Comments on: Michael Kinsley and the length of newspaper articles http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2010/01/05/michael-kinsley-and-the-length-of-newspaper-articles/ Where media and technology meet Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: ivoryresearch http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2010/01/05/michael-kinsley-and-the-length-of-newspaper-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-383782 ivoryresearch Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:34:40 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=20288#comment-383782 Print is being abandoned in favour of the internet for many reasons * Time - News is picked up on the net so much quicker now, stories hardly break in newspapers, people read the news on there phone now * Evolution - Print has to combine their efforts off and online so the online mechanisms still push to print where people can gain some form of exclusivity http://www.ivoryresearch.com had to implement a social media strategy to engage people more, basically you have to work hard to reach all of the masses * Quality of Writing - engaging, thought provoking can many editors say that the articles that they approve are any of these? * Free press - in the UK we have free newspapers handed out at train stations which means a huge circ and brands wanting to get there advertising in there does this make the quality of the paper better knowing that more people will be reading or more brands will pay more money. Either way the quality is there regardless!! Print is being abandoned in favour of the internet for many reasons
* Time – News is picked up on the net so much quicker now, stories hardly break in newspapers, people read the news on there phone now
* Evolution – Print has to combine their efforts off and online so the online mechanisms still push to print where people can gain some form of exclusivity http://www.ivoryresearch.com had to implement a social media strategy to engage people more, basically you have to work hard to reach all of the masses
* Quality of Writing – engaging, thought provoking can many editors say that the articles that they approve are any of these?
* Free press – in the UK we have free newspapers handed out at train stations which means a huge circ and brands wanting to get there advertising in there does this make the quality of the paper better knowing that more people will be reading or more brands will pay more money. Either way the quality is there regardless!!

]]> By: Aleksandros http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2010/01/05/michael-kinsley-and-the-length-of-newspaper-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-371510 Aleksandros Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:14:18 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=20288#comment-371510 There are some of us who are entering a post-twitter phase of newsreading, who have learnt to appreciate the more in depth and grounded reporting only a journalist and 1000 word plus article can offer. Reliable and thorough newsreporting will never go out of fashion. There are some of us who are entering a post-twitter phase of newsreading, who have learnt to appreciate the more in depth and grounded reporting only a journalist and 1000 word plus article can offer.

Reliable and thorough newsreporting will never go out of fashion.

]]> By: annamazur http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2010/01/05/michael-kinsley-and-the-length-of-newspaper-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-371504 annamazur Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:39:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=20288#comment-371504 Nowadays technology of electronic information gives us an opportunity to show only the brief abstract of the article. If the abstract will be interesting for the user - he will click for the entire long article. Nowadays technology of electronic information gives us an opportunity to show only the brief abstract of the article. If the abstract will be interesting for the user – he will click for the entire long article.

]]> By: voomies http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2010/01/05/michael-kinsley-and-the-length-of-newspaper-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-371493 voomies Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:49:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=20288#comment-371493 Well, you can post a short and sweet story at http://storyburn.com; Read about a crazy job hunting effort in New York or a foreclosure story for the ages Well, you can post a short and sweet story at http://storyburn.com; Read about a crazy job hunting effort in New York or a foreclosure story for the ages

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