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Blog or not? The Digiwatchdog team works on naming the Reporter’s “Radar”
How do you differentiate between blog entries and regular news articles? That’s a question we’ve been pondering as we go about redesigning The Chicago Reporter’s website. Since blog entries, which often contain opinionated commentary, are very different beasts from objectively reported stories, it’s imperative that website visitors realize exactly what they are reading and what to expect when they click on a link to content on the site. We’ve come up with a simple way to differentiate blog content from regular stories: a distinctive name/logo. This logo will appear anywhere the blog feed is featured on the site, as well as in conjunction with individual blog entries. Still, there was some debate about what that name should be. Should we include the word “blog” in the name to make it absolutely … Read entire article »
Filed under: Web development
NYT partnerships brings pros and cons for local news companies
As we have been parsing and evaluating business models for non-profit investigative news outlets this year, one of the most interesting developments has been The New York Times’ gradual collection of market-specific partners for localized reporting in Chicago, Texas and the San Francisco Bay area. According to a report by Michael Depp on NetNewsCheck.com, those relationships with the Chicago News Cooperative, Texas Tribune and Bay Citizen, respectively, have helped everyone involved—but also introduced unforeseen complications. The story includes commentary from the Bay Citizen’s Steve Fainaru, Chicago News Cooperative’s Jim O’Shea and Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith, who all agreed that their arrangements with the Times have boosted their reputations and produced better journalism. Both Fainaru and O’Shea shined some light on the unique challenges that have emerged, though, and it seems clear … Read entire article »
Filed under: Investigative journalism, Media business
Google saving news business one experiment at a time
Judged solely by the three stories we’ve published about Google–two on analytics and the other on the ‘standout’ search tag–it’s clear that the presentiments expressed in last year’s Atlantic cover story (that Google was trying to save the news biz) were right on target. And it appears that Google’s efforts are far from over. On Friday Nieman Journalism Lab reported that Google is flirting with new ways for users to access content. They discovered that, when clicking on a link … Read entire article »
Filed under: Advertising, Sustainability
Aggregated content: When is it necessary?
An article published Monday by Harvard University’s Nieman Journalism Lab hit on some key issues we’ve come across in our research for The Chicago Reporter, in particular that of aggregation. The focus of the piece was Neighbors Main Line, a hyperlocal news site produced by the Philadelphia Media Network. Placed prominently beneath Neighbors’ feature story is a section for aggregated content, aptly titled “Elsewhere on the Web.” Through our industry research we’ve come across a number of other … Read entire article »
Filed under: Investigative journalism
Study offers three-pronged approach to sustainability
A study released Tuesday by the Knight Foundation suggested a three-pronged approach to sustainability for nonprofit news ventures. According to the study, which offered a detailed look at eight successful nonprofit news organizations, sustainability requires three key components: the creation of social value, economic value and organizational capacity. Social value Based on the report, the Voice of San Diego has taken significant steps toward creating social value, which the report defines as an organization’s ability to create content … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sustainability