A J-skool graduate thinking smart

"Fight the war, don't sweat the battle." That's her approach to the deluge of negative news (especially in the last week) about the newspaper biz.

Why even have titles anymore?

John Temple, editor, publisher and president of the Rocky Mountain News, writes about the new process of producing news in this time of "somewhere in between the old and new days."

As I read about all the types of coverage and types of mediums used I only recognized two names from the photo staff producing visual content from the field out of the seven or more identified in the blog post. All the others were from other parts of the newsroom. Starting to look like a convergent newsroom in Denver, where you need to know how to do everything when it comes to reporting the news.

Some help from the newspaper Gods

Two charitable organizations are funding projects to find a way to keep newspapers viable, despite double digit declines in revenue percentages while cutting the staff that produces the content. Let's hope they find some brilliant people to create a way for one of the most important aspects of freedom in this country.

Time spent on "newspaper" sites down

Wonder what the cause is? Is it not enough time to spend reading because people work two and three jobs? Or is it because the content presented and published just isn't of interest or decent quality with the blood letting in the industry?

Time's Top 50 Websites

A breakdown of Time's Top 50 sites and the type of advertising –if they have any– used. Google may just take over the world at any moment. They are going to beat down comScore and Neilsen too.

Found via Journerdism

MacGyver to the rescue of newspapers

Damn skippy!