What’s it like to run training sessions at a newspaper that has been through layoffs and buyouts and is currently on the block? I found out this week at the Union-Tribune in San Diego leading three sessions for an APME NewsTrain workshop. Great people, intriguing ideas and interesting conversations. But the economic crisis infecting the […]
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September 22nd, 2008
Change is inevitable. Progress is optional.
I’m traveling to San Diego tonight to participate in an APME Newstrain workshop where several dozen journalists will gather to brush up their skills and hopefully learn something new. (It was originally scheduled for last year, but postponed due to the California wildfires.) My first session is “Covering Communities in New, Cost-effective Ways.” This is […]
September 6th, 2008
Newspapers: welcome to ‘the new normal’
Lost Remote calls it “the same sad song, different sad verse.” I call it “the new normal.” Staffing levels fluctuate at businesses all the time. Those who work in the newspaper industry and avoided this operational reality for so long should be thankful for their good fortune. But this is how the world works. I […]
September 4th, 2008
A great time to be an aspiring journalist?
I was pointed to a recent column in the Philadelphia Weekly written by a Temple journalism professor who argues that there has never been a more inspiring time to be a journalist. It’s an argument I tried to make in Journalism 2.0 and one I still believe. Of course it’s a difficult argument to make […]
August 25th, 2008
Will newspapers get beat on classifieds again?
The dramatic decline of newspapers’ revenues from its once-dominant classifieds business has been well documented. And yes, everyone’s still blaming Craig. But now there is activity in the startup tech space aiming to unseat Craig. Techcrunch reports that iList has raised $1.5 million, claiming “Craigslist is so 1995!” on the company’s web site. Someone will, […]
