JR: Nate Silver's new media venture fivethirtyeight.com - March 2014 - Mar 6, 2014 article: Since joining ESPN in late July, Nate Silver has spent an estimated 90% of his time interviewing candidates to add to FiveThirtyEights team. He is fanatical about hiring. He has insisted that potential hires demonstrate an a... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 10, 2014 - #media #startup #data

JR: Ezra Klein's new media venture Vox.com - March 2014 - Excerpts from the Mar 10, 2014 homepage article: Project X was the pre-launch codename of Vox. Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission is simple: Explain the news. ... our end goal isnt telling you what just happene... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 10, 2014 - #media #startup

JR: Crafting an online media story - PolicyMic doesnt sound like a news website that could work. It peddles news and opinion pieces on serious topics, like North Carolinas voter ID laws, anti-gay policy in Russia, or Republican opposition to immigration reform all targeted at Millennia... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #writing #design #blog_jr

JR: Consumer trends for accessing newspaper info - July 2013 - ... a new study from Oxford University found that online sites beat newspapers as the preferred news source for every age group including those over 55 years of age. But an ambitious survey of 10,843 individuals in nine countries has found that a ... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #web #blog_jr

JR: Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald's quote about the U.S. government - July 3, 2013 WaPo story The Guardians Glenn Greenwald, breaker of stories on the National Security Agency (NSA), recently made the following declaration to the New York Timess David Carr about his approach to his work: All activists are not journ... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #politics #nsa #blog_jr

JR: Hyperlocal media insights - Excerpts from a December 2013 Nieman Journalism Lab story : #media - #local - #business - #advertising - #blog_jr
- Mar 03, 2014

JR: Adaptive vs Responsive Design - Culling comments from my own posts here. https://medium.com/design-ux/2763489df544 #responsive - #adaptive - #design - #media - #blog_jr
- Mar 03, 2014

JR: The Best Answer to the Web vs. App Debate is Both - Both if resources permit it. Large or well-funded orgs can do this. CNN announced last week that mobile page views accounted for 40 percent of its overall traffic, the result of equally emphasizing its mobile website and mobile apps even as so... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #web #app #mobile #media #blog_jr

JR: Toledo Blade Newspaper, a Strong Publisher Form of Government and Rule over Toledo, Ohio - Excerpts: Since its filing in October 2011, we have viewed the lawsuit against us by Block Communications Inc. (parent company of The Blade) as a bullying attempt to silence a competitor. But a recent ruling by Lucas County Judge Gary Cook has ... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #business #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Media trying to innovate - Mr. Klein is not running away from something, he is going toward something else. Vox is a digitally native business, a technology company that produces media, as opposed to a media company that uses technology. Everything at Vox, from the way it cove... more>> 11 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #blog_jr

JR: Media littering our neighborhood - (My Jan or Feb 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com about the Toledo Blade and the Toledo Free Press delivering papers and ads in plastic bags to our driveways.) "It has been so hit or miss over the years it is actually rather comical at this point. It wi... more>>
- Mar 03, 2014 - #toledo #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Data-driven journalism and structuring information at Circa - The assumed output of a reporter is the article. Thats what reporters are supposed to produce during their work day, and its the default unit by which journalists organize their data. Theres plenty of information in the text thats produced, but how m... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #quote #data #mashup #cms #blog_jr

JR: Changing newsrooms from a print culture to a digital culture - Digital First Media newsrooms are still largely print newsrooms with digital operations bolted on. As John explained last week in his address to the Online Publishers Association, Starting with some test sites we will work through every process, eve... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #technology #cms #quote #blog_jr

JR: Reading longform on phones - Jan 21, 2014 - The Atlantic - Sit Back, Relax, and Read That Long Storyon Your Phone Interesting data about users reading long articles on phones. More than 50 percent of Buzzfeed's traffic comes from mobile visits. And that includes stories th... more>> 4 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #writing #longform #mobile #blog_jr

JR: 2014 Knight News Challenge - Ideas for Strengthening the Internet - https://www.newschallenge.org Project ideas need to answer the question: "How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation?" Deadline for idea submissions is Mar 18, 2014. My idea is not mine. I nominate the IndieWeb. ... more>>
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #opensource #activism #indieweb #event #blog_jr