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Maybe it’s because I’m still only five years removed from my Chico State days (and the hangovers that came with it), but I have a big spot in my heart for college journalism. Inside that big spot, a significant chunk … Continue reading →

The California Newspaper Publishers Association is featuring my blog post “Journalism: Less job, more action” in the Fall edition of their newsletter, California Publisher. You can view it online here, on page 4. My thanks to Joe Wirt at CNPA … Continue reading →

There’s a lesson when a local news story from your community newspaper becomes more popular on the website of a different community newspaper than your own. Here’s what has happened: Two days ago my newspaper, the Appeal-Democrat in Marysville, ran … Continue reading →

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 →