of existing communities?” or “how do we become a vital part of readers’ lives?” Some ...
Working for a newspaper in today’s economy is like being in an abusive relationship. It has its brilliant highs — experimenting with new technologies, connecting with readers like never before, getting the story first and right, building lasting relationships with sources and colleagues and becoming the articulate, hard-hitting reporter you always knew you could be. ...
This one is a bit longer but very awesome. Specifically check out the area starting at 9 minutes. The video is of Nick Bilton, Design Integration Editor for The New York Times and the User Interface Specialist & Lead Researcher for The New York Times Research & Development Lab to the O’Reilly Tools of Change for ...