Archive for December, 2007
Rethinking the “Year in Review”
0 Comments Published by annieo December 24th, 2007 in fun, interactive, internet, journalism, news, newspapers, politics, socialsoftware, user experience, video, visual.Don’t send a lame Holiday eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!
As one editor said to me, “Who really reads an entire ‘Year in Review?’” For print, stick to lots of photos and pithy cutlines. For online sites, JibJab creates great examples of what readers/viewers want. Journalists don’t have to make the videos glib. Make them entertaining and […]
SXSW to accept online submissions through Dec. 31
0 Comments Published by annieo December 22nd, 2007 in Uncategorized.South By Southwest announced yesterday, they will accept online submissions through Dec. 31.
So you still have time.
Make sure your site was created before Jan. 1, 2007, to qualify for the 2008 competition.
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The mass exodus from print publications continues
0 Comments Published by annieo December 21st, 2007 in journalism, trends.Online edition of The Wall Street Journal writes: Why a Cable-TV network is hiring the ink-stained. AKA ESPN hires away the best of the sports print journalism world.
This is not a new trend. But it is indicative of what will continue to happen throughout the journalism field.
Print getting hit hard now.
Television and radio will be […]
A goal for every newspaper
0 Comments Published by annieo December 18th, 2007 in awards, design, festival, interactive, internet, journalism, newspapers, realife event.Though the deadline for the 2008 South By Southwest Interactive call-for-entries submissions was midnight Friday (Dec. 14), there is always next year to apply. (Make sure your site was created before Jan. 1, 2008, to qualify for the 2009 competition.)
Being nominated for SXSW Interactive’s best websites seems like the perfect goal for any newspaper.
The nominated […]
Engage, engage, engage those online readers
0 Comments Published by annieo December 15th, 2007 in design, editing, newspapers, user experience.SOURCE: Yahoo! Finance interactive stock chart
It’s been quite awhile since I last updated this blog. This is partly because I felt like I had exhausted my topic. I was seeing that newspapers were taking steps toward integrating the internet into their daily publishings. That’s great. Essential.
Yet what I’m seeing is that most of these newspapers […]
