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• It’s a New Election Website for Gatehouse Media

  

  One can’t escape election coverage, no matter where one lies. Gatehouse Media, with over 400 newspapers across the country, has launched a website devoted... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• UK’s The Independent in Print : Young, Beautiful and Dying

  

  By Friday afternoon of last week, I must have had two dozen emails where someone attached a link to the story of the day: The Independent is to become the... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Avocado Page Lives

  

  Just when you thought that the excesses of the divine for design 1980s was long gone, it seems that poster pages for newspapers are back. With it, the beloved... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Newspaper Industry: “Get Me Rewrite!”

  

  Love the headline in a Financial Times piece, UK newspaper industry: Rewriting the story, a fact-filled account of the state of the media in the UK, and... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Chinese Media Today: a First Hand Account

  

  It was a homecoming of sorts for Zhighao Zhang, a 2015 Columbia Journalism grad, and now a journalist in the People's Daily political writer for the Chinese... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• News We Like

  

  Here are some interesting items that I pick up here and there which give us reason to celebrate---regardless of what your favorite platform is. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Die Zeit Celebrates a Big Birthday

  

  One of my favorite projects ever, Die Zeit, the German intellectual newspaper, is turning 70. Gee, we are almost the same age, although I wish I had aged as Di... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The New York Times Financial Report Echoes Industry Trend

  

  I had to think a little before deciding whether this quarter and dull year financial report from The New York Times was good, bad or insignificant news. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Experimenting with Audio a Sound Idea

  On the way to extend your video presence, don’t neglect audio—that other important and efficient tool for storytelling. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Trump’s Insults Yield Storytelling Lesson

  

  Finally, one good thing about the never-ending coverage of Donald J. Trump and the fascination the media seems to have with him and all he says. This time,... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• More Than a New Newsroom for The Washington Post

  Readers of the blog know that I am an admirer of everything The Washington Post is doing as it merges a fabulously rich history with the essentials for... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Issue of Legibility: Watch out for Background Colors

  

  Nothing new about this rule: make type easy to read. Usually that is followed by a helpful tip: if using background colors on a page (or screen), please make... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Pick Your E-paper Before You Fly

  

  A new Lufthansa German Airlines service allows passengers to choose their favorites from a range of newspapers and magazines before their flight, and download... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• News Alerts: How Many Are Too Many?

  

  They come when you least expected. Sometimes we value them. Often we ignore them, a real annoyance in the midst of our daily routines. Behold those news... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• How Many Curated News Apps Can One Support?

  There is already the Apple News application. Now Microsoft joins those seeking the attention of news-hungry users. Microsoft this week unveiled yet another... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• From Digital to Print In Australia

  

  It is happening in Australia. PerthNow, the website companion to News Corp Australia newspaper The Sunday Times, is looking to publish mid-week newspapers... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Apple Gets Serious About Virtual Reality?

  Apple has reportedly hired an award winning Virtual Reality expert to join its ranks. What could this mean? Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• USA Today: When the Circle Logo Strategy Works

  

  It is a bit tricky to force a newspaper logo to be part of the action everyday. USA Today's blue circle attempts to do that. It works some days. I found... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• State of the Media—it’s Changing Rapidly

  

  The overview or state of the media today is usually how I begin my Columbia Journalism School course. I am comparing notes between the lecture of a year ago... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Millennials and Paying for News.

  Publishers talk a lot about attracting those fickle millennials to read stories in their newspapers in magazines. The disappointing news is that, while they ma... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH