News Blog Idea: Dissenting Voices

Since writing the 16 Ways The News Media Can Use Blogs post, I've thought of a seventeenth way.

News organizations, particularly newspapers, can publish dissenting voices of editorials on their websites. Not everyone on an editorial board — like judges (including the most famous at the Supreme Court) —...

News Sites Should Identify Their Location

I just spent a couple hours working on a project in which I had to identify the location of a couple of hundred news websites. This task was tougher than it should have been.

While many of the sites I visited are pretty and slick, I had a hard time figuring out where the TV or radio stations and newspapers are located,...

Hyperlocal Content: in Print and Online

We've talked a good amount on this blog about the value of hyper-local and niche content in the media.  Mark Glaser from PBS Mediashift had a great post a couple of days ago talking about the value and difficulty of getting locally-based sites maintained by citizen journalists off the ground. ...

Some Blogs Are Fit For Print

Dagsbrun, an Icelandic publishing company, is launching free daily newspapers in 10 U.S. cities in the coming months, and blog content will make a significant portion of each issue.

According to a report from WBUR’s Curt Nickisch on today’s Morning Edition from NPR, BostonNOW — which starts circulation today —...

MediaPost: USAToday.com redesign pays off

MediaPost reports that USAToday.com's redesign to include many social networking features has paid off.  In article, Gavin O'Malley reports:

USA TODAY'S COMMUNITY-CENTRIC MAKEOVER LAST month appears to be paying off in dividends. Indeed, the site has seen a dramatic 380% increase in registrations since the re-launch, while its unique visitor rates have grown 21% from February,...