links for 2009-05-15

Adam Tinworth
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  • [It's not just the BBC that prevents British newspapers putting up pay walls :: Shane Richmond](http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/05/13/its_not_just_the_bbc_that_prevents_british_newspapers_putting_up_pay_walls)
    "What I think she's saying is that readers have been used to paying something to receive the news in a convenient format. I would argue that if you take away the format, paper, then you take away the reason to pay." – So can we create a new reason?
    (tags: [paywalls](http://delicious.com/adders/paywalls) [monetisation](http://delicious.com/adders/monetisation) [publishing](http://delicious.com/adders/publishing))
  • [WSJ staffers told to be nice online](http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/05/wsj_staffers_told_to_be_n.php)
    Wow. The WSJ completely missed the point here.
    (tags: [wsj](http://delicious.com/adders/wsj) [blogging](http://delicious.com/adders/blogging) [journalists](http://delicious.com/adders/journalists) [socialmedia](http://delicious.com/adders/socialmedia) [etiquette](http://delicious.com/adders/etiquette) [journalism](http://delicious.com/adders/journalism))
  • [Journalism Students Debate Owning iPhones – Digits – WSJ](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/13/journalism-students-debate-owning-iphones/)
    This shift towards digital learning on journalism course could have interesting side-effects.
    (tags: [journalism](http://delicious.com/adders/journalism) [iphone](http://delicious.com/adders/iphone) [apple](http://delicious.com/adders/apple) [students](http://delicious.com/adders/students) [universities](http://delicious.com/adders/universities))
  • [Xark!: Why comments suck (& ideas on un-sucking them)](http://xark.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/why-comments-suck-ideas-on-unsucking-them.html)
    Nice summation of the reasons commenting goes bad on many mainstream media sites
    (tags: [comments](http://delicious.com/adders/comments) [blogging](http://delicious.com/adders/blogging) [community](http://delicious.com/adders/community) [journalists](http://delicious.com/adders/journalists))
  • [Why Raising The Pay Wall May Be An Impossible Dream](http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-why-raising-the-pay-wall-may-be-an-impossible-dream/)
    Stumbling blocks for paywalls (mixing my metaphors nicely, there)
    (tags: [monetisation](http://delicious.com/adders/monetisation) [paywalls](http://delicious.com/adders/paywalls) [publishing](http://delicious.com/adders/publishing))
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Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.

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Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.