Monthly Archives: December 2009

Closing a newspaper, opening an online publication

Note: I’m in the midst of writing my final paper for my Publishing in the Information Age class, so I’m watch a ton of videos and reading a lot about the past, present and future of online news. Because of … Continue reading

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Sunday reads

12 Predictions about Newspapers in 2084 With or without publishers, local online continues to grow Why Magazines Won’t Die Reporting is Now a Commodity, but Journalism Isn’t

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Newspapers and “beating” the internet

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. At least that’s why newspapers should’ve done about 10 years ago, but that’s besides the point. In case you didn’t see, Google announced that it’s going to work with the New York Times … Continue reading

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Overheard in the newsroom

This is a funny site that one of the editors at the Pitt News found: Overheard In the Newsroom A few of my favorites… Editor to young Intern: “We’re short on news today. I want you to go down Main … Continue reading

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Media publications are starting to get it

Well, it’s now official. I was tipped off about this from one of my instructors, who works at GQ, and the Wall Street Journal has the story: Four major magazine publishers and News Corp. are set to unveil a joint … Continue reading

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Sunday reads

Next-gen journalists creating the future today (Journalism 2.0) Media executives (mostly) read free news (Reuters) Pay the Writer (T/S) Goodbye to all of that… And this too: New media project

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New Media Project

Just so everybody knows, I’m working on a project as my final assignment for my Publishing in the Information Age class at Pitt. It will include some cool multimedia, audio and graphics. If you’d like to help out, e-mail me … Continue reading

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