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OJR front page archive for January 2008

Ethnic media publishers are the original niche media pioneers

January 31, 2008
Commentary: Ethnic newspapers and broadcast stations have built a model for competing successfully with mainstream media. Now, it's time to apply that model online.

Big names, big ideas at Big Think

January 30, 2008
Startup invites users, experts to create global video conversations on the Web.

Readers owe nothing to publishers

January 28, 2008
Commentary: The news industry must break its habit of hiding its best editorial content if it is to use online to reverse its decline in readership.

Which social networking sites are you using?

January 25, 2008
Question of the week: Are you, or your publication, using online communities to promote your journalism? If so, tell us about it.

Newspapers use YouTube video previews to attract readers

January 24, 2008
Online editors at two papers talk about how they put movie-style trailers and a music video on YouTube to promote their papers' special reporting projects.

Teaching online newswriting

January 23, 2008
Commentary: Understanding search engine optimization and the need to work quickly can help journalists write more effectively for the Web.

Got something to say? Then say it!

January 22, 2008
Editor's note: We're changing the way we handle reader comments on OJR, so that unregistered readers will have a chance to contribute to the site.

Which online news award means the most?

January 18, 2008
Question of the week: Which of the top awards for excellence in online journalism would you most want to win?

News sites, large and small, can measure usability

January 17, 2008
Through a variety of methods, newspaper professionals can enlist consumers in evaluating their websites' designs.

Writing to the beat of their hearts

January 15, 2008
A new collection of essays by teenage girls might teach something about the next generation of journalism.

How AOL can transform its sow's ear

January 14, 2008
Commentary: A former editor offers a few ideas on how this once-dominant online publisher might regain its forward momentum.

Ground-up meets top-down on HuffPost spinoff

January 8, 2008
'Off The Bus' gathers the best 2008 U.S. presidential campaign coverage from the Web... and elicits some of its own.