Monthly Archives: August 2009

“I was there when …”

Just a little late-night philosophizing. Twenty or thirty years from now, what will we tell our children, grandchildren or students about journalism in the first few decades of the 21st century? Will we look back with a wistful sigh and … Continue reading

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What if we ran a news site on PhpBB?

News sites seem to fall into two main modes of organization. The most prevalent is the one you see at CNN.com, WashingtonPost.com, and my own employer. Conceptually, this layout more or less mirrors the front page of a print newspaper. … Continue reading

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First impressions of AnnArbor.com, Part 2 (Web edition)

Two key ways AnnArbor.com differs from most newspaper Web sites: 1. Presentation of news. While most news sites to some extent copy the basic concept of the front page of a newspaper — the editors choose the most important or … Continue reading

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