From Poynter Online: Columnist Steve Yelvington predicts that newspapers and magazines will offer archival access online to customers in an effort to keep circulation numbers high. The tradeoff is especially likely to appeal to newspapers because they only profit marginally from local archival access. The leading newsweeklies, Time and Newsweek, currently differ in their online access; while Time offers portions of its content on its site, Newsweek is embedded as a section in MSNBC.com.
Will online archive access lure subscribers?
December 20, 2004 by
About Sarah ColomboSarah is a recent graduate of USC's Annenberg School for Communication, where she obtained a Master of Arts in journalism. She served as the managing editor of OJR's news blog during the 2004-2005 academic year. She has also been published in a variety of online and print publications, including the Daily Breeze and Premiere magazine. Her professional interests include cultural affairs reporting, arts and entertainment and anything multimedia related.
Blog highlights positive post-war Iraq
December 20, 2004 by
From WashingtonPost.com: Brothers Omar and Mohammed Fadhil are pioneering some of the first Iraqi news blogs since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The Post describes their English-language blog, IraqtheModel, as “part journal, part travelogue, and part political soapbox.” Although the Fadhil’s do not write professionally, their blog has been influential enough to secure a meeting with President Bush in his Oval Office. Critics have already suggested the blog is an American propaganda tool, but Mohammed Fadhil said the opinions are autonomous and that more positive news should be generated about the effort. “No one is showing the good news coming from Iraq. That’s usually ignored. Things are difficult, but life is going on,” he said.
About Sarah ColomboSarah is a recent graduate of USC's Annenberg School for Communication, where she obtained a Master of Arts in journalism. She served as the managing editor of OJR's news blog during the 2004-2005 academic year. She has also been published in a variety of online and print publications, including the Daily Breeze and Premiere magazine. Her professional interests include cultural affairs reporting, arts and entertainment and anything multimedia related.
