An Innovative Opportunity for Journalism
An Open Letter to the Poynter Institute and Tampa Bay Times
Since taking a handful of journalism and media classes in college, I have had a respect for, and interest in journalism and the art of reporting the news. The in-depth written story that a journalist delivers is [...]
It’s not often we get to say simply, “I was right” but this morning I woke to some exciting news in an email blasted letter from Times Chairman and CEO Paul Tash. As I predicted in September here, the St Petersburg Times will in fact become the Tampa Bay Times.
The change [...]
Last week’s unfortunate news about another round of pay cuts at the St Pete Times prompted me to revisit a story I have been watching unfold for five years.
I can find nothing written and have only discussed this with a small number of people in the past five years it is time [...]
This is a final follow up on my recent critique of newspapers and journalism. I hope my opinions on this subject have been valuable and constructive, as I truly value what good journalism provides for a free democracy.
In his closing remarks to the NAA, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google expressed an exciting optimism for [...]
This is a follow up to Friday’s post and addresses the use of the Internet by newspapers and provides some opinions as to why that usage has not been financially successful.
Currently newspapers are using a “see what sticks” approach to social media and the Internet in general. Friday’s post on Twitter was just one [...]
I recently got into a discussion regarding the use of Twitter and Facebook by the news media that has prompted me to address my opinions in greater detail.
I recently began spending more time evaluating Twitter after shelving it last fall for seeming slightly anemic in features and value. While I am Tweeting [...]
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