Archive for the ‘Journalism Industry’ Category


The intersection of technology and journalism

Comments Off// Posted in Journalism Industry by on 06.17.10.

During a recent keynote address, Apple CEO Steve Jobs displayed a slide depicting the road signs of technology intersecting liberal arts, saying one of the keys to Apple’s success in creating beautiful yet innovative products was the idea that design was just as important as the technology. When watching this, I couldn’t help but feel [...]


Two viewpoints on advertising online

Comments Off// Posted in Journalism Industry by on 05.06.10.

For the past week, I have been attending the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. I sat through a handful of sessions related to online advertising, none of which came from the perspective of the journalism industry. It seems making money online is an issue for more than just news companies. I find this area [...]


Lean-forward vs. lean-back media

8 Comments// Posted in Journalism Industry, mobile by on 05.04.10.

Back in the late 90s, usability expert Jakob Nielsen came out with a series of articles about how people consume media on the Web. These articles were profound in that Nielsen realized fairly early that people consume content differently on the Web. In order to communicate effectively over the Internet we need to format the [...]


Don’t sell ads by CPM

Comments Off// Posted in Journalism Industry by on 04.15.10.

I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about how inspired I was by Barry Parr‘s talk at our last KDMC workshop. He spoke a lot about advertising for online news publications and the problems they face with always going after national ad networks that offer ugly, flashy ads that detract from your site. The [...]


Can the iPod save the news industry?

Comments Off// Posted in Journalism Industry, mobile by on 01.24.09.

David Carr of the New York Times wrote an article about how journalism doesn’t need the Web, and – in so many words – he said he thought that free news found on the Web is bad news for print publications. As prestigious and prolific as David Carr is, I can’t help but feel like [...]