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Red & Black Lesson: Students Must Balance Business Needs at College Papers
There are no winners in the mess at the Red & Black. But there are lessons. The Red & Black at the University of Georgia has long been regarded as one of America's finest college news...
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At Rural Newspapers, Some Publishers Still Resist Moving Online
In 1968, Dick Graham bought a small weekly newspaper in Ferry County, Wash., one of the most remote and sparsely populated counties in the Pacific Northwest. Forty-four years later -- give or take a...
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Irish Times Brings Five Startups into Newsroom for Shakeup
Do we define the future of the newspaper based on the product and its medium? Or do we look to the interaction between the product and the reader, and ask the digital realm to reinvent the...
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In Australia, Backlash to Murdoch Scandal Could Erode Press Freedom
Rupert Murdoch's toxic News of the World legacy has the potential to undermine press freedom in his country of birth -- Australia -- where the national government is considering recommendations for the...
View ArticlePoll: What Is the Future for Alt-Weekly Publications?
It used to be so easy. If you wanted to find out what was going on around town, you picked up an alternative weekly newspaper, free for the taking at every corner cafe and store. But now it seems so...
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Alt-Weeklies Struggle to Reinvent Themselves for the Digital Age
On a recent Wednesday evening at Tico, a fashionable restaurant in Boston's equally fashionable Back Bay, the Boston Phoenix threw itself a party. The food was free and the bar was open as several...
View ArticleBrazilian Newspaper Reimagines Elections Data in Animated Video
In the past, old elections data might languish on microfiche or in boxes, dusted off occasionally by a political scientist or presidential historian. But in the run-up to Sao Paulo, Brazil's Oct. 7...
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Digital First? Print First? Both Should Work Together
Let's learn a lesson from the past. When the news first started going digital, that is when it started appearing on the World Wide Web and print saw it as a competitor that would give the product away...
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Mediatwits #63: Digital Literacy for Online Tracking; Ford Foundation Funds...
Welcome to the 63rd episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and Dorian Benkoil as co-hosts. Rafat Ali is off this week. Who's watching you online and what do they know about you? A lot of...
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Mediatwits #64: Regulation Coming for U.K. Press?; Cool Mashup of Instagram,...
Welcome to the 64th episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and Rafat Ali as co-hosts. We're back from the Turkey Day break and there's more news than ever: Jeff Zucker takes the reins at...
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Can Pay Walls Work for Hyper-Local Business News Sites?
Canada's largest newspaper company is launching two hyper-local business sites in a bid to duplicate the success of one of Canada's only profitable online news operations. YourMississaugaBiz.com...
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How Malaysia Press Ignored 'Gangnam Style' Pratfall Ahead of Elections
KUALA LUMPUR -- On Feb. 17, Malaysia's still-influential former Prime Minister Mahithir Mohamed weighed in on an ongoing debate about freedom of the press in Malaysia, a rising Southeast Asian economy....
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5 Key Takeaways from Pew's State of the News Media 2013
This morning, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) released the 10th annual State of News Media report. To little surprise, digital operations continue to dominate...
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Toronto Star Tests Monthly E-Book Subscriptions
The Toronto Star is testing the e-book market with a dedicated subscription model. Launched in November 2012, Star Dispatches is the brainchild of the Toronto Star's marketing department. The Star...
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#ISOJ 2013: How News Organizations Can Adapt to Digital Disruption
Traditional news organizations need to embrace the disruption brought by digital culture -- or they risk becoming obsolete. That was the message late last week at the International Symposium on Online...
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