Examples of ‘traditional’ reporters who really understand new media
April 27, 2007
Yesterday, I had to take the Metro from our Arlington offices to the newspaper’s main office in downtown D.C.
I almost always grab a copy of Express for the trip. For those who don’t know what Express is, it’s kind of The Washington Post’s answer to all of the free dailies that are popping up in large cities with well-used public transportation.
But yesterday, all of the Express racks were empty, so I grabbed a copy of City Paper instead.
The weekly paper had an interesting piece on the coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy. As soon as …
Wanna come hang out with us at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive?
April 26, 2007
UPDATE: We have filled all of the positions! Thanks for your interest!
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This summer, our “new products” team here at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is going to be working on a couple of really cool projects, and we would love some help.
In fact, we would love lots of help!
We’re looking for folks who want to build cool things, hang out with cool people, and work in one of the coolest offices you’ll see this side of Google. This is what most companies call an internship, and I guess that’s technically what it will be here, as well.
But you won’t be doing crappy …
The influence of Kansas newspapers and making money on the Internet
April 3, 2007
This upcoming weekend, I will be going back to Kansas to see my parents, as well as to visit my alma mater, Emporia State University.
On Friday, April 6, I will have a full day of speaking events on the ESU campus.
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., I will be talking about the business of online newspapers. More specifically, I will be explaining how newspapers make money on the Internet and through other new-media opportunities.
What makes this interesting is that there are some sort of universal ways in which newspapers make money on the Internet — such as classifieds …
