Michael Massing, writing in the New York Review of Books, recently took an in-depth look at blogs, their detractors and their effect on the news industry. He also notes that the industry lost 26,000 jobs in the last 18 months, more than five times what I cited in my commencement speech post over the weekend. Massing’s article is worth a read.
On Saturday Steve Buttry wrote in his blog that he was done posting in opposition to paywalls. He feels there’s little more he can do to prevent the “paywall fiasco” to come. Buttry adds that perhaps David Simon, the journalist, paywall supporter and creator of “The Wire”, will be able to salvage something dramatic from [...]
Looking to build traffic on your local news Web site? Start by posting nothing but stories about crime and area controversies. Robbery arrests, school board sniping, purse-snatching sprees – online news consumers are crazy for ‘em. For an example, take my hometown paper’s Web site www.buffalonews.com. Yesterday the New York Times, among other news sources, [...]
To the college journalism classes of 2009-2010: You are not special. I know that’s a strange way to begin a commencement address, but this obviously isn’t your typical speech. It’s July, after all, and the school year has yet to start. But now really is the best time to talk about this, because you still [...]
