local newspapers
That's one way to sell a news app Paid Members Public
The Bristol Post [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bristol-post/id916263586?mt=8] takes app marketing to the petrol pump…
Claire Enders, Schrödinger's Cat and the death of local newspapers Paid Members Public
There’s a weird triumphalism is the air this morning, as Hold The Front Page points out that Claire Enders’ famous prediction five years ago that half of the UK’s local newspapers would be dead by now [http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/news/editors-blog-why-claire-enders-was-wrong-about-newspaper-closures/] : > Obtaining a precise
Don't do more with less, do different forms of journalism Paid Members Public
Fascinating insight into Kevin Anderson’s first few months back in a newsroom [http://charman-anderson.com/2014/04/29/rebuilding-journalism-through-building-a-community-platform/] : > When I landed in my new job as executive editor of two newspapers in Wisconsin, I had to prioritise what I would do, and to be honest, I didn’
Why we need the hyperlocals Paid Members Public
853 [http://feedly.com/k/1aAGZcs]: > Greenwich Council has finally come clean and admitted its weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, is signed off by leader Chris Roberts… “to ensure political neutrality and to protect the borough’s reputation”. Council-run newspapers and magazines are not journalism, they’re propaganda. They will
From Data to Story - #newsrw Paid Members Public
*Four visions of data journalism, moderated by Kathryn Corrick, digital media consultant. * Bella Hurrell, specials editor on the BBC News website The BBC specials team produces a whole range of added-value content for the BBC website. They’re becoming part of a visual journalism team at the BBC. Data journalism
Le Web: How is social-mobile-local changing media? Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/12/mediapanel3.jpg] A panel discussion the changes in media wrought by the latest technology, moderated by Thomas Crampton [http://www.thomascrampton.com]. Not surprisingly, Paul-François Fournier, Executive Vice President, Orange Technocentre defines media as, essentially, businesses that produce content,
Free Starbucks WiFi = Local News Opportunity? Paid Members Public
Yesterday, the news broke that Starbucks will start offering free WiFi in the UK [http://thenextweb.com/uk/2011/10/07/starbucks-rolls-out-free-wifi-in-the-uk/]. They’re not the first – you can get free WiFi in Caffe Nero already, for example – but the content partnership model they’ve followed in the US suggests
News Shopper, Homophobia & Criticism Paid Members Public
I’ve been following Darryl of 853’s blogging for years now under his various guises, and once in a while, he comes out with some absolute corkers. This has been one of those weeks. Yesterday he posted a great dissection of the, uh, [questionable choice that the News Shopper,
