links for 2010-07-21
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Data journalism is a phrase that will become as familiar in journalism colleges as Teeline shorthand
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I still don't quite understand how we got from that point to where we are now, where we're reaching 30,000 readers monthly and writing stories that are making a difference in how Downtown develops. We just kept writing.
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Second one is the most telling. Quality stuff is one of the best promotional tools there is as it gets people linking and talking about your site. That’s why a blog with 3 posts a day that are interesting, engaging, and entertaining to read gets more hits than a blog with 10 posts a day that are boring, vacuous, self-centered, uninformative or simply badly written.
Pity all the newspapers don’t see this and bring out masses of quantity with bits of quality hidden beneath the deluge here and there. Content is king and you’re considered a pariah for pushing that viewpoint as a freelancer and demanding time to do good work. By some in the trade you’re seen as a staller, a guy who’s too lazy to produce en masse – as a journalist I value my name and reputation and so don’t play ball with editorial staff who pressure one to do something fast.
Good work as a rule takes time, haste and quality aren’t comfy bed partners – in this age of urine-poor churnalism we as a profession must wake up to this fast before economics forces our hand.
-Pete @ dirtygarnet.com