Blogging about our Web-first video

Add comment May 1st, 2008

I get Google alerts any time we’re mentioned on the World Wide Web. Authors Deb Halpern Wenger and Deborah Potter blogged about our Web-first video. The pair wrote “Advancing the Story: Broadcast Journalism in a Multimedia World.  You can watch the video there, too. And if you have time, read what Jennie Pollock wrote about the video.

if you want to see what our jobs are like

2 comments April 28th, 2008

we at bricks & clicks write about how our jobs are changing from the old days of just ink and paper to tv, the web and magazines.today, instead of reading about how we’re different, watch us.

we produced this video by request from our parent company, gatehouse media. it will be used for training: while it’s not a how-to, it’s a how-to-think.

thanks, billy kulpa, for filming and editing this piece. (his first day on the job was the boone county tornado, and he’s been “running” ever since.)

Leading change

Add comment April 2nd, 2008

In the last couple years, I’ve been fortunate to get out of the office to attend conferences with other journalists. I’ve learned a lot from colleagues who work in larger and smaller newsrooms than mine. I always take back ideas, and I gain friends in the biz.

Today and tomorrow, I am in Lisle with other GateHousers. This time, though, I am one of the presenters and will be discussing developing and growing a Web-first culture in the newsroom. The participants came from across the country and will go through sessions that examine how to lead during change, covering the news for today, tomorrow and beyond, and much more.

I am energized by change, and this industry is changing quickly. We’re not just newspaper companies. We’re information companies. We have to gather information — through words, photos, interactive graphics, videos, slide shows, audio and more — and distribute on the best platform(s). Most of the time, it’s the Web.

Still, we as journalists can’t abandon our newspaper product. We also have to be creative in how we deliver information across our platforms. So, we try new things. And we get together (like today) and talk about best practices and share ideas on how we can adapt and thrive in a changing industry.