If the front page ain’t what it used to be, then how does a journalist get a story on those new front pages? First, accept that the reader is the now the front page editor. Then, make sure your editor knows when you’ve created a new piece of content, and why it is worthy of [...]
There was a time when reporters worked hard to write stories that editors chose to appear on the front page of a newspaper. But the front page isn’t what it once was. For microbloggers getting most of their news from Twitter, the front page is wrapped in 140 characters (with links bringing them to the [...]
Search engines must be paying newsrooms to send them traffic. Okay, I’m sure that’s not true, but it feels like it is true when I read articles published by media companies online. Every day, I run into stories that might as well include these promotional bullet points: Please go to Google to find the web [...]
If a news organization makes money by displaying advertisements on its site, how can it continue to deliver those ad messages — and continue to generate the associated revenue — in a world where people find their news in bundles created by their friends and automated services? The RSS This Mashable profile of Diner Connection is part [...]
