Journalists’ Typewriters Go Silent
Photo By Adam Tinworth
Journalists continue to be laid off in Tennessee this week as The Tennessean eliminated roughly 30 positions on July 9th which ranges from those reporting on the street to account execs to press operators.
It’s not a new story. It’s happening to many of us and it will continue to. The big question [...]
From Around The Web
- 13.Aug
- Twitter Changing The Way It ReTweets
TechCrunch has some details of the changes we can expect to see to the mechanics of the ReTweet and even has some screen shots of how this could look on Twitter (the site):
From the looks of it, this could mean some pretty big changes on Twitter. As you can see in the mock-ups above and [...]- 11.Aug
- The Facebook/FriendFeed Marriage
Dan asked me on Facebook last night if we’d be writing something about it on NTZ. I’m not sure there’s much to say that hasn’t been covered by ReadWriteWeb. Basically, we can expect to see more of FriendFeed’s features being pulled into Facebook, even though the two will remain separate entities for now.
If I were [...]- 30.Jul
- We want Google Voice on our iPhones
Jim Voorhies calls this the best comment ever.
I can’t help but agree.- 29.Jul
- Some Hilarious Stuff on AP’s DRM
The AP has released some info on its new “protection” system–not sure what exactly they are trying to protect us from.
From CrunchGear:
This same system, as you recall, has prevented the rise of piracy in the music and movie arenas and must be applied to the written word before the Internet fails and we all resort [...]- 24.Jul
- Twitter Crackdown
Did your follow count just drop? I received an email from @tless that I’d lost 60 followers on Twitter. I’m not really phased by that, since I don’t really put much stock in how many people are following me. I mean, I want followers, but I only want quality followers who are engaging. According to [...]
- 23.Jul
- Some Results From The Slate Experiment
We told you about this experiment at Slate a couple of days ago. The idea is to have one group of people limit themselves to the web and one group to limit themselves to newspapers. After a couple of days, who would feel better informed.
Here’s a case for newspapers from one of the participants I [...]- 21.Jul
- What’s More Effective? Print or Web?
Slate is running an interesting experiment, although not exactly scientific. One group of readers will limit themselves to print media for a couple of days, and the second group will avoid newspapers and limit themselves to reading news on the web (no aggregation sites allowed). The idea is to try and figure out who is [...]
- 21.Jul
- Free Alternatives to Photoshop
Not only am I horrible at image editing, but I also do it so infrequently that it’s hard to justify spending a bunch of money on Photoshop. Still, when I have some work to do, I like having the tools available to take care of the job. ReadWriteWeb has written a review of several FREE [...]
- 20.Jul
- (Another) WordPress 2.8 Update
Never shy about releasing updates, WordPress has released version 2.8.2. Only one fix, and that’s a security vulnerability in the admin area. It probably wouldn’t have been a very big problem, but now that the problem has been acknowledge, some clowns are bound to try to take advantage of it.
- 16.Jul
- A Glimpse Inside Twitter
Techcrunch has published some of the internal documents from Twitter they received. As they put it, Twitter isn’t exactly happy about this, but they’ve put this info out there with their approval.
Lots of great info there about their relationships with Google, Facebook and Microsoft. I’ve only had a chance to skim over it so far, [...]
From the Journalist Perspective
- 02.Aug
- NFL Loses Control Of The Message
According to the Washington Post, Twitter is allowing the players in camp to send out the message, not the Powers That Be in the NFL.
For the first time, fans aren’t dependent on media reports for training camp updates. Players themselves are divulging certain details, from the humorous to the inconsequential, using Twitter feeds.
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Twitter has ruffled [...]- 26.Jul
- The Separation
There has to be one if you are a journalist.
John Robinson explains why:I suspect every editor can tell stories about conversations with newsmakers who attempt to use their access and perceived friendship to influence coverage, which, predictably, turns out to be negative. I certainly can. I have also worked with editors who loved the access to newsmakers and [...]
- 17.May
- She Is Right You Know
Cathy at Domestic Psychology has a winner. I won’t spoil it for you, just go there.
And she was spot on about the new Star Trek too.
Just saying.- 01.May
- What Category Of Commenter Are You?
This Is How We Roll asks the question and they identify three types of commenters.
The Troll – Everyone knows this guy (and it’s usually a guy), who intentionally visits sites in order to stir things up, provoke a furious reaction from other posters and then disappear. Classic examples are the Free Republic types who visit [...]- 17.Apr
- ‘It’s Because I’m Listening’
From Summer Huggins at Hammock:
Statesman editors witnessed the power of social media during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Robert created a Twitter account specifically for tracking the hurricane, an account that also pointed followers to the Statesman’s coverage of the storm online, generating more than 300,000 hits from Twitter alone. Robert joked that those numbers [...]- 14.Apr
- Print Media Gets A Lifeline
Now that’s just funny.
H/T to Christian Grantham
From the Tech Perspective
- 12.Aug
- WordPress 2.8.4 UPDATE NOW!
For those of you running WordPress on your sites, you should see a prompt to install the latest Security Release. You need to update ASAP to remedy a security vulnerability that can allow your password to be reset by a hacker.
Do not hesitate on this one!- 07.Jul
- Success In The New News Industry
I’ve been kicking around an idea after reading the book Outliers: The Story of Success. One of the major themes of the book is that success doesn’t come just from having raw talent or outworking the competition. Successful people usually have talent, work ethic, AND are able to put them to use to become experts [...]
- 11.Jun
- WordPress 2.8 – A Quick View of the Highlights
WordPress 2.8 is rolling out today, and there are several features and enhancements I’m pretty excited about. They keep making my favorite content management tool better and better!
Theme Management Drastically Improved
We now have functionality similar to that of plugin management. Now there’s no need to find a theme, download it to your home computer, unzip [...]- 26.May
- SEO – A Five Year Plan
Matt Cutts recently answered the question “Will SEO exist in five years?” via video. Don’t worry, this is a really short clip, and there’s not a lot of geek speak in it at all. However, keep in mind that he’s a Google employee and he’s talking about SEO in the context of Google.
As we’ve pointed [...]
- 18.May
- Social Network Links on Every Post
Aunt Bea asked a question about placing social networking links at the bottom of posts. Simple answer…there’s a plugin for that–Sociable makes it super easy to place those little buttons at the bottom of every post. Right out of the virtual box, Sociable automatically puts these links a the end of every post.
In fact, Sociable [...]
- 07.May
- Is Your Newsroom Using Twitter? Effectively?
Before I get to anything that may come across as negative, let me say that I follow lots of people who work in at my local paper, The Knoxville New Sentinel. And there’s one huge reason I follow them…
They are engaging.
(I’m going to go ahead and get my #followfriday in now so you can follow [...]
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