A season of change
Social media is a powerful and swift tool. Shortly after the Daily News Journal began its restructuring of the information center (newsroom for you old-school readers) on Tuesday, Facebook and Twitter...
View ArticleThe next few steps
During the last 12 months, we have tried to make investments in the newsroom. We took a part-time position to full time, hired a full-time photographer, and hired a part-time copy editor, who will now...
View ArticleThe team approach
As we move forward with the newsroom’s reorganization and start to get new multimedia journalists hired, there will be another change – how the newsroom is actually organized. Previously, we...
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Independence and cooperation
My final blog post, related to the reorganization of the newsroom, is about our relationship with The Tennessean. The rumor mill is always working and there are a lot of folks who think we are, or...
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A bit of family, a bit of faith
Prior to my arrival at The DNJ, my predecessor, Jimmy Hart, spent quite a lot of time on a content evolution plan. The goal was to identify key topics to the community – passion topics – and organize...
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Expanded sports coverage
I’ve talked a lot about sports coverage. Today, we have yet another addition to our sports coverage. Every Tuesday, we are producing a print “Recreation” page. This week’s inaugural edition features a...
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