Post in So that's where they went

2007 Dec 04 17:39 UTC

I think it would be great if there was a chart/spreadsheet
out there that told us where all the journalists no longer
attached to print have gone.

As Wizard says, this is great...also saw Linda Mack and Al Sickerman here:

http://www.minnpost.com/

Dan Haugen of the Northeast Beat who also teaches
community news blogging classes is moving to Twin Cities Daily Planet...

http://northeastbeat.com/2007/11/15/the-big-news-building-a-new-beat/

So we have this migration of some of our best journalists from print to web...

But how will we be able to remain aware of where
they are and keep informed of what they publish?

I suppose for those who have the knowledge and the appropriate gadget.  RSS
feeds could be subscribed
to after downloading RSS feed reader software

...Anyone subscribe to the Community Newswire feed
of the Twin Cities DailyPlanet?

I still enjoy reading print...and will go find print
copies of these even though they are also available
electronically...

of The Bridge (also has a great website) The Alley (pdfs
are now on the Lake Street Council site) and Hill and
Lake Press (pdfs are available on the paper's site)

The Downtown Journal and Southwest Journal are easily
available where I circulate so a search isn't needed
for those and Mike Metzger is doing excellent work
on their websites...

But now that the Ads have just about devoured what's left
of the Strib...reading the print is only occassionally informative...I do
supplement by reading the website...
but some of the ads on the site can aggressively intrude
their

Speaking of ad revenues...are ads and subscription fees
the ONLY source of income for our media?

How will the news websites sustain themselves and grow?
How can they pay their journalists a salary they can live on?

Advertising for MinnPost seems limited to "non-profit" sources for
now...subscription fees...even if they get
lots of subscribers don't seem substantial enough

Just wonder how MinnPost and these will survive and thrive...

http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/magFront.do

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/

Madeline Douglass
Kingfield
Downtown East