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• And Now: the Slow Tempo for News?

  The headline says it all: "An Atlantic Media project that slows the news stream to a trickle". You can say that again? This is the ultimate in curation and... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Die Zeit: the Greatest Evolution for a Newspaper?

  

  While passing thru the Zurich airport I happened to come the August 21 edition of the German newspaper, Die Zeit. It's a joy to look at it, to be mesmerized by... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Multimedia Storytelling post-Snowfall: Progress?

  

  It's 20 months since The New York Times published on its Web site “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel. Creek.” It instantly became a storytelling sensation. Mor... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Cromos: Visual Surprises Characterize Colombian Magazine

  

  It was 1993 and I had the pleasure of working with the team of Cromos--Colombia's general interest weekly magazine. I always keep an eye on it and it never... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Quartz: a New Website That Should Be a Model

  

  It is a new (responsive) design for http://www.qz.com It's a new website for the Quartz website. Several things catch... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• We Can See Small Images Better as We Travel from Digital to Print

  

  As we bring our digital mentality to print, our eyes also adapt to reading photos on small canvas. Is the official research about this coming soon? Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Admit It, We Are All Less Faithful to Print

  Raise your hand if you can say that you have never felt the desire to say goodbye to the print edition of a favorite publication while rushing to the tablet... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Financial Times: This Antenna Should Have Good Reception

  

  In the world of the two tempos for dispensing and consuming news and information, social media can play a key role. The Financial Times seems to agree as it... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• TEDxPoynter: Disruption Started Right on Stage

  

  It was a day of discussions all centered about the power of positive disruption. It was the TEDx Poynter Institute conference (#TedxPoynter). Plenty of lessons... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• News & Observer Turns 125: Faithful Readers Join the Celebration

  

  Front and back pages of The News Observer celebrate the newspaper's 120 years ... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Everyone is an Obituary Writer

  The recent deaths of two iconic pop culture idols, genius comedian Robin Williams and glamorous actress Lauren Bacall, have called attention to the fact that... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Apple, Picasso and the Less is Best Approach

  

  I like all things Apple. I also admire and respect the work of that master Pablo Picasso. Combine the two and what do you get: lessons about less is best. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Chicago Tribune: Promoting New Digital Product in Print Edition

  

  I happened to be in Chicago this week, and, placed under the door of my hotel room, a copy of The Chicago Tribune that looked different. Not that the print... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• “The Elements of Journalism”: It’s Still All About the Story

  It is an excerpt from the new edition of “The Elements of Journalism”, authored by Bill Kovach Tom Rosenstiel, and it praises digital for the "creativity" tha... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Coming Up: EyeTrack Study and Photojournalism

  Be on the lookout for a new EyeTrack research, this time testing how we react to photographs. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Newly Evolved Print Front Page of American Newspapers

  

  It's refreshing to see this evolutionary transformation for the front page of large American newspapers. It's as if editors are finally realizing that to do... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Revisiting Vanidades Magazine:  a Relic of Cuban Journalism

  

  Imagine the thrill of having a copy of the Cuban magazine Vanidades, from 1942. Discovering that the iconic publication was already using color pretty well wit... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Demand Grows for Those “digital People”

  The route to those great journalistic jobs has taken a sharp detour: it's the digital people's turn to get major consideration from even the most traditional... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Product Development Shifts into Full Gear

  People in the know tell us that both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are keeping the lights on 24/7 in their product development laboratories,... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Upshot, Honeydews and Those Sweet Invisible Stories

  

  I call them invisible stories: those that we read with great interest even though they have little to do with news. In the digital age, we need more of them,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH