Archive: Dec 2006

Myths and Realities of Convergence

By Randy Covington• Technology• December 15, 2006

‘… news organizations will be best served if they focus on stories—not delivery platforms.’ Read more

Media Convergence: ‘Just Do It’

By Ulrik Haagerup• Features• December 15, 2006

Changing people’s way of thinking is key to ‘the media revolution’ in northern Denmark. Read more

Tired of Waiting to Move Ahead

By Geneva Overholser• Features• December 15, 2006

With plenty of ideas about how to move journalism into its digital time, a journalist tries to push the industry past its natural inclination to ‘voice the “no ways.”’ Read more

Navigating the Road to Convergence

By Ralph Gage• Features• December 15, 2006

‘Being small and a family-owned company are attributes that have helped us to become a multimedia news organization.’ Read more

Community Building on the Web: Implications for Journalism

By Craig Newmark• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2006

The founder of craigslist speaks about online lessons he shares with new media journalists. Read more

When the Web Feeds the Newspaper

By Eric Blom• Technology• December 15, 2006

The letter ‘i’ in iHerald stands for ‘interactivity, the individual and the Internet.’ Read more

The ‘P’ Word in the Book Business

By Margaret Engel• Opinion• December 15, 2006

‘Newspapers constantly editorialize about other professionals hiding their misdeeds, but with this they were silent.’ Read more

The Digital Reach of a Newspaper’s Code of Ethics

By Dean Miller• Technology• December 15, 2006

‘It offers readers ideas and phrases to use in their criticism of our journalism, which has a way of sorting serious critics from simple haters.’ Read more

Teaching Journalism Students to Value What Is Authentic

By Brent Walth• Opinion• December 15, 2006

‘I thought by sheer will I could be the one teacher who led his students away from plagiarism.’ Read more

Sights and Sounds of a Newspaper’s Editorials

By Susan Albright• Technology• December 15, 2006

An editorial page editor describes ‘a wide-open, creative new world for journalists who want to make use of new media and relate to newspaper readers in new ways.’ Read more