Posted by Kelby Carr in featured, new media on 02 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Guy Kawasaki Interview on Newspapers at Alltop

Guy Kawasaki Interview on Newspapers at Alltop
I recently noticed that Alltop, a 2.0 magazine stand delivering feeds on a variety of topics such as moms and journalism, introduced pages for the L.A. Times and New York Times. As any of my regular readers know, my background is in newspapers and I have some rather strong opinions about the industry’s...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in featured, freelance writing, journalism, new media on 01 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

The Newspaper as Specialty Publication

The Newspaper as Specialty Publication
Tomorrow, I predict one of the best days in newspaper sales in several months. Despite all the stories of woe in the newspaper industry, don’t be surprised if you hit newspaper racks tomorrow to find them all sold out. How can that be in the midst of a recession and with an industry that is circling...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in journalism, new media on 06 24th, 2008 | 5 Comments

Why Newspaper Stories Need to Be Longer - Part I of the Newspapers Are Doing It Wrong Series

I have some advice for newspapers. I won’t even charge you for it. I know you can barely afford to have each reporter do 3-7 beats as it is, so consider this one a freebie. Hey, you underpaid me for 15 years, so I guess I owe you. You are doing it all wrong. All of it. Wrong. Just stop. Newspapers...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in journalism, new media on 05 14th, 2008 | 13 Comments

Guess What News Business? Bias Was OK After All…

I sort of laughed/cried to read about some silly nonsense Geek Wars between Wired and Techcrunch in Techcrunch’s post, “ OK, Wired, Let’s Do This!” In essence, Wired (interestingly enough, the Old School journalist in this scenario) has attacked the Techcrunch blog (new media),...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in freelance writing, journalism, new media on 04 13th, 2008 | 5 Comments

Why I Ditched Print for Web Writing

Deb Ng of Freelance Writing Gigs recently had a great post, “ Print vs. Web: Why the Two Will Never Be the Same.” It’s still interesting to me, even in this era of Web Content as King, how many people still think a writer only goes for web to get a career started (or as a last resort). People...
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