Category Archives: journalism

Googling all the news that’s fit to correct

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The New York Times public editor writes this week about an increasing problem: incorrect information from the Times that lives forever in search engines. The Times has started surfacing its archived content in a way that search engines can crawl. … Continue reading →

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NY Times launches My Times

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The New York Times has opened its My Times customized home page to the public. (via Techcrunch) Anyone who has used My Yahoo!, Pageflakes, Netvibes or iGoogle will find the look and feel very familiar. The default modules include Journalist’s … Continue reading →

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On newspapers, Osama bin Laden and Google

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Los Angeles Times weighed in on the new Google News feature which allows sources quoted in stories to respond. After a bizarre lead — “Many publishers consider the Internet, and Google in particular, a greater threat to their livelihoods … Continue reading →

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Revolutionizing journalism education at Medill

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Chicago magazine has a piece on the challenges facing John Lavine, the new dean at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism as he sets a new course for teaching journalism. “It would be unethical for us to educate you to only … Continue reading →

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Virgin America takes to the skies; Chron doesn’t

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Wednesday marked the inaugural flights of Virgin America, a new low-cost airline based in San Francisco. Virgin America is currently flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles and New York. This fall it will add flights to Las Vegas and … Continue reading →

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Don’t like how a reporter treated you? Tell Google

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is allowing newsmakers to comment on stories that appear in Google News. Google says it allows people who are quoted in articles or affiliated with organizations in them to comment, as well as … Continue reading →

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Writing news for search engines and blogs

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

One of the reasons I love blogging is that it gives me the opportunity to see things at a micro level. I can see patterns and analyze data in a way that I couldn’t in a typical work role. When … Continue reading →

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The New York Times to set content free?

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The New York Post is reporting that rival The New York Times is about to set its TimesSelect content free. TimesSelect has kept key parts of nytimes.com behind a subscription firewall since 2005. The pay content includes Times op-ed columnists, … Continue reading →

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Old media strikes back

Posted on August 6, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The New York Times killed the fake Steve Jobs. Brad Stone identified Daniel Lyons as the blogger who has been writing the fake Secret Diary of Steve “Dude, I friggin invented the iPhone” Jobs. Lyons is himself an old media … Continue reading →

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Using the Web to cover breaking events

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

After the crash of ComAir Flight 5191, about a year ago, I wrote a piece criticizing the lackluster way news sites use Web resources in covering breaking news. When the news broke of the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis last … Continue reading →