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The cost of recent newspaper budget cuts

Posted by Rory Satran on October 24, 2006 at 11:53 AM

Can groundbreaking investigative reporting survive the recent budget cuts imposed on many news organizations?  Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post doesn't think so.  In his recent column Kurtz urges the industry to reconsider the impact of budgetary constraints.  Likewise, recent belt-tightening at Reuters has caused journalists to wonder how long remaining staff are expected to work harder for less money.


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Local, community, you: an exemplary news site is born

Posted by John Burke on May 15, 2006 at 12:41 PM
If you talk to any media watcher nowadays, they don’t hesitate to tell you that the globalized world of 24-hour news stations and humongous international news organizations means that smaller newspapers need to focus more on their immediate communities. They also won’t flinch in mentioning that most local newspapers are doing a poor job. A few models of the “new newspaper” exist to which they refer enthusiastically. But a recently launched local website has joined the fray and could become the new reference point. The difference is, it’s not a newspaper.


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Can print design translate to the Web?

Posted by John Burke on April 6, 2006 at 9:53 AM
Brass Tacks Design critiques the New York Times' website redesign saying that it's "better but its not enough." Why? Because it still strays too far from the golden rules of print newspaper design. Brass Tacks shows screen captures of several exemplary sites which maximize content and advertiser impact. The underlying theme: simplicity.


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Newspaper predictions coming true: observations from the Washington Post's "print vs. online" row

Posted by John Burke on December 14, 2005 at 1:11 PM
The Washington Post's newly appointed ombudsman, Deborah Howell, tipped off a serious debate about the differences in journalistic styles between the paper's print and online newsrooms. The spat illustrates that several predictions by media pundits about the future of the newspapers are being realized.


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