Multiple views about changes at TBD

I still don’t have a lot to say about this week’s changes at TBD. But I know people who follow this blog are interested in business models for news and in the TBD experience. So, in the spirit of TBD’s model of linking to other content, I will pass along links to other people’s analysis [...]

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Working at TBD has been a highlight of my career

I try to understand a subject before I write about it. So I won’t have much to say about the changes taking place at TBD. Here’s what I will say: Working at TBD has been a highlight of my career. I am proud of what we have achieved. Working with the staff and the colleagues [...]

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Historic headlines need to look forward

At Tim McGuire’s request, I have done a blog post on a discussion on Twitter the last couple of days about what kind of headline to write about a historic event such as Friday’s resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: [View the story "Historic headlines need to look forward" on Storify]

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American Press Institute plans strong 2011 seminar schedule

The American Press Institute is planning an ambitious schedule of useful seminars for 2011. I wrote a recent blog post about difficult challenges facing journalism organizations. In that December post, I noted that API’s website did not list any seminars for 2011. I am pleased to pass along the update that API has scheduled 11 [...]

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Engaging your community

I led a discussion of community engagement today for the Conference on the Newspaper Business at Yale, a gathering of college newspaper publishers, ad managers and financial managers. I discussed the Complete Community Connection and mobile-first strategy. I told them that young people are still getting jobs in this business (I hired a bunch last [...]

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Mobile strategy is the path to a successful future

I will be discussing mobile-first strategy today at the Reese Felts Digital Newsroom at the University of North Carolina. My slides are below. Here are some previous mobile-first posts that may help participants in the workshop:

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