OJR: The Online Journalism Review

OJR front page archive for January 2007

Are you killing your comments?

January 31, 2007

Commentary: OJR's editor looks at three common mistakes news publishers make which cripple reader interactivity on their websites.

Got a question? Need an answer?

January 26, 2007

OJR debuts a new discussion board for online journalists seeking advice, discussion of industry news, personnel notes and job listings.

Canadian site finds new ways to elicit reader reports

January 25, 2007

Orato.com is growing a base of citizen journalists with community feedback...and the occasional cash prize.

Building a perfect storm of journalism and multimedia

January 22, 2007

OJR talks with Brian Storm about the business of audio-visual storytelling, including the auctioning of stories.

Lessons from the launch

January 17, 2007

First person: The head of Pegasus News reviews what he's learned, so far, on the road to starting a new local news website.

From astroturf to sock puppets: an online news glossary

January 16, 2007

OJR debuts a new wiki, offering definitions for sometimes confusing online journalism and Web publishing vocabulary.

Fake grassroots don't grow...

January 11, 2007

Commentary: But that's not stopping would-be news entrepreneurs from fantasizing about networks of "reporterless" news sites.

News site Web design: What works? What doesn't?

January 10, 2007

Nora Paul and Laura Ruel introduce a new OJR column examining the latest research how readers use news websites.

Your rights as an online journalist: what will 2007 bring?

January 8, 2007

Experts in the fields of speech freedom and copyright law offer their opinions on what will be in store for online journalists in the new year.

The silliest, and most destructive, debate in journalism

January 3, 2007

Commentary: Let's quit arguing the merits of "mainstream" versus "citizen" journalism and instead work together on "better" journalism.