JR: More thoughts about journalism - Feb 2014 - (My Feb 15, 2014 proposed comment that I planned to post in this ToledoTalk.com thread, but I never did. I wrote this as a response to the comment below.) "Because journalism, as we know it may POSSIBLY disappear." - TT user paulhem If you are re... more>> 4 min read
- Feb 16, 2014 - #media #startup #design #mobile #longform #blog_jr

JR: Best designed newspaper websites - Feb 14, 2014 Poynter story titled Guardian among Worlds Best-Designed Newspapers in SND contest Nguyen, who is the design director for U-T San Diego, was one of five judges for the annual Society for News Design contest, which today named The Guard... more>>
- Feb 14, 2014 - #media #design

JR: WTOL confuses Olde Towne and Old West End neighborhoods in shooting story - These neighborhoods are near each other, but if accuracy is the goal, then the WTOL story is wrong. My TT comment: As of 4:30 p.m. today, Feb 13, [2014] WTOL or Toledo News Now has not corrected their story. The incorrect story title also stil... more>> 1 min read
- Feb 13, 2014 - #toledo #media #moronism

JR: NY Times editor, Bill Keller, leaves for non-profit media org - Bill Keller, a columnist at The New York Times and its former executive editor, will leave the paper to become editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the American criminal justice system. The website, sc... more>> 1 min read
- Feb 10, 2014 - #media #activism #startup

JR: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 - https://twitter.com/SochiProblems Feb 4, 2014 Washington Post story titled Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences If these games were held in the U.S., I doubt those journalists would be cracking jokes ... more>> 8 min read
- Feb 06, 2014 - #Sochi2014 #SochiProblems #olympics #politics #media #moronism

JR: Business Insider - Digital Media Growth - "We focused on 100% digital." By design, we have a younger readership than most legacy business publications. Our average readers are in their mid- to high 30s, as compared to the mid-40s and up. Digital journalism is as different from print and... more>> 1 min read
- Feb 01, 2014 - #media #startup

JR: Notes from 2010 UT Media Forum - (My April 2010 posting at ToledoTalk.com) Mar 30, 2010 Toledo Talk posting announcing the event: UT forum to analyze citizen and professional journalism #todo fix this What: 11th Annual First Amendment Freedom Forum Who: Michael S. Miller, co-f... more>> 12 min read
- Jan 29, 2014 - #todo #media #toledo #socialmedia #blog_jr

JR: Knight Foundation plans to fund human-centered design projects - #media - #design
- Jan 23, 2014

JR: Advice for TV news reporters on how to sound dramatic and urgent - "This story is rapidly changing." July 3, 2013 BoingBoing.net post The biggest leak of all this week: a document from a television news consultancy that lists words and phrases reporters should use to add a sense of (OMG!) urgency to TV news repor... more>> 1 min read
- Jan 15, 2014 - #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Block Communications disconnects WNWO from Buckeye Cable - Block Com owns the Toledo Blade newspaper Dec 17, 2013 tweet by WNWO news anchor Angi Gonzalez Here's the proof #theblade is has hit a new low - attacking ppl w/ no say in buckeye/sinclair negotiations! pic.twitter.com/wR2RYJ1ezw The middle... more>>
- Jan 15, 2014 - #theblade #cable #tv #business #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Toledoans freaking out over winter weather - (My comments in a January 2014 ToledoTalk.com thread.) Jan 4, 2014 comment It was easy shopping this morning at the Toledo Farmer's Market. We bought sourdough bread, coffee beans, apples, carrots, beets, etc. We missed out on the eggs though. One ... more>> 3 min read
- Jan 15, 2014 - #weather #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: What does "mobile first" mean to the media? - If a media org has to ask that question in September 2013, then that media org is already way behind the times and behind their competitors. Are media org's taking a "wait and see" (decay some more) approach to mobile design? Excerpts: Jon St... more>> 4 min read
- Jan 13, 2014 - #media #mobile #responsive #design #blog_jr - replies: 1

JR: NY Times Redesign - January 2014 - ... more>>
- Jan 11, 2014 - #media #design

JR: Disturbing stories about the Toledo Blade stalking a private citizen - Counts as of Dec 6, 2013, regarding ToledoBlade.com stories about EconCat88: 7 Blade stories produced by at least 6 Blade employees over 6,000 words spilled The daily, Toledo newspaper has been hunting videographer artist EconCat88, since at leas... more>> 13 min read
- Dec 26, 2013 - #video #toledo #politics #media #moronism #blog_jr - replies: 1

JR: Parallax Web Design - #design - #css - #longform - #media - #writing - #blogging
- Dec 20, 2013