Tag Archives: Journalism

Stupid Tricks Don’t Bring the Clicks

Using data from the most popular newspapers out there, a group called Perfect Market is saying that while stupid articles about trash personalities such as Lindsay Lohan generate traffic, they don’t bring in the money for the websites involved. Perhaps … Continue reading

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Will Bad Newsgathering Outlast Good Papers?

Newsonomics has a piece on its blog comparing Patch.com news report with one in the Contra Costa Times. Contra Costa has better reporting. But Patch had more interaction with its readers. It also had better SEO and was listed higher … Continue reading

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Still Working on This Site

It’s a slow process, but I’m putting PDFs of my clips onto this site. Click on “Editorial Clips” for my freelance writing/journalism and “Copywriter” for my ad-driven writing. Eventually, I’ll also have my all of my fiction up, and information … Continue reading

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Rocky Mountain News films its own death

Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo. Sad film made by the very people who’d just gotten laid-off. Seattle Post Intelligencer is probably going the same route. Houston Chronicle is having major layoffs. The New York Daily News is going … Continue reading

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