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What Do We Do Now?
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Georgia Kral.
Jarvis facilitated the discussion on this one. The panelists, listed below, explained that we need new business models, smart ways to pay people, good web design. Featuring- Mark Potts of Recovering Journalist and Backfence. Potts said Backfence was the “Paris Hilton of all of this.” Debra Gallant of Baristanet.com, with 100,000 users.
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crowd sourcing…
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Georgia Kral.
Crowd sourcing. Going out, talking to those you cover and running with what they suggest. Fort Meyers News-Press example of enlisting community….Fought a long costly battle in court with FEMA. Got the records on how the $$ was spent, flowed info into database and turned it to the public by posting immediately. The paper had […]
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WaPo buys ads for their bloggers
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Georgia Kral.
A big sales force (Washington Post) selling ads for blogs and moving beyond it’s old school system? Jeff Burkett of WashingtonPost.com says promoting bloggers on their own property is a unique offering. WaPo not focused on local but national. It’s a cycle, he said. You’re promoting them and driving your traffic up. The ad part […]
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reverse publishing? blogs and print working together?
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Georgia Kral.
The local pioneer panelists are all involved in print in some way. Jarvis calls it a “great irony.” Jarah Euston of Fresno Famous sold the site to the Fresno Bee and now the paper includes a page devoted to site content. Is the collaboration between online and print a testament to the inability of the […]
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jarvis and shepard introduce the summit
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Georgia Kral.
jarvis introduces- 190 participants! there’s a lot of interest in this topic. “journalism can and must expand. only one way is to collaborate, pro-am…do things together more than apart.” -jeff jarvis This is the place of the best practitioners. The fondest hope is to talk about what’s next. it’s all about experimentation. first conference, bloggercon […]
