Since April, I have been working as part of a Drexel University co-op on The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Online Desk. When I was hired, part of the job description stated that I would be involved in developing online video, and further, assisting to develop an online multimedia content strategy. By my first day, the paper’s site [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Revitalizing newspapers: Online video
Posted in Media Theory, Online Newspapers, Web Video on 2007.07.18 - Wednesday | 1 Comment »
The new online life of newspapers
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For the past 4 months, I have been interning at The Philadelphia Inquirer, working on the Online Desk. My duties have included updating pages on http://www.Philly.com, creating and maintaing pages for special, multi-part features, editing and integrating online content into article and feature pages, an producing original content. During my time in the newsroom, if [...]
Newspapers, meet Facebook.
Posted in Media Theory, Online Newspapers on 2007.07.18 - Wednesday | Leave a Comment »
I am currently interning at The Philadelphia Inquirer, doing a multitude of duties. On June 28, 2007, the Online Department had a staff meeting, during which one topic included the role of the social networking website http://www.facebook.com as a tool for increasing online newspaper readership and exposure. After the meeting I wrote this memo:
We talked [...]
