Demo For The Press
I created a page aggregating PressDemocrat.com's available local news feeds. It's clean, light, and navigable. Take a look and let me know what you think:
My goal is to facilitate a conversation around making the page better. I want everyone's feedback on how to make the page better. I'm open to try anything. The page is [...]
Excellent Reader Comment On “Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 3: Local News Focus”
When a reader leaves an insightful, thoughtful comment on Buzzyeah, it will get reblogged. Like this comment:
What you say is true. I used read the PD first thing in the morning and then check my internet news aggregator. Now I check the internet aggregator first and then the PD. I find that [...]
Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 3: Local News Focus
When I visit PressDemocrat.com, I go for one thing: Sonoma County news. Someone in Mendocino County might visit the site for Mendo County news, which is great, but not the reason I visit. Ok, with that said, how do I locate Sonoma County news on PressDemocrat.com. Ahh... herein lies the problem. Local news granularity is [...]
Questions for PressDemocrat.com’s Online Director
My local newspaper The Press Democrat is one of the best, as far as non-national newspapers go. I read it online and since their site is my only source for local news it's very important to me. And, like most consumers, I want my favorite products to get better. This is why I'm trying to [...]
Excellent Reader Comment On “Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 1″
Reader comment:
"You make some strong points. The Press Democrat has a long ways to go. And I'm not just saying that because you advocate for me to have a bigger presence in the publication. ;)The one thing you left out was the need to improve our forums and comments. Right now the comments are often [...]
Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 2: Improve Comments, Improve Conversations
If you read Pt 1, you'll know that I'm a lifelong Press Democrat reader and interested in making PressDemocrat.com better. In the post, I talked about four areas where PD.com could make their site more Internet friendly.
This post is going to look at a more defined area on PressDemocrat.com: Comments. I've heard plenty grumblings (here, [...]
Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 1: Internet Friendly
I've been a lifelong reader of Sonoma County's Press Democrat newspaper. Still remember waking up before school and following PD coverage of the Polly Klaas case when I was 9 years old.
Nowadays I read my newspaper online. NYT, WaPost, WSJ, etc. I don't have a subscription to a single print newspaper. This means that [...]
Press Democrat Writers Using Twitter
My local newspaper is The Press Democrat. It covers news from Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, CA.
Press Democrat Writers using Twitter:
@paperwords
@LauraNorton
I'll update the list if more Press Democrat writers start using Twitter. Also, it would be cool if PressDemocrat.com started using Twitter accounts for hyperlocal news sections (not NYT syndication articles).
This post was inspired [...]
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