JR: Apparently, some Toledo Blade journalists would like to see ToledoTalk.com disappear - paulhem wrote on Jul 7, 2014: As one of The Blade's editors told me recently, "You may not like us, but you can't ignore us." Would that be one of the journos who would like to see this site go away? paulhem wrote on Jun 22, 2014: A lot (not ... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 07, 2014 - #toledo #forums #media #moronism

JR: Toledo Blade's UglyTruthToledo Coverage - Summer 2014 - Toledo Photo Gallery North South East West Central https://storify.com/toledoblade/the-ugly-truth-about-toledo #toledo - #media - #home - #business - #politics - #activism
- Jul 05, 2014

JR: Writing-related links - June 2014 - QA with the Authors of Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose #writing - #blogging - #cms - #media
- Jun 24, 2014

JR: Comments about commenting systems - June 2014 - And it continues ... Attempting to correct, improve, and manage reply mechanisms, attached to media-created content. Additional links and thoughts: I thought the Facebook commenting system was the Holy Grail for media sites. What about the Disq... more>> 8 min read
- Jun 23, 2014 - #media #comments #programming #opensource #design #blog_jr

JR: Digital media and web services unbundling their products - A trend has emerged in the past year where some publishers and web services have separated their products into smaller offerings or verticals. ".. the digital unbundling is an extension of the decline of general interest content in print form lik... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 04, 2014 - #media #design #app #mobile #web #blog_jr

JR: Highlights from the 2014 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report - "Mobile advertising is still underperforming vs. time spent on mobile devices, whereas print is still significantly overperforming." May 28, 2014: Internet trends report qz.com Poynter.org Niemanlab.org NY Times Highlights Internet user grow... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 01, 2014 - #internet #technology #media #sports #mobile #advertising #blog_jr

JR: Blade outsourcing printing - "Watching the recent contraction and consolidation of many of the printing sites that Ive worked on over the years, including The Blade, has been a rule rather than an exception. Decreasing advertising revenue and circulation numbers, combined with a... more>>
- Jun 01, 2014 - #media #quote

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- May 27, 2014 - #media

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- May 27, 2014 - #media #advertising

JR: Media blames Facebook for the content that media creates - #todo finish editing and excerpting May 22, 2014 dust-up pitting technologists versus journalists in a broad sense. I'm not implying that all technologists and all journalists think the same way, regarding this issue. But for the opinions that I've ... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #todo #media #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: Humorous AP story headline misspelling - (My May 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) It's an Associated Press story, so I assume the AP created the titles for their feed. At the Blade's homepage, the title was corrected under the "Breaking News" feed, but the story page still contains the ... more>>
- May 27, 2014 - #media #humor #blog_jr

JR: LA Times new website design - May 2014 - Beyond responsive: three mobile website design tricks becoming trends Trendy but not always favorable in my book. infinite scrolling - (meh, whatever) cards - (I like this) pre-written Tweets (??) Increasingly, I view websites with JavaScript d... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #media #responsive #design #mobile #web #blog_jr

JR: Apparently, the journalism industry cannot multitask - May 21, 2014 - cjr.org - For the Times innovation report to stick, its journalists need to be on board Doing journalism and keeping up with what is happening within journalism and the wider digital ecosystem at the same time is impossible ??????... more>> 4 min read
- May 22, 2014 - #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: The homepage is dead - May 15, 2014 - qz.com - The homepage is dead, and the social web has woneven at the New York Times People who used RSS readers long ago would have accessed homepages less often. But obviously, socialmedia's popularity since 2007 has contributed th... more>> 1 min read
- May 21, 2014 - #media #design #reading #blog_jr

JR: New media relies on new technology - Apr 6, 2014 - NY Times - Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level - Ezra Klein's new media venture. The story provides excellent insights into programmers working for or as journalists, the value of content management systems in... more>> 15 min read
- Apr 27, 2014 - #media #startup #cms #wiki #cards #blog_jr