MetaFilter posts tagged with newspaper and media

All the advertorial fit to print!

Artw — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:05:55 -0800

The Dallas News has a bold new strategy for "becoming the most comprehensive and trusted partner for local businesses in attracting and retaining customers and continuing to generate important, relevant content for our consumers": Making it's editors report directly to advertising sales managers

Japan's Media Environment

armage — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:21:13 -0800

Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large (August 2009, PDF) A detailed, 67-page overview and analysis of Japan's traditional and new media environment published by the Open Source Center, an office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Meet the new type

msalt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:38:42 -0800

A new type of newspaper for a new type of world One story from it previously. About us: "The Faster Times is a collective of great journalists who have come together to try something new. As we launch this July, we will have more than a hundred correspondents in over 20 countries. We have someone on the ground in Kenya and someone else reporting from Lebanon. Our arts section will cover not just film and books, but also theater and dance and photography. We will launch with seven writers on books alone. These writers are not “citizen journalists” but among the most accomplished and recognized names in their respective fields."

"Comments on Comments"

Miko — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:58:28 -0800

NPR's On The Media presents a short set of pieces about comments on news websites and the challenges of "digital democracy," with discussion from Ira Glass about responses to a show about teenage runaways, and New Republic editor and critic Lee Siegel, who posted anonymously to respond insultingly to comments on his own blog. And a Roanoke newspaper editor discusses how one paper sees the integration of comments into online news sites and whether it's a valuable reader service. The This American Life show that sparked the show's decision to disable commenting on their website.

The Times Machine

peacay — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:01:48 -0800

The Times Machine allows easy browsing of every edition from 70 years (1851-1922) worth of New York Times in the original format. Very cool.

Lessons Learned in Web Publishing

tkolar — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:32:13 -0800

Lessons Learned in Web Publishing. A nice overview of the stumbles that print media has made as it has come on-line.

Blackwell as NAMBLA expert?

amberglow — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:06:37 -0800

Unendorsed --an Ohio newspaper takes a rare if not unprecedented step--taking back their endorsement. ... The Monday debate (youtube) showed which one has a greater understanding of Christian conduct. ...

Small Towm Papers

Jimbob — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:17:41 -0800

Small Town Papers. Searchable, digitized archives of small town newspapers.

Old Newspapers and their coverage of American events

Gyan — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 14:59:05 -0800

HistoryBuff - facsimiles of old newspapers that covered important events in American History.

WSJ RSS

me3dia — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:52:41 -0800

The Wall Street Journal offers RSS feeds ...headlines only, alas, and you still have to be a subscriber to read the full stories. But it's still a big endorsement of this technology by a major newspaper. Any other papers offering feeds? [Sample WSJ feed here, additional info inside.]

The right question

zedzebedia — Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:46:15 -0800

Less advertising, more national and international news. Star Tribune editor Anders Gyllenhaal writes, "How can we improve coverage in big and small ways?"

jonmc — Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:23:04 -0800

When I was a newspaper-slinger back as a youngster, I became acquainted with that odd funnypages subgenre-the soap opera comic strip(i.e. Winnie Winkle,Rex Morgan, M.D. and the pinnacle of the genre Gasoline Alley). Moving at the brisk pace of 4 panels a day, these entertainments must have seemed quaint even in their early radio days infancy, yet they gained devoted followings and Dr. Rex and Skeezix and the Gang are actually still active. While the strips are published on the web, I'm surprised that there hasn't been a whole-hog revival of the genre. Heck, Brenda Starr could be truly funky hip modern woman if the right person retooled her a bit and I imagine many web community administrators could relate to Mary Worth at times.

futureproof — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 01:17:43 -0800

New US paper aims at Afghan war truth What do you do when you are fed up with the biased and slanted coverage that the major news organizations are giving the "war on terroirsm"? Start your own newspaper of course.
"A newspaper aimed at providing news of the war in Afghanistan is to be launched this month. Its editors argue that the mainstream media in the US are not providing a full picture of the war and its effects. "

Rastafari — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:42:50 -0800

Black leaders refuse to pledge allegiance to flag is an example of a story that The Washington Times blows way out of proportion. The term *black leaders* would imply that there are multitudes of African-American politicians/community leaders who are refusing to pledge allegiance to the flag. However, if you read the whole story, it turns out that only ONE person, an assembly-women from Tennessee is the focus of the whole story! Of course, the Times doesn't forget to remind the readers that she, and all who support her, are Democrats...

lowblow — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 13:54:06 -0800

Is the NY Times ranking its stories by "popularity" as they say, or as this writer suggests, what's "interesting"?

snarkout — Sun, 25 Feb 2001 15:51:26 -0800

'Is media bias real?', part two: Left-leaning media criticism folks FAIR have produced a report detailing some examples of of publishers, advertisers, and government officials killing stories they don't like and placing stories they do. What about the Chinese Wall between the business of news and the actual newsgathering? To quote a CBS news producer on the distinction between entertainment and news, "That line was over a long, long time ago....That line is long gone."