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Dec 1 / 4:46am

Local TV news destined for bankruptcy?

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"In a typical, local television news operation, you'll have a 150 to 250 employees, putting 6 to 8 camera crews on the street every day. This is insane. If you were starting a local newspaper and tell me you're gonna have a staff of 250 people and eight pencils, I would say you're destined for bankruptcy." -- Michael Rosenblum
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Nov 7 / 4:32pm

Multi-Platform 'Content Room' Puts Journos in New Roles

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Gazette Communications, which owns the Gazette; its Web site, Gazette Online; and local TV station KCRG, relocated all of its reporters, photographers, and other journalists from those three outlets to a new "content room" at the newspaper, where they dig up news and dish it out to each of the three outlets. No one entity has oversight of the journalists, and each unit must compete for their work.

The content room is located on one side of the second-floor Gazette newsroom, and also boasts several bureaus and a television studio location. But it is as independent as any outside unit. Neither the newspaper, Web site nor television station has oversight of the content room, according to Miller, a 22-year veteran of the newspaper. "Each product acts as a client of the content room," he says. "The content room has a lot of latitude because we try to set them up to have the expertise to know what is out there to pursue." The approach is so balanced that Miller says he cannot direct coverage, just recommend it: "It is still an experiment."

via editorandpublisher.com

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Nov 5 / 5:21am

Are journalists who tweet value for money?

by smays.com
Media people are using Twitter as an instrument for sharing and crowdsourcing, for networking and live-reporting. A journalist with a popular blog or social media presence can only be positive for the publication’s brand. If Twitter is a waste of work time, time has never been so well wasted. Furthermore, if a journalist is creating content while simultaneously publicising the content carrier, isn’t that doing two jobs for the price of one?
via themediablog.typepad.com

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Sep 30 / 6:19pm

How clueless is the AP?

by smays.com
"If you're a journalist, writer, or editor, you've probably either heard of, used, or referenced the AP Stylebook in some way. Now, the AP has released an iPhone app of the AP Stylebook [iTunes Link]. It's searchable, allows you to make notes, and offers features for easy access of suggested writing styles. However, this app costs $28.99, which is considerably more expensive then the printed version, which is available for $18.95 from the AP."

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