Chronicle of the Newspaper Death Foretold
November 30, 2006
A good three decades before the newspaper industry began blaming its declining fortunes on the Web, the iPod, and game machines, it knew it was in huge trouble, Slate’s Jack Shafer reports.
Great online investigative journalism
November 29, 2006
From MSNBC.com, which recently hired Pulitzer Prize-winner Bill Dedman:
Pulitzer Prizes to allow more online material
November 28, 2006
Starting this year, The Pulitzer Prizes will now allow newspapers to submit a wider array of online material — such as databases, interactive graphics, and streaming video — in nearly all of its journalism categories.
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ASME adds online awards
November 28, 2006
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is introducing two new online categories to its National Magazine Awards and will also now allow online entries in several other categories.
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Largest historical newspaper database online
November 28, 2006
NewspaperARCHIVE.com says it is the largest historical newspaper database available online, with more newspaper pages from 1759 to present than any other service — more than 51 million pages. Click here for a free trial.
TV news sites “best destinations” on election night
November 27, 2006
The best destinations for news on Election Night 2006 were the Web sites of TV news operations, according to a new report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. “They offered a combination of quick access to results plus the ability of users—largely through access to exit poll data or Associated Press material—to plumb a wealth of statistical information on their own.”
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Protection for Web Publishers
November 23, 2006
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Internet publishers could not be held liable if they posted defamatory comments written by others, a victory for online companies. The court said those claiming defamation could sue only the original source of the comments, not publishers or distributors, even if the distributor was an individual.
USAToday.com: Slim Talks Turkey
November 23, 2006
Here’s an nteractive presentation from USAToday.com that helps users figure out how many calories they’re eating on Thanksgiving and how much exercise they need to do to lose it.
CNBC.com plans major site relaunch
November 22, 2006
CNBC.com is planning a major site relaunch Dec. 4.
In a press release, CNBC President Mark Hoffman says, “On December 4th, cnbc.com will change the landscape of digital business news. We’ve recruited all-stars from across the industry to create a ‘game-changing’ site that perfectly complements our worldwide television network while offering a breadth and depth of business news coverage that simply doesn’t exist on the web today.”
Science news popular online
November 22, 2006
About 40 million adults use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.