The Journalism IconoclastThe blog of online journalist and Web developer Patrick Thornton. This blog seeks to combine journalism and Web development to forge a new frontier.Fake LA Times staffers better than real LA Times staffers- September 24, 2008 Former and current LA Times staffers have taken it upon themselves to not only blame but also sue Sam Zell for their current predicament. As if it was Zell&8217;s hubris that led them to think they were a national (international!!) paper. As if it was Zell&8217;s ignorance that led the Times to have a horrible Web ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/24/fake-la-times-staffers-better-than-real-la-tim... Are these the beat reporters pushing the practice the most- September 22, 2008 I&8217;ve been thinking about who are the best bloggers The requirement isn&8217;t who runs the best blog on the Web, but rather which beat reporters are innovating the most on the Web with online tools like social networking and blogging. Am I missing people I realize that this list is mostly of beat reporters from larger ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-these-the-beat-reporters-pushing-the-pract... If you could start from scratch would you build the same product- September 20, 2008 I was just at Cleveland.com, and I was looking at all the new features the site has launched recently. Certainly, the new features are upgrades over what used to be there. The new design is a step forward. The site, however, is a hodgepodge in many ways. A lot of Cleveland.com doesn&8217;t make sense. Different sections have ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/19/if-you-could-start-from-scratch-would-you-buil... Supply and demand is a bitch- September 18, 2008 I have some lessons from ONA 08 over at BeatBlogging.Org (version 2.0 nonetheless), and I wanted to highlight the supply and demand part of the post: This is an issue facing journalism on the Web and not just beat bloggers. Right now, there is simply more supply of written content than there is of demand for ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/18/supply-and-demand-is-a-bitch/ I have ethics, yo- September 18, 2008 Yes, it is true, I&8217;ll be at the Kent StatePoynter Workshop on blogging and ethics tomorrow. I just wanted to clear this up really quick. I do have ethics. Jay Rosen contends that if blogging didn&8217;t have ethics, it would have failed. But it hasn&8217;t failed. So what does that tell you I&8217;ll be tweeting from the workshop. Let ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/17/i-have-ethics-yo/ Get your daily beast from Tina Brown- September 16, 2008 Perhaps the biggest revelation from ONA 08 is that Tina Brown is forming a new Web startup dedicated to celebrating the life and times of the world&8217;s great beasts. I think the site is a great idea. First, everyone loves beasts, especially daily ones. How Brown went from being editor of Vanity Fair and The New ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/16/get-your-daily-beast-from-tina-brown/ ONA 08 review and thoughts- September 15, 2008 ONA 08 ended two days ago, and I spent all of yesterday recovering. It was a great time, and I met a lot of talented and interesting people. Maybe if I met less people, I would have gotten more work done yesterday. The Good: The sessions &8212; The key to any good conference are the sessions. Most of ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/15/ona-08-review-and-thoughts/ Going to be at ONA Ill see you there- September 5, 2008 I hope to see all of you at ONA starting the 11th. I&8217;ll be there, and I&8217;ll also be appearing on an ethics panel. It should be a great time and a good way to find out what others in the industry are up to. If you&8217;re interested in learning more about beat blogging or if you ...http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/09/05/going-to-be-at-ona-ill-see-you-there/ |