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From Interest to Identity: Social Media and Local Journalism Will Lead Us Back

Posted on February 20, 2012 by g24khamr

Pinterest is the latest but not the first. For that title you need to go back to Compuserve and AOL 1.0, back even to the Usenet and BBS systems. You need to add blogs and communities like iVillage to the … Continue reading →

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In Search of the “News Particle”

Posted on December 19, 2011 by g24khamr

Scientists this month said they are a step closer to finding the Higgs boson, commonly referred to as the “God Particle,” which is widely believed to be the key building block of, well, the entire universe. The God Particle is … Continue reading →

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Introducing “PEARL” – A Tool for Determining What People Will Pay for Online News

Posted on April 20, 2011 by g24khamr

The easy answer to how much consumers will pay for online news – if there is such a thing as an easy answer – is “they’ll pay what it’s worth.” Of course that’s’ the problem: In a world where free … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Distance: How to Get Grounded in Social Media

Posted on March 27, 2011 by g24khamr

We are wired to learn more. From pre-school to grad school, we are trained to reach higher, dig deeper and get smarter and smarter until we become experts in our fields. We are told that the journey is one of … Continue reading →

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Murdoch, The Daily, and Journalism as Art

Posted on February 7, 2011 by g24khamr

“I do certainly see the day when more people will be buying their newspapers on portable reading panels than on crushed trees. Then we’re going to have no paper, no printing plants, no unions. It’s going to be great.” — … Continue reading →

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Eleven Things That Won’t Happen in 2011

Posted on December 16, 2010 by g24khamr

Tis the season for predictions, prognostications, suppositions and, let’s be honest, some downright guessing about what’s in store for next year. Rather than join the fray, following are 11 things that I boldly predict will not happen in 2011: — … Continue reading →

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The WikiLeaks Saga: Transparency without Judgment is Gossip, not Journalism

Posted on November 29, 2010 by g24khamr

Everyone is talking about the WikiLeaks disclosure of confidential diplomatic cables revealing the oft prickly relationship nations have with each other. That this comes as a shock is almost as shocking as the messages themselves, which, stripped of the Bond/Bourne … Continue reading →

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Ten Steps for Moving Journalism Forward

Posted on October 25, 2010 by g24khamr

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has a problem — it's still a "society" (the oldest of its kind), but the terms "professional" and "journalist" are not what they used to be. Digital media and bottom-up news models have forced … Continue reading →

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Newspapers: Making the Case for Free

Posted on March 31, 2010 by g24khamr

(Originally posted at http://www.edelmandigital.com) The future of newspapers may well be in Colorado, once home to the late “gonzo journalism” provocateur Hunter S. Thomson and today home to no less that 12 free dailies. All of these papers are very … Continue reading →

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The Real Story behind “The Last Newspaper”

Posted on January 24, 2010 by g24khamr

 You don’t get to age 43 without experiencing some loss, usually the loss of hair and the ability to maintain that body you once knew in high school. It’s a familiar theme, even necessary. Hell, without loss there would never … Continue reading →

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