JR: Tt post may 10 2016 a - April 3, 2016 column by Toledo Blade ombudsman Jack Lessenberry titled: Blades naming of minors an uncommon but appropriate choice Excerpts: Recently The Blade did something it and most other newspapers very seldom do: The paper printed the... more>> 2 min read
- May 10, 2016 - #media

JR: More evidence that people read long stories on phones - February 19, 2016 - Brookings.edu - Solving journalisms hidden problem: Terrible analytics March 31, 2016 - Poynter.org - Shorter isnt better, photos arent always alluring and deep digging pays off, recent report concludes Excerpts: After ... more>> 2 min read
- May 05, 2016 - #media #web #writing #blog_jr - replies: 1

JR: Obit writers - Newspaper journalism has been described as the first draft of history. For the people Mark Zaborney writes about, the obituary pages are the last draft. Mr. Zaborney has been writing obituaries for The Blade for 32 years now, and while he also handl... more>> 1 min read
- May 04, 2016 - #media #writing #history

JR: Facebook and its media operation - Is this more media whining, since it's an industry that whines a lot, or does this article actually have merit? Only media people will think much about this. The Facebook masses won't care. John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Inside Facebook's ... more>> 8 min read
- May 03, 2016 - #media #socialmedia #business #moronism

JR: Having a successful media business by staying small and focused - May 2, 2016 - Fortune.com - Digiday Shows There Is Money in Media if You Stay Focused Link from the story: #media #design #business
- May 03, 2016

JR: Tt post fri apr 29 2016 c - Culp said: "If you ever talk to a black woman like that Ill beat your ass. Ill do five years for your mother-[expletive] if you ever talk to another black woman like that again. When I tell you dont do something, thats what I mean." Culp added: ... more>>
- Apr 29, 2016 - #toledo #politics #moronism #media #humor

JR: It's hard to understand the minds of journalists - journalism seems like a good profession. reading, traveling, interviewing, researching, writing, editing, etc. but the so-called thinking by many journalists can be bizarre. last decade, many in the media biz disliked pseudonyms used by message bo... more>> 6 min read
- Apr 27, 2016 - #media #moronism

JR: Buzzfeed distribution channels - april 2016 - "A breakdown of BuzzFeed's official distribution channels: 10 social networks, 7 chat apps, 5 BuzzFeed apps, 20 video syndication partners, and more" - hilarious. and what's the take-away for small, local publishers? anything? a fraction of that? #me... more>>
- Apr 26, 2016 - #media #socialmedia #apps

JR: The Media and Their CMS Apps - https://medium.com/@jotham.sederstrom/regarding-shaun-king-and-the-daily-news-e458523367ce I think this says more about the poorly-designed workflow systems in some media orgs, and how the media loves to whine and make excuses for their foul-ups.... more>> 26 min read
- Apr 22, 2016 - #media #writing #cms #design #gtd

JR: Webpage test results - fri, apr 15, 2016 - From: Dulles, VA - Chrome - Cable 4/15/2016, 6:48:06 PM Time: 0.813s Requests: 2 Bytes In: 5 KB Cost: $ For the media sites below, all were first view fully loaded results. And were $$$$$ for the cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w... more>>
- Apr 15, 2016 - #web #media #design #moronism

JR: Webpagetest.org results thu, apr 14, 2016 - #web #design #media #moronism www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-gets-his-chance-to-shake-up-the-race-221929 From: Dulles, VA - Chrome - Cable 4/14/2016, 9:31:23 AM First View Fully Loaded time: 35.055s requests: 338 bytes in: 3,627 KB cost... more>>
- Apr 14, 2016 - #web #design #media #moronism

JR: The Guardian and Comments - April 2016 - adding here my thread: "In case you're new to the internet:"articles written by women attract more abuse/trolling than those written by men"" https://twitter.com/astrokatie/status/719852228320694272 - #media #comments - what's funny is that the... more>> 15 min read
- Apr 12, 2016 - #media #comments #moronism #programming #database

JR: Contrasting stories about the media - Apr 9, 2016 - #humor #media While checking the Mediagazer feed at 8:50 a.m., these were the first three stories: Mediagazer - 2016-04-09T06:15:46-04:00 On the future of serious audio news, and what NPR leadership must do to avoid diminishing (Adam Davidson) - ... more>>
- Apr 09, 2016 - #humor #media

JR: Medium.com April 2016 CMS News - https://thebolditalic.com "Medium is making its pitch for the commercial publishing web. I guess that's where the money is. Best of luck! (I want the bloggers.)" https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/717356855383756801 - but Dave Winer wrote th... more>> 6 min read
- Apr 06, 2016 - #medium #publishing #writing #media #Indieweb

JR: Video ads within Facebook's Instant Articles - March 31, 2016 I'm pointing out the inadequate writing, contained within this WSJ article. The social network said it will also allow publishers to place one additional ad unit at the bottom of every Instant Article, which it estimated could inc... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 31, 2016 - #ia #advertising #mobile #web #media #design #moronism