Zombie Journalism

“New” Tools and Technology

Prior to its demise, Editor & Publisher had written about allegedly “new tools” the newspaper in Knoxville uses to police website comments. First of all, I find it alarming that anyone, particularly a publication supposedly in the know about our industry, would find this community management approach new or innovative. I say [...]

Google Wave is an amazing new tool with lot of features that could solve several problems journalists face right now. But it isn’t quite there just yet.

A few notable bits of news on social media, Google’s developments, news start-ups and more I wanted to pass on before this week really jumps off.

Speaking of the need for innovation, here’s a few innovative ideas I’ve read about this week:

Wall Street Journal Creating New “LinkedIn Killer” Called WSJ Connect – It’s great to see a news org thinking this way. While taking on an entrenched brand like LinkedIn is a tall order, they have a niche audience in the [...]

Our industry was built on competition and the free marketplace of ideas. So, let’s pull ‘em up, shall we? Get out there and innovate ourselves a future instead of crying to the principal about how some new kid is stealing our lunch money.

These are my recommended links for April 24th through May 5th from Twitter tips to new online tools and industry news.

Recommended reading about social media and new insights into the business of online news.