Monday, November 10, 2003

Cross-Platform Journalism:    One Size Doesn't Fit All Editor & Publisher columnist Steve Outing recommends that newspaper managers be trained in both the print side and the online side of news reporting. It's part of his column on making better print newspapers, including quicker-to-read tabloids that learn from consumers' online reading habits. In earlier essays, he has recommended using citizen blogs on news organizations' Web sites, and putting hard news in weblogs, not just opinions. Next step: Get those cross-platform newsroom managers to maintain their own weblogs about daily news decisions. Would readers care about the editor's thought process that put the dog show on page one and the protest rally on page 22, or vice versa? I think so, even if every day's entry said, truthfully, "This was a tough call..." Food for thought: If the tabloid format became even more popular for serious newspapers, and if manufacturers start making lower-priced color tabloid-size printers, how long would it take to make the home-printed paper a reality? Make the printers work with recyclable paper, and give people the choice of which sections to print and which to skim online... The rest of today's news items are quick imports from my headline aggregator, mostly unedited, with the sources in [brackets]. 3:07:59 PM     If candidates won't do their own weblogs... How about longtime webloggers as candidates? Dave Winer is impressed enough with Glenn Reynolds demo of "what a Presidential campaign video should look like" to wonder when the Instapundit weblogger is going to officially declare his candidacy. Says Dave, "I swear he's going to run. I'm so sure I started a category for his campaign. I hope he does. I also think Philip Greenspun should run." No word on Dave throwing his own hat in the ring... [Scripting News] 2:47:49 PM     Clark Campaign to Debut Big Blog. The presidential campaign of Wesley Clark understands the power of blogs. That's why the candidate will debut a big community site that centralizes the personal blogs of his supporters and offers grassroots tools. By Chris Ulbrich. [Wired News] Meanwhile back at Harvard, Chris Lydon interviews Cameron Barrett, the man behind the Clark Community Network, after a couple of sessions with Stirling Newberry of "The Clarksphere." 2:45:23 PM     "Blogging is About Making and Changing Minds.". Weblogging is an inconclusive act-- which is different from having no conclusions or firm conclusions. [PressThink] 2:44:31 PM

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