Archive for February, 2008

Twitter-based local web apps are another way newsrooms can use twitter

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Last November I mentioned Foamee, the ‘Twitter Piggyback’ web site / service that allows you to keep track of beers you owe people.
Well, there’s another Twitter Piggybacker (hat tip to Adam Howell for the term and the link), this one with a local information bent: Commuter Feed. To quote,
Commuter Feed is a free service that […]

User-generated fibbery

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Ken Otterbourg, managing editor of the Winston-Salem Journal (where I was working before I came to Denver), has a tale of an awesome photo of the lunar eclipse that a reader submitted:

A reader submitted that photo, which looks great. But, when the photo editor was readying it for print, well, the image told a different […]

Online poll ideas for Valentine’s Day:

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

For valentine’s day, for love, and for the lack thereof.
Valentine’s Day: Before the 14th

Got plans for Valentine’s Day? ( No, and I’m not making any / No, not yet / Yes / Yes! / I don’t know / I don’t care )
How many Valentine’s Day cards are you writing? ( 0 / 1 / 2 […]

January’s most-popular links: newspapers going online-only, going hyperlocal; newsroom staffing, training, and google apps

Monday, February 11th, 2008

January! 2008! This is what people were clicking on off my reading list from January.

Cincinnati Post Goes Online Only
Nieman Reports: Going Hyperlocal at the Chicago Tribune: Highlight Stats: TribLocal has 7 producer / journalists; more than 1,500 people have registered with them (that seems really, really low); pageviews have increased by double digits every month.
When […]

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