A former colleague of mine, William Davis, understands what a “web first” workflow is, and has made it happen through software at his newspaper in Maine. The Bangor Daily News announced this week that it completed its full transition to open source blogging software, WordPress. And get this: The workflow integrates seamlessly with InDesign, meaning the paper now has one content management system for both its web and print operations. And if you’re auspicious enough, you can do it too — he’s open-sourced all the code!
"Kindle Blogs are auto-delivered wirelessly to the Kindle and updated throughout the day. They are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so they can be read even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle contain full text content and most images."
Links to a Scarborough research PDF about online readers.
The editor fo the News-Record discusses the efforts to include the community in their news organization.
Info for anyone interested in freelancing. Invoicing is part of the job.
Survey from the ONA and Medill School of Journalism about skills needed in online newsrooms.
Ifra has put its newspaper techniques magazine online with a "print-esque" format, complete with annoying sound effects of a page turning when you click. Still, check out the issue's focus on Web 2.0.
Paul Bradshaw posts a review of Janet Kolodzy's new textbook "Convergence Journalism." Our previous podcast of Kolodzy talking about the process of writing the book <a href="http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/11/13/podcast-janet-kolodzy-on-co
Cleverly thought-out book promo site. found via Boing-Boing. What kind of storytelling could you do with a similar palette?
"They, as a cartel, must demand that we pay for news, be it digital or print. I think a system where subscribers get Sunday print delivered combined with unlimited digital usage is a likely model." - Brian Till argues returning to the 20th century!
But what if the old media dies much more quickly? What if a hurricane comes along and obliterates the dunes entirely? Specifically, what if TheNew York Times goes out of business—like, this May? - Nothing would surprise me these days.
Read for yourself. Another prescription for what ails the media.
At this point, I expect every new innovation to be followed with a "can X help save the print publishing industry." via Will Sullivan
Because, Khoi Vinh says, they’re “bloated [and] user-unfriendly” and because they are largely a result of a “tired pattern of mass-media brands trying vainly to establish beachheads on new platforms, without really understanding the platforms at all.”
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