Video: So now you’ve overthrown the tyranny of reporters. Now what?
Watch me at IgniteCorvallis II talking about some ideas for local news and why I think the best time to be a journalist is right now.
Get a good deal? Let’s share the details
What if everyone who negotiates with companies posted a transcript online for everyone to learn from? What if we post the price we pay for airline tickets and cable service, too? For years, we’ve had to resort to hearsay and rumor about what other customers pay for goods and services in order to have enough information to negotiate anything.
Creating distinct roles for print and online
I was asked by my boss this week to respond to some strategic planning coming from the company, specifically related to crafting distinct roles for print and online in newsrooms. Here’s my take on making that happen.
“We don’t want to be Facebook. Facebook is Facebook.”
Thanks to a recent conversation with a local economic development expert and programmer/web guru, I finally have a two line explanation of Web 2.0: User-centric Open data Obviously, there’s a bunch to unpack there, which gives an aspiring new media strategist some hope for a prosperous future of innovation. On Friday, mediabistro reported that NYT [...]