I’m not going to waste your time over the specifics, but if you have had half an eye on the media industry lately, you can see the debate heating up over what is the next step. No matter what the verdict is about the role the Web will have, journalists are often are avoiding the [...]
Category Archives: If I Ran a Newspaper
Thu
Dec
27
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If I ran a newspaper I’d….. (#2)
…never let a columnist have their own blog.
I believe that it takes a very strong following for an individual to carry a blog based on their wit or observations alone. Most successful blogs are topic driven, not personality driven.
Are there exceptions? Probably, but more often that not a columnist writing about random issues will [...]
Sun
Nov
25
25
If I ran a newspaper I’d….. (#1)
I often have random thoughts on what I would do if I ran a newspaper or magazine. So I decided to put them out there for all to see, criticize, and comment. This is the first of what is sure to be a long scatter-brained list.
…make all of my staff (that’s reporters, designers, [...]