Comments on: Why Newspaper Stories Need to Be Longer – Part I of the Newspapers Are Doing It Wrong Series http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/ Social media consultant, speaker, pioneer of the social blog, founder and CEO of Type-A Parent and Type-A Parent Conference, social networking online since 1984 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: apartments Back Bay http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-3288 apartments Back Bay Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:40:15 +0000 http://kelbycarr.com/?p=66#comment-3288 <strong>1.) Good Post...</strong> 2.) [...]Will all the junk out there I like to link back to the good sites and this is one![...]... 1.) Good Post…

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]]> By: Haley http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Haley Tue, 12 May 2009 16:02:51 +0000 http://kelbycarr.com/?p=66#comment-1564 Thanks for the tips. Good points to be thinking about! Thanks for the tips. Good points to be thinking about!

]]> By: Digga http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Digga Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:54:32 +0000 http://kelbycarr.com/?p=66#comment-270 wow! Kelby, I found your blog referenced in a presentation on to social media and taking the impact of the blogsphere into account. I thought it was just me that was despairing of newspaper owners! I've worked in publishing for 12 years and dropped newspapers but for the Sunday subscription for exactly the issues you highlight: I can find everything short and pithy online. What I want in my paper is depth. What newspapers really need to do is become like daily magazines. Like a daily Harpers, etc. That's how magazines have survived and generally faired better than newspapers in the digital revolution. It's about engagement, and all studies point to print having a vastly higher level of reader engagement than online or any other media. But print won't get picked up and read unless there is a compelling reason to pick it up and that HAS to come from journalism! wow! Kelby, I found your blog referenced in a presentation on to social media and taking the impact of the blogsphere into account. I thought it was just me that was despairing of newspaper owners!

I’ve worked in publishing for 12 years and dropped newspapers but for the Sunday subscription for exactly the issues you highlight: I can find everything short and pithy online. What I want in my paper is depth.

What newspapers really need to do is become like daily magazines. Like a daily Harpers, etc. That’s how magazines have survived and generally faired better than newspapers in the digital revolution.

It’s about engagement, and all studies point to print having a vastly higher level of reader engagement than online or any other media. But print won’t get picked up and read unless there is a compelling reason to pick it up and that HAS to come from journalism!

]]> By: Kelby http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Kelby Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:21:26 +0000 http://kelbycarr.com/?p=66#comment-167 I don't think it is going to the internet, because I don't think people read long online typically. And no, I'm not aware of any studies that say people want longer newspaper stories, but I do know that this is one service newspapers can do best and don't do nearly enough. I also think certain types of readers (like me) love the longer investigative story. No, it might not be the mainstream reader, but newspapers need to accept that their print product only appeals to certain readers. I don’t think it is going to the internet, because I don’t think people read long online typically.
And no, I’m not aware of any studies that say people want longer newspaper stories, but I do know that this is one service newspapers can do best and don’t do nearly enough. I also think certain types of readers (like me) love the longer investigative story. No, it might not be the mainstream reader, but newspapers need to accept that their print product only appeals to certain readers.

]]> By: Maxwell http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Maxwell Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:33:34 +0000 http://kelbycarr.com/?p=66#comment-166 While you're right about a lot of things, you didn't provide any evidence that people want long stories from newspapers. Perhaps even that's going to the internet? While you’re right about a lot of things, you didn’t provide any evidence that people want long stories from newspapers. Perhaps even that’s going to the internet?

]]> By: Jenny http://kelbycarr.com/why-newspaper-stories-need-to-be-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Jenny Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:08:43 +0000 http://kelbycarr.com/?p=66#comment-164 Brilliant. And right on the money. kirtsy'd. Jennys last blog post..<a href="http://crashtestmommy.net/?p=137">Someday, I will NOT look back at this and laugh.</a> Brilliant. And right on the money.

kirtsy’d.

Jennys last blog post..Someday, I will NOT look back at this and laugh.

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