It seems as though every day there are more news outlets that are adapting to New Media. At GlobalPost, they have fully embraced it.
GlobalPost, founded by former Boston Globe correspondent Charles Sennott, has a mission to “redefine international news for the digital age”. They have 65 correspondents in 40+ countries throughout the world as they believe in the [...]
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Our media has evoloved from a slow progression toward the internet to a steady jog toward the internet…
The AP is reporting that two of Detroit’s daily papers are cutting home delivery to three days per week. The Christian Science Monitor is now entirely web-based. Many major newspapers (such as the Courant) are encouraging readers to [...]
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Interesting article in the New York Times today regarding web-based news organizations - highlighting Connecticut’s own news “guerrilla team”: the New Haven Independent.
The article relays how these types of operations have become watchdogs and have forced traditional news outlets to cover their stories.
“Their news coverage and hard-digging investigative reporting stand out in an Internet landscape long [...]
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Via the Connecticut Gazetter:
The Courant has to hunt up a new left-leaning columnist to replace Bill Curry, who ended his column last Sunday. How they do this will say a lot about how well they grasp the changing industry. One possible move would be to reach back toward such “old hands” as Michelle Jacklin and [...]
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The Laurel Club was an organization of Connecticut legislative reporters established in 1909. It was formed “To foster cooperation among legislative newspapermen; to promote better government by accurate and fearless reporting; to puncture the overinflated egos of legislators.”
We at The Laurel aim to carry the torch of the Laurel Club by keeping the State’s media outlets [...]
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