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Monday, September 17, 2007

Slog on Slog

posted by on September 17 at 14:08 PM

Given that this Slog post about the differences between our print edition and the Slog generated a lively comment thread, you may want to attend this:

This evening at 6:30pm, The Washington News Council is hosting a public forum at the downtown Seattle Library titled: “Today’s News: A ‘Webolution’ in Progress” where members of the news media and the blogosphere will be discussing the way blogs are impacting news coverage and the news industry.

It’s being moderated by Merrill Brown, former editor-in-chief at MSNBC. The panelists include: Cory Bergman, digital media director at KING 5; Robert Hernandez, senior producer at The Seattle Times, Alex Johnson, senior producer MSNBC; Joan McCarter, blogger dailykos; Ambra Nykol, blogger nykola.com; Chuck Taylor, editor at Crosscut; and me.

I’ll be talking specifically about Slog and how we approach our on-line news coverage.

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1

Webowution!

Posted by tomasyalba | September 13, 2007 5:01 PM
2

Is that pronounced web-olution as in spider web, or We-bolution, like Webelo?

Posted by rubyred | September 13, 2007 5:11 PM
3

Maybe I'll go with Sandeep and we can toss a glass of water at Chuck.

Posted by Dan Savage | September 13, 2007 5:18 PM
4

I think it's pronounced like,
Wefweshing!

Posted by kid icarus | September 13, 2007 6:27 PM
5

what about noemie at washblog?

she writes good stuff!

rmm.

Posted by seabos84 | September 13, 2007 9:22 PM
6

Ha! You are going to talk to real serious journalists about this mish mash of country bumpkin slogging? A blog site that discusses bumper stickers. Where, the lamest of lame is deemed newsworthy. Then to top that off, Josh "oh so boring and smug cause he thinks he is smarter than everyone" Feit will be contributing!

This is funniest thing I've read all week.

Posted by You must be kidding | September 14, 2007 4:29 AM
7

I find it hysterical that the Washington News Council (a supposed watch-dog group for local media) is run by...well, you all do some research and figure it out for yourselves. It is one man's crusade against...not quite sure. Anyway, what does The Stranger hope to accomplish by participating in one of these lame forums anyway? I hope you make the "serious journalists" look as lame as they truly are.

Posted by maxine | September 14, 2007 7:20 AM
8

Josh is taking his rightful place amongst peers.

Posted by A. Pearance Fee | September 14, 2007 8:34 AM
9

#3: It wasn't me who spilled water from the balcony. I was drinking wine.

Posted by Chuck Taylor | September 14, 2007 8:48 AM
10

I have a question I believe is relevant to this discussion concerning journalistic standards in the print edition vs SLOG.

Did ECB seek a comment from Sharkansky before posting her posts on the waitress story on SLOG? She hasn't answered the question that I've seen. Assuming she didn't, should she have sought a comment from him before posting on SLOG?

In the print edition, she reports having sought his comment for the print edition.

Posted by Luigi Giovanni | September 17, 2007 2:37 PM
11

@9 ... uh huh.

And Shark can jump off the balcony - but not my bridge.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 17, 2007 2:40 PM
12

"I’ll be talking specifically about Slog and how we approach our on-line news coverage."


I give that all of 15 seconds before you start talking about yourself and some article you wrote in 1999.

Posted by Bet? | September 17, 2007 4:17 PM
13

Slog is light years ahead of the other newspapers. The Stranger has the model for new media with a paper issue to sell to advertisers and the Slog as a testing ground for stories. Maxel Tov on being selected to tell the goyium what their future will look like.

All news is infotainment, and as we prepare to attack Iran it'll be more important than ever to distract the public with stories about drinking fountains and Motel art shows. Slog seems to be working and has the traffic reports to prove this is what people want.

It's fascinating to watch the media evolve and The Stranger will someday be seen as the pioneer in how to do "new media news".

Posted by Issur | September 17, 2007 7:37 PM

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