Poetry Corner was a big hit at the North Adams Transcript, and Martin’s right about all of the above associated with poetry. Brought it to Berkshires Week, the seasonal, cultural weekly of The Eagle, and got overwhelmed, whalloped, thumped with submissions.

Set whatever quality “bar” you want. With Berkshires Week, we at least require it to have a “Berkshire” appeal. That’s rather ethereal, but you know your audience.

One small correction: The Big Picture did not move, it just launched a separate companion blog called Big Picture Notes.

Thanks!

Last week I was told that one of the major news papers in Vancouver, BC had posted a job offer for a videographer to publish video content on their site. But when they realized that this person would be dedicated to the video part only and would therefore be an entirely new budget post, they scrapped the idea thinking it was too expensive. That type of thinking actually frames the problem quite well: Forward thinking is quashed for budgetary reasons and a lack of understanding of the new paradigm news media is working under.

I hope my points can be a positive contribution to the debate; I don’t want to see the printed news media go down because they refuse to stay current.

More to come…

morten