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Entries Tagged as 'Breaking News'
Snow does not have to blow
December 13th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Tags: Best Practices · Breaking News · Local Newspapers · Online · Weather
On Sundays, murder is an easy sale
November 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment
If there is murder, deadly fires and general mayhem leading your local newscast, it MUST be Sunday night. Despite the bleak nature of these types of stories they are the ones TV news often relies on. And like TV, newspapers also have a tendency to depend on crime reporting. Why do they do it? Because […]
Tags: Breaking News · Industry · TV
How to cover breaking news online
November 10th, 2007 · No Comments
My intention with this blog is not to primarily use it as a venue to promote work done by my own company. However, I believe I need to make an exception when one of my newspapers does something that can be a lesson to the broader industry. Such a moment has occurred. Allow me to […]
Tags: Best Practices · Breaking News · Ottaway