Castration would be painful, especially when it is self inflicted.
I was browsing through my Google Reader, exploring “stolen content”, and I noticed something that sounded interesting; the word was “BooCoo”. I clicked on the story bar and was soon greeted by a sadly sympathetic review of the newest online print manifestation, an attempt to fight [...]
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Category Archives: Journalism
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Matt Davis Leaves the Portland Mercury
This is perplexing news; Matt Davis is leaving the Portland Mercury for good and moving to New Orleans! According to his first post about the move, “I’m taking the next step in my career after four fantastic years with the Mercury. I’m sorry to say that I’m moving on.” As would be expected, his fans [...]
Digital Demography
In preparation for this post I gathered my notes and thoughts and decided it was time that I began authoring posts on one of the subjects I have been studying for the past 3 years, Digital Demography.
Digital Demography is the study of populations and behavior based on qualities unique to online properties. This would include [...]
Oregon Live Pay Wall
So the question is, “Would you pay for your news to be delivered to you via an elaborate distribution network similar to that of yesterday’s paper?” Well, it turns out that were going to find out soon enough as Rupert Murdoch and the NY Times are both announcing that they will installing a Pay Wall [...]
Advanced Content Aggregation
As part of my attempt to better understand the worlds of marketing, journalism and media I have set out to create as many new ideas as I consume, sort of like giving back to the community that has given me so much. One of the focuses of study that touches on all three areas is [...]
Another Portland Conference Season
Just as the literal cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom, so too is the romance of another Portland Conference Season, its Spring! To the casual observer, many of the conferences, un-conferences and day long learning excursions that many like myself will attend will go unnoticed and uncelebrated. For my ilk and I, however, this is [...]
Twitter and Healthcare
It is incredible to be able to see real-time sentiment but it is even more incredible to be able to trace back in time, up to 180 days, the sentiment of the past. Using www.trendistic.com and Google Search Insights, I have been able to pin down the two hottest days in the past 180 days [...]
Podcasting and Journalism
When it comes to the medium of podcasting and the future of journalism, the two aren’t really at odds with each other. In fact, I would dare to say that the two of them of a lot in common. However, there seems to be a genuine disconnect between the utility that is podcasting and the [...]
Oregon Media Central
Oregon Media Central is a website geared towards the coverage of the Oregon media world and is maintained by Mitch Nolan. The website has been active since the demise of Oregon Media Insiders, a blog formerly covering the different worlds within Oregon media and journalism. Oregon Media Central (OMC) seems to cover a variety of [...]
Starting Over
It finally happened, my entire blog was deleted. While I was initially upset about this I have come to terms with the fact that I made a grave mistake in the back-end of my website and we will just leave it there. However, with a new start comes the opportunity to refocus the intention of [...]