Journalism’s problem isn’t the Internet or advertising; it’s attitude
By Robert Niles: Forget about Internet competition, the alleged advertising crash, declining news program ratings and newsroom cutbacks. There's only one problem facing the journalism industry in 2011.And that's... attitude.Too many people in our i...
How to do better than Groupon in building local advertising market share
By Robert Niles: This year's hottest buzzword in online news publishing - on the business side - has been Groupon. Business managers at start-ups and legacy media websites alike have been pushing the concept of "group coupon" services, such as Groupon'...
It’s not your imagination, there are more journalism jobs
By Robert Hernandez: Have you been noticing more posts and tweets for journalism jobs lately? Me too.But to make sure it wasn't the spiked eggnog that was making me feel more positive about the journalism industry's financial state, I shot a quick em...
Lessons in self-promotion for independent news publishers
By Robert Niles: When you step up from newsroom grunt to becoming a website editor and/or publisher, don't forget that you're also making the switch from reporter to source.Being interviewed is part of the duties of a successful website publisher - y...
Why the death of syndication is great news for hyperlocal and niche sites
By Pekka Pekkala: Clay Shirky makes a wise prediction for 2011. It is called widespread disruptions for syndication:Put simply, syndication makes little sense in a world with URLs. When news outlets were segmented by geography, having live human bein...
Journalism of the Web, not just on it: Jim Brady discusses how he got to TBD, and where he’s going next
By Robert Hernandez: In the Web journalism world, it is hard to find someone who has been more of a pioneer than Jim Brady. From being a print sports reporter to becoming the executive editor at Washingtonpost.com to, most recently, launching (then lea...
What can Gawker’s redesign teacher website publishers about maximizing readership and revenue?
By Robert Niles: Facebook got the PR this past week for its profile-page redesign, but I think news publishers ought to keep a closer watch on the redesign happening over at the Gawker blogs, instead. Here's a video showing off the new design:The G...
What can Gawker’s redesign teach website publishers about maximizing readership and revenue?
By Robert Niles: Facebook got the PR this past week for its profile-page redesign, but I think news publishers ought to keep a closer watch on the redesign happening over at the Gawker blogs, instead. Here's a video showing off the new design:The G...
Can journalists call a lie, a lie?
By Robert Hernandez: For me, one of the strongest messages that got tweeted out from Newsfoo, a recent invitation-only meeting of the journo+tech minds, was one by Andrew Golis, who said a major theme was "not just to report truth, but attack untruth."...
How to engage your readers? The 10 steps into social media on your website
By Robert Niles: Unless you're appearing on a reality TV show, you're not going to get married to someone you just met. ("Premiering tonight on FOX, Subway Wedding!" - I want a taste of the action when this show happens, BTW.) Yet website publishers of...
Wikileaks challenges journalists: Whose side are you on?
By Robert Niles: A reporter e-mailed yesterday to ask my reaction to the ongoing Wikileaks controversy. My e-mailed response bounced, so I figure I'm not short-stopping anyone's quote by publishing my response here, instead.Here's what I had to say:
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Debate over journalism’s required skills gets heated
By Robert Hernandez: Thanksgiving is traditionally the time distant family members come together over a delicious meal... and, well, fight. Last week a fight (okay, more like a heated debate) broke out over what skills a modern day journalist needs to ...
