As AngryJournalist.com hit its 5,000th comment mark yesterday, I began to think more about comments on the web and the lack of consensus on how news organizations approach the concept of online conversations.
The main problems with comments stem from two areas: identity and filtering.
Comment identity
I remember in my first journalism class I was fortunate enough [...]
Because so many of my friends demanded it (or at least thought it was a good idea), I’ve created a few T-shirts for AngryJournalist.com:
Other designs include:
+ print is dead
+ journalists get laid (off)
+ -30-
More to come! Get yours today!
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Note: I wrote this essay originally for the Innovation In College Media blog, which I occasionally contribute to. You should go check out my post and read/contribute to the discussion there.
There’s been quite a bit of negativity and despair coming from college students at AngryJournalist.com and it’s bothered me quite a bit. While I wouldn’t [...]
Newspapers might be dying, but that doesn’t mean print is dead.
Each week, I spend between $15-25 on comic books, which range from $3-4 per issue.
Each month I probably spend $10-25 on books that probably will just sit on my shelf for years unread.
Yet, each day I refuse to spend even 25 cents [...]
I’ve already Twittered, Facebooked, and del.icio.us-ed HelpAReporter.com, but Peter Shankman has put together a really helpful Web site that could use as much attention as possible.
The site is a listing of publicists and P.R. professionals that sign up to receive queries from journalists looking for sources. It’s a simple concept that started as a Facebook [...]
This week AngryJournalist.com broke the 2,000 comment barrier and has seen more than 125,000 page loads and 64,000 unique visitors. As my friend stated, the Web site has officially become of a bit of a meme. Here’s a list so far:
+ HappyJournalist.com – I thought this would happen eventually. Although, as Gawker and others have [...]
A few friends of mine asked me why I refused to put up advertising on AngryJournalist.com, even something as simple as a few text ads from Google AdSense despite it being relatively successful in terms of traffic. I have a few reasons for this.
First, I really dislike advertising. I run the Adblock plugin on [...]
It’s been two weeks since I announced the launch of AngryJournalist.com and since that time the site has exceeded every expectation I held for it. However, it comes with a mixed feelings about its so-called success, and I still see no solution for the problems that plague the journalism industry.
In just half a month, the [...]
Today, I launched AngryJournalist.com. Here’s its motto:
AngryJournalist.com is for the underpaid, overworked, frustrated, pissed off and ignored media professionals to publicly and anonymously vent their anger. Share your story. With any luck, you’ll feel better.
The site has a simple prompt for visitors: Why are you angry today?
Anyone may write their rant about what’s causing them [...]
You’ve probably heard already about the fatal shooting in Kirkland, but I couldn’t help to notice this detail in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s story:
Dave Bundy, the editorial director for the Suburban Journals, said that one of the newspaper’s reporters, Todd Smith, was injured in the attack.
“We don’t know if it was a ricochet or what, [...]
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