I think this story in the New York Times hints at the future work world for journalists. It’s about a new internet news site called The Politico, which will cover politics leading into the 2008 presidential election. It’s much like traditional media in that it […]
Here is an interesting conversation surrounding Chris Anderson (editor of Wired) and his initial post he made a couple of weeks ago on “radical transparency.” I like Jeff’s quote about what a magazine should be. “But I do think the truly radical transformation would be […]
A continuation of my last few posts. The editors of the Philadelphia Enquirer and the Los Angeles Times were both fired today.
This column leaves me scratching my head. Richard Watson, writing at Fast Company.com, likes the future of newspapers despite alarming statistics he cites early in the story: “In 1960, 80 percent of Americans read a daily newspaper. Today the figure is closer to 50 percent […]
One more publisher has left his post, this time from the Toronto Star. The New York Times has reported that Michael Goldbloom, publisher of the Toronto Star, has left his post. No reason was given, but the story hints that declining profits may have led […]
Publishers from two large U.S. newspapers (Miami and Los Angeles) ended their jobs (fired/resigned) this week. The pubisher of the Miami Herald stepped down, “saying he had lost control of his newsrooms over a growing controversy involving payments from the Bush administration to some reporters,” […]
Has reading print on paper become more of an activity for the affluent? And if so, which came first – Did magazines chase this demographic? Or have the demands of niche publications cause publishers to create more magazines aimed at those with money? According to […]
This is a rather touching story. In an effort to cut costs, The Dallas Morning News has offered buyout packages to most of its reporters in the Arts and Entertainment section. One casualty: the book column will be no more. Jerome Weeks wrote his final […]
As anyone who has paid attention to media issues knows, readers are moving online to get their daily news. And while the migration to the Web has been happening quickly for readers, a similar business model has not made the transition at the same speed. […]
I enjoy what this article has to say in the Columbia Journalism Review about editors. They shouldn’t let their fear of not knowing everything about a subject limit them when they begin their thinking and reporting. At least this is true as they work to […]