The ability to build community has been one of the biggest selling
points for local news media. When circulation numbers began declining
and audience numbers dropped, local news media increased ad rates,
because they argued there were… Read more

You’d think publishers would’ve smartened up following their missteps with West Virginia coal miners’ story. But on the day after the Palestinian election, we spotted a newspaper-affiliated site with a lead story that reports a Fatah victory… Read more

Chasers should check out a funky-but-civil little debate between Chris “Long Tail” Anderson and Nicholas “Does It Matter” Carr (Caution: it’s not light reading).

Anderson’s premise: People have a hard time trusting information from Wikipedia, Google or a blog “because these… Read more

Within the last month, both the Online Publishers Association and Newspaper Association of America released studies on various services that measure the usage of online news products. The two reports review the four major audience-measurement services: comScore Media Metrix, Nielsen//NetRatings,… Read more

It’s time for Chasers to start making their holiday wish lists, and so far, the page is crammed with gadgets and ideas to help us explore the future. Oooh, the Chasers just love this time of year!

So many… Read more

Hmmm, reruns of TV shows on the computer screen. This is what we’ve been working so hard to accomplish? This is the fabulous result of massive broadband penetration? Vinnie Barbarino from “Welcome Back, Kotter” strutting around on the screen, followed… Read more

This week, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released its latest study on teen online behavior. The study reported on teens as content-creators and consumers, and if you had any doubt that the media landscaping is… Read more

In conversation at this year’s Online News Association conference, a fellow Chaser remarked about the weight of the home page on the Web site he helps direct.

It’s way over 300k, he lamented. And, for the nontechnical Chasers among you, that’s… Read more

Here is today’s understatement: Dealing with the future is complicated. So, dealing with today’s stuff should be easy, right? As every Chaser knows, making changes around what we do today can greatly improve our chances of success in the future. Change… Read more

We were struck, during our usual Sunday morning stupor, by The New York Times Magazine article by Clive Thompson that explores how workers deal with interruptions. Titled “Meet the Life Hackers,”
Thompson introduced readers to researcher Gloria Mack. As you… Read more