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• Wanted: Unicorns in the (newsroom) Garden

  

  TAKEAWAY: A new program at Columbia University will teach computer concepts to journalism students. It’s about time.   In the theater they call them triple... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Digital Detox Could Be the Next Big Rave

  TAKEAWAY: The power to disconnect continues to be a hot topic, and more so now that a Pennsylvania hospital becomes the first in the US to open an in patient... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Redesign is NOT Always the Cure for All

  

  TAKEAWAY: Trade that word redesign for the more practical rethink.  The great Tyler Brulé, the guru of nice, said it best. In one of his recent Financial Times... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Jeff Bezos: a Man and His Mission

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and will be updated as needed. The next blog post is Monday, September 9 TAKEAWAY: Jeff Bezos wants to put the... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Smartphones and Tablets: the NY Times Experience

  

  TAKEAWAY: Smartphones, tablets and desktops: the battle is on as for which gets more attention from those digital users. More important, however, is how we... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Good Storyteller

  

  TAKEAWAY: A good storyteller can create interest for any story, including subjects for which the audience initially may not have any curiosity. Meet Brian... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Charlotte Business Journal: It’s New Look, New Digital Focus as Part of Project...

  

  TAKEAWAY: Another Project Pinstripe launch has taken place, this time the Charlotte Business Journal. Unification and continuity for the American City Business... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• A Drink with a Familiar Name

  

  TAKEAWAY: Here was a drink with a particularly interesting name at dinner Thursday night PLUS: Australia’s The Age named Newspaper of the Year This is the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• News We Like to Read and to Share

  TAKEAWAY: It’s Thursday and my “interesting news to share” folder is bursting, so let’s get at least four of those items out here today. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Why Digital First J-Schools Are Essential

  

  Why digital first J-Schools are essential TAKEAWAY: Whether you tell stories in a TV station or a newspaper and/or magazine, it is all the same: well meaning... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• 10 Ways to Take Advantage of the Media Quartet

  

  TAKEAWAY: A blog reader writes to inquire as to how he can determine if his regional newspaper and its editors are using the “media quartet” effectively. Here... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Breaking News and Tablet Editions

  

  TAKEAWAY: We take a look at what happens when a major sports story breaks in midmorning in Montreal and how two different tablet editions for The Montreal... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Newsprint is Back in Calfornia

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and will be updated as needed. The next blog post is Monday, August 26.  TAKEAWAY: This week, we have witnessed an... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• What’s Trending with Tablets: A Conversation with Joe Zeff and Michael Eder

  

  Illustration by Reed Reibstein  TAKEAWAY: It’s been a year since the publication of my digital book about tablets: so what’s happening with newspaper tablet... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Evening Pilot: New Tablet Edition Leans Forward, Leans Back, Crosses “the Bridge”

  

  TAKEAWAY: It’s been a year since the publication of my digital book about tablets: so what’s happening with newspaper tablet editions today? This is Part 2 of... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• A Brief but Eventful History for Newspaper Tablet Editions

  

  Illustration by Reed Reibstein TAKEAWAY: It’s been a year since the publication of my digital book about tablets: so what’s happening with newspaper tablet... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• What’s Trending with Those Tablet Newspaper Editions?

  

  TAKEAWAY: It’s been a year since the publication of my digital book about tablets: so what’s happening with newspaper tablet editions today? This is Part 1 of... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Citizen of South Africa: It’s a Totally New Product.

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and will be updated as needed. The next blog post is Monday, August 19.  TAKEAWAY: It’s a new day and totally... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Golden Age of Storytelling Offers Us Reasons to Celebrate

  

  TAKEAWAY: Storytellers everywhere, rejoice. It is a grand time to be a storyteller, or to be in the audience for whom we create those stories. PLUS: Pages we... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Wall Street Journal: An Iconic Front Page Element Gets Skinner, but Why?

  

  TAKEAWAY: A surprise change in Monday’s front page of The Wall Street Journal. The What’s News navigator goes one column.  One of The Wall Street Journal’s... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH