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Can Your Editorial Team Flow from Print to Digital?

30 October 201910 November 2021|Editorial

As niche magazine brands make the shift to multi-channel publishers, the editorial staff often has to realign. In these days of leaner content staffs, that means print writers may find themselves working on digital content as well. Is this a...

News that Matters – Embracing the Slow Journalism Movement

11 July 201811 July 2018|Editorial, News

The age of the 24-hour news cycle has turned journalism into a speed race. Scoops and breaking news are filled with scant facts, lots of supposition, and often wild speculation. And by the time the full story has come out...

One Space or Two … The Debate Rages

10 May 201810 May 2018|design, Editorial

One space or two after the period? For some of us in the industry, this debate ranks right up there with other major life dilemmas like when to eat that avocado (right now), or whether to meet the employer match...

Young Subscribers Flocking to Paid News Content

11 January 201810 November 2021|Editorial

“Why should I pay for news when I can get it for free online?”Apparently, the Millennial generation has asked that question and found a really good answer, because they are subscribing to paid news services at a faster rate than...

Want Newsstand Success? Think Mission First

03 April 201710 November 2021|content, Editorial, Magazine

When Saturday Evening Post changed the direction of their editorial mission in the late ‘50s, the results were fast and profound.“A change in editorial mission can kill even the most successful titles, as pointed out in The Curtis Caper by...

Why Journalism Should be Grateful for the Current War on Media

08 March 201708 March 2017|Editorial

John Palumbo, head of Rhode Island Monthly, waxed nostalgic in a recent post in Folio. “My journalism advisor in college was a crusty seasoned newspaper guy who had retired to academia. Often, when reviewing classwork, he would look over his...

You Gotta Hand it to Facebook

25 May 201625 May 2016|content, Editorial, publishing, Social Media

Anyone who remembers AOL in the ‘90s is having an eerie sense of déjà vu with Facebook’s Instant Articles. Is it a case of fool me twice? It’s like the ’90s all over again; and not in a good way...

The New Church and State in the Digital Age

18 May 201610 November 2021|Advertising, content, Editorial, publishing

The lines may have blurred, but the consumer still doesn’t want to be misled. This direction is where a brand’s integrity matters.As journalism brands develop multi-channel revenue streams and non-journalism brands become publishers, the wall between editorial and finance is nearly...

Journalism, Clickbait and the Edge of Peak Content

07 April 201610 November 2021|content, Digital, Editorial

“The audience-building process is shifting its focus from quality to unabated eyeball collection tactics, with pernicious consequences.” ~ Frederic FillouxJournalism doesn’t have a clickbait problem. It has a content problem, asserts Chris Sutcliffe in The Media Briefing.Sutcliffe cites media commentator...

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