It's Not Too Late

Word is that the "legacy newsroom" is living on borrowed time. Hooey. Papers can survive, even thrive, if they dare to be far more entertaining, informative and reader-friendly. The pages listed below make the basic case. So read them first. The center column shares a slew of specific ideas. As the main blog says, steal my ideas, please.

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Rethinking Pg. 1

Here's a front page full of radical ideas.
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New Section Proposal

And here's a mockup of for a radically different section.
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Innovate More Immediacy: Cellphone Extras

Promo for scannerphone ideaYou’re relaxing on the couch or in your easy chair, reading a story about … a politician ranting … a great new song … the world’s worst snorer. Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to move to see or hear a clip? Just hear or see it on your cell. Maybe the story has a number to dial. For each clip. Or, better yet, to download all the clips at once. Then you pick the ones you want. Might have some sort of instant access if cellphone cameras could be used as barcode-readers. Just point at some scanner code, and, voila, you get the clip. Could make newspapers much more immediate and fun … and get people saying to friends and fellow commuters, “Hey, did you see this?”

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