QOTD: @ReutersHulk Speaks on All Caps and Other Important Things
Posted: June 29, 2012 Filed under: Department of Digital, mass media | Tags: ALL CAPS ARE OK Leave a comment »Margarita Noriega posted a great recap of the day of playing @ReutersHulk. Go and read it, but look closely at this quote:
Quite a few reporters have urged me to fight Twitter, but I think the account survives as a testament to the limits of using any social network. No one should be under the impression they own their social accounts.
Emphasis mine. And remember it.
Media Kerfuffles HCR Ruling
Posted: June 28, 2012 Filed under: Department of News | Tags: ACA, CNN, healthcare reform Leave a comment »Covering the news of it is a little more interesting, but you can’t get by a certain sub-story. This picture is worth more words than diving in on it, though:
(via Mediaite on Tumblr)
Reuters Hulk: The Internet Eats Itself
Posted: June 25, 2012 Filed under: Department of News | Tags: SB 1070, SCOTUS 1 Comment »Oh, Reuters Hulk, that didn’t take long.
HULK SMASH WHINERS! RT @TheStalwart: WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WHINED TO @REUTERS ABOUT ALL-CAPS TWEETS? GET OVER YOURSELF. STOP BEING WUSSES.—
Reuters Hulk (@ReutersHulk) June 25, 2012
Context: this slightly over the top, and all caps, reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The reaction got panned a little since the other wire service counted it as a win in the other direction.
Chart of the Day: Death of News, Not Newspapers
Posted: June 24, 2012 Filed under: Department of Print | Tags: Print isn't news alone Leave a comment »
The dirty work on the NAA study, via AEI:
Total print advertising in U.S. newspapers dropped to $4.36 billion from January to March, which was 8.2% below the same period last year, and fell to the lowest level of advertising revenue since the third quarter of 1982.
To which I respond with good news: we have more news than we’ve ever had before.
The Mitt Romney Traffic Drain, According to Buzz Feed
Posted: June 20, 2012 Filed under: content, Department of Digital | Tags: Barack Obama, BuzzFeed, Mitt Romney Leave a comment »A great read on BuzzFeed about the problem of trying to drive traffic through Mitt Romney coverage. Spoiler: He’s no Sarah Palin.
The Day the Globe Didn’t Show
Posted: June 15, 2012 Filed under: Department of Print | Tags: Boston Globe Leave a comment »Print. So reliable. Except when it doesn’t show up, which unfortunately happened to a few Globe subscribers around the city this morning. Trying to track the updates over on this Storify, but it looks like those Globes will be delivered come this afternoon.
