Comments on: Something has to give to innovate on the Web http://beatblogging.org/2008/07/08/something-has-to-give-to-innovate-on-the-web/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:26:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Angela Connor http://beatblogging.org/2008/07/08/something-has-to-give-to-innovate-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Angela Connor Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:51:06 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=183#comment-77 It's refreshing to see that the subjects you mention were "allowed" to give up something in order to embrace blogging and other forms of interactive engagement. One of the main problems I recognized when I was in print, pushing convergence and working with print reporters to embrace relationships and opportunities with our broadcast partners..was this disconnect about the amount of "time" it takes to actively do some of these things and do them well. It’s refreshing to see that the subjects you mention were “allowed” to give up something in order to embrace blogging and other forms of interactive engagement. One of the main problems I recognized when I was in print, pushing convergence and working with print reporters to embrace relationships and opportunities with our broadcast partners..was this disconnect about the amount of “time” it takes to actively do some of these things and do them well.

]]> By: Culturite http://beatblogging.org/2008/07/08/something-has-to-give-to-innovate-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Culturite Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:10:47 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=183#comment-76 Very interesting. Doing both just doesn't seem viable or sustainable. It's almost a full-time gig just to maintain a blog...let alone consider doing enterprise reporting or print work concurrently. Very interesting. Doing both just doesn’t seem viable or sustainable. It’s almost a full-time gig just to maintain a blog…let alone consider doing enterprise reporting or print work concurrently.

]]> By: Kent Fischer, Dallas Morning News http://beatblogging.org/2008/07/08/something-has-to-give-to-innovate-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Kent Fischer, Dallas Morning News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:01:28 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=183#comment-75 True, I have given up most of my enterprise reporting, but I still do some. Just not as much as I used to. But I look at it this way: the blog is my enterprise. I'm still doing enterprising work, it's just that the output is in a different format. I am also helped immeasurably by having a partner on the beat, in Tawnell Hobbs, who is both in the paper a lot and a blog participant. If this were a one-reporter beat, this trade off might be viewed differently. Also, FWIW, I've contributed more than 40 bylines to the paper since the blog launched in mid January, so I am still in the paper roughly twice a week. True, I have given up most of my enterprise reporting, but I still do some. Just not as much as I used to. But I look at it this way: the blog is my enterprise. I’m still doing enterprising work, it’s just that the output is in a different format.

I am also helped immeasurably by having a partner on the beat, in Tawnell Hobbs, who is both in the paper a lot and a blog participant. If this were a one-reporter beat, this trade off might be viewed differently.

Also, FWIW, I’ve contributed more than 40 bylines to the paper since the blog launched in mid January, so I am still in the paper roughly twice a week.

]]> By: Brianne Pruitt http://beatblogging.org/2008/07/08/something-has-to-give-to-innovate-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Brianne Pruitt Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:49:27 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=183#comment-74 It's good to see that the blog-only reporter can still generate revenue/page views for their news organization. I think the fear of devoting too much to the web, when print still makes the money, is very real. But with success stories like these, there's hope! It’s good to see that the blog-only reporter can still generate revenue/page views for their news organization. I think the fear of devoting too much to the web, when print still makes the money, is very real. But with success stories like these, there’s hope!

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