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A couple of months ago, I had a great “original” idea. Newspapers should develop mobile apps that would allow people to scan barcodes and QR codes with their smartphones at local shops. Those codes would earn the user points, which … Continue reading →

Talking about the relationship between Google and newspapers is hardly an original topic. The Google-newspaper discussion tends to fall into two distinct categories. Category 1: A shouting match between old printies screaming how Google’s aggregation is destroying the bottom line … Continue reading →

“Write short for the Web.” I’m not sure if that was the First Commandment of online journalism, but it was definitely in the top 5. The theory: People reading news online are busy. Therefore, they don’t have the patience to … Continue reading →

Might as well change my name to Benedict Arnold with that title, some in my field would say. But, it’s time to face the facts and acknowledge journalism as more an action than a job. for two reasons. First, to … Continue reading →

This just crossed my mind recently. In 1995, my parents purchased our first family computer, an NEC Ready series from a Future Shop in Medford, Ore. (When you lived up by the border on the California, you made as many … Continue reading →

Here in northern California, particularly the greater Sacramento area, there was an interesting interview on the Capital Public Radio  show “Insight” Friday for those paying attention to the issue of paywalls on newspaper websites. Back in January/February, the Dow Jones-owned … Continue reading →

Familiar with golf terms? In that case, mobile can be referred to as the newspaper industry’s “mulligan.” Or, maybe to be more blunt, let me put it this way: Embracing and getting aggressive with mobile journalism, now, may be newspapers’ … Continue reading →

Cross-posted from my Mid-Valley Notebook blog: Comments on the mugshot of a women arrested for suspicion of meth possession: “meth made her hawtt” “People in their 50s + dealing and making drugs is pathetic. Hope they rot in prison.” and … Continue reading →