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convergence

11.22.09

Printies and webbies — we’re all journalists! convergence, web | (0)
Oh, why can't we just get along? There's been a lot of talk recently about the cuts at the Washington Post of workers in the separate print and online departments. There's been an outpouring of comments on the nature of the news business due to this issue. Some say the web is all about presentation, and without print journalists, there won't be anything to post. The web workers say that content just won't be seen if it isnt' presented properly. Stories of the lack of understanding between the two, such as this of former WaPo print-turned-online staffer (and my current ...
04.05.09

NYTimes Global Edition — do people care? Should they? convergence, theory, web | (0)
I recently returned from my spring break trip to Paris. Besides my obligatory Eiffel Tower at sunset trips, eating copious amounts of escargots and pain au chocolat -- not together, obviously -- the other reason I was there was for an international media seminar trip with Northwestern. Meeting with foreign correspondents, online journalists, authors and marketers, we also had the opportunity to visit several media organizations -- newspapers and tv stations. One of the sites we went to was the International Herald Tribune, mere days before iht.com was folded into nytimes.com, where as we all now know, users can ...