Entries from Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'Good Ideas'
Newspaper decides if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em
When it comes to local niche sites, being first to market can be the determining factor in who wins long-term. The first to market has likely attracted a community of users who are engaged with the site through user-driven content...
Roundup of reaction to Holovaty's EveryBlock.com
In the spirit of aggregators, I've compiled the most important reactions to Adrian Holovaty's new neighborhood site, EveryBlock.com. My thoughts are saved for last. THE BEST EXPLAINER ON WHAT EVERYBLOCK DOES MethodsReporter has the most complete look at the site...
OpenID finds its first newspaper provider
Readers' need for a common registration platform is being answered by at least one newspaper -- the U.K.'s Telegraph. Community editor Shane Richmond announced the change via his blog: The Telegraph will soon become the first newspaper in the world,...
Miami Herald gets video right
A combination of entertaining story selection, casual presentation, and cool design make MiamiHerald.com's new video program an instant success -- at least in my book. It's been around a while but I'm just noticing. The thing I never liked about...
Q&A;: Tansa president says editors aided, not targeted
In a memo to staffers earlier this week, The Morning Call's editor said he planned to use software by Tansa to shrink the copy desk staff. I quickly proclaimed it the latest match of man versus machine. President Robert Lazlo...
Politico's fantasy primary game is wicked cool
A new game from Politico.com aggregates the wisdom of the crowds by letting us average folks play pundit and predict the winners of the presidential primaries. The game is aptly titled, Kingmaker, and is from the makers of Fantasy Congress,...
Pay reporters a blogging commission
There’s always one reporter who wants to know why he or she isn’t getting paid more to do all this “extra” work, from reporting on TV to blogging, etc. Usually the reporter’s complaint is quickly dismissed. But someone apparently listened....
Wow, what a hack
Fellow New York Times Co. employees won Yahoo Hack Day London 2007. Check out their cool method for using a mobile phone to bookmark headlines that you'll read later when near your computer. I'd love to see them get...
News, from the rock n' roll perspective
I love this idea. Thanks to Editor & Publisher for pointing out the new "Pop Ed" video blog from Boston.com. Here's how it works: Musician Jake Brennan reads the news each day and then writes a song about it. The...
Sam Zell considers picking fight with Google
The new owner of Tribune Co. says Google is stealing his content. And it has to stop. Here’s Sam Zell's quote, reported most completely by The Stanford Daily but most prominently by the Washington Post: If all of the newspapers...
Database lets you find naughty Florida teachers
A new database released at HeraldTribune.com in conjunction with a special series lets readers investigate their teachers and schools in detail never before so easily available to the public. Readers can find out which teachers at which schools in Florida...
Act now or buy later
Jared Kushner, wonder-kid publisher of the New York Observer, bought PoliticsNJ.com. Thanks to MediaRevolutionary for pointing out the casual mention of this purchase in a recent New York Times piece. Remember back to the Fresno Bee buying FresnoFamous.com and you’ll...
Spectacular psychic predictions, and some useful ones
Rob Curley has made a daring prediction for the future. Now, Rob claims he’s not a futurist. But he’s gone out on a limb. Here it goes: In the future, newspapers, will still be called “newspapers.” OK, so it’s not...
A good idea usually spreads
Yahoo launched its own answers site. Not sure whether Amazon came out with its version first. As you might recall, I asked a question using the Amazon site, Askville. And I’m happy to report it provided a good answer. Since...
BoomerGirl.com has a good personality, really, she does
As baby boomers retire, a market to serve them is about to explode. And Journerdism points out a new site called BoomerGirl.com, which was created by LJWorld.com to answer the emerging trend. The pluses. Most of the content seems on...
What a cool kuler scheme
Try this Web site from Adobe if you’re in the market for a good color scheme. Designers are asked to submit combinations and then rank their favorites....
One week on the Web could change your life
The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wa. is one of the first I’d heard of to create a weekly “Web internship” for the newsroom. Anyone – a reporter, copy editor, designer – can spend one week with the Web team instead...
Careful or you’ll miss the real lesson
Something about the Washington Post’s story on the “mojos” at Gannett got journalists in a tizzy. Mobile reporters at the Fort Myers News-Press work out of their cars, filing several times a day to the Web site, without editing. Interesting,...
The Newsroom pays me to inform you
Found this site called The Newsroom, where anyone can get a video clip or news story and post it on their site. Oh yeah, and then you get a cut of the advertising dollars attached to the news story. I...
The new beat as a new blog
The folks over at Gangrey are brainstorming ideas for new beats, assuming that all of the traditional beats were thrown over a cliff. What strikes me about the ideas is how narrowly focused they are, but not by geography. And...
One more election results example
Here in Sarasota, the U.S. House race is so close that a recount is underway. And there's some question about the large undervote seen in some precincts. This graphic, also made by the IBISEYE.com folks, shows the precinct-by-precinct vote breakdown...
Presenting election results
A new program called Flex, from Macromedia, changed the way we present the election results at HeraldTribune.com. Please take a moment to explore the presentation, which feels a lot like an application and less like a newspaper graphic. I’d love...
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