Rebecca MacKinnon is talking about “young reporters that are just there for a few years while they work their way up the rungs”. Vacancies in Vacaville, from the American Journalism Review, talks more about that: Barney wants this symbiotic relationship to last two years, about the average stay for young reporters and copy editors who […]

On screen now: “Insure content security with baked in Digital Rights Management.” Chris: What’s the point? Michael Silberman: I think DRM could be used to keep people from stealing, and get them to pay for content. And it could be used to facilitate the making of content. No. Not. DRM for news? Okay, your content […]

Tim Porter’s got comments on on First Draft: “No one needs an editor. Reporters don’t. Bloggers don’t. Even other editors don’t. But last night I realized why I want an editor. I was too busy yesterday to keep up with all the intellectual activity at Mediamorphosis, an API Media Center conference underway in San Diego […]

I’d like to revisit my comments from yesterday about the impact of rich media on news sites. Let’s not forget about the opportunity that multimedia gives us to reach, inspire and persuade our readers. Persuade them, that is, to be interested. Thought I’d share two new reader emails that arrived this morning. ———————- Subject: (Webmedia) […]

Stuff we’re not talking about, things I value in a newspaper, views from a young member of your target audience. What about newspaper editorials & opinion pieces? They’re an important part of the paper, something that no other media really does. There’s tons of editorial and opinion online, but it doesn’t have as much thought […]

Some folks at the conference asked about how they can post on this group blog: 1. Get an account–email smernit at aol dot com or come talk to me and we will set you up. 2. Post in the comments section under a post you want to talk about.