Comments on: In Rochester, a newspaper dips into gaming to reach new young readers

By: Do online games have a role in news? « Explorations in New Media from the Schieffer School of Journalism at TCU

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:11:30 +0000

[...] news in a newspaper caused people to take action in certain ways,” managing editor Traci Bauer, told Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. “That doesn’t seem to motivate people under 40. The people who write letters to the editor to [...]

By: Augmenting the Journalistic and the Academic Realities « Viral Optimism

Augmenting the Journalistic and the Academic Realities « Viral Optimism — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:07:38 +0000

[...] but the next time it might be to do something as a community to improve the dropout rate.” An interview with Ms. Bauer and Liz Lawley, the director of the Lab, is available from Nieman Journalism [...]

By: Newspaper dips into gaming to reach new young readers

Newspaper dips into gaming to reach new young readers — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:25:27 +0000

[...] Newspaper dips into gaming to reach new young readers By Matti Lintulahti | Published: 22/09/2009 via niemanlab.org [...]

By: Strange love: alternate reality game marries newspaper « LedeObserver

Strange love: alternate reality game marries newspaper « LedeObserver — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:14:59 +0000

[...] puzzles in the print paper, to scavenger hunts, to online games,” the Nieman Journalism Lab reports today. Apparently, the game’s purpose is to “mobilize” people under 40 so the newspaper can [...]

By: Civil union: alternate reality game marries newspaper « LedeObserver

Civil union: alternate reality game marries newspaper « LedeObserver — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:10:39 +0000

By: Chelsea A.

Chelsea A. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:56:43 +0000

In this post, you perpetuate negative, overblown stereotypes about Rochester in a way that is both narrow-minded and offensive for many lifelong residents who love their city and surrounding region. You quote a Toronto columnist without even attempting to suggest that his or her view is skewed. Rochester is NOT defined solely by blight. Rochester has the same challenges of every other older industrial city in the Northeast, but Rochester is defined just as much by its spirit, its tenacity, its reasonable cost of living, friendly people, wonderful independent stores and restaurants, proximity to a beautiful lake, and countless other virtues. It is unfair and unprofessional to neglect the positives, even if your pessimistic perspective serves the purpose of this post. Wegmans is one tourist attraction, and for good reason–it’s the Disney World of grocery stores, and has won scores of awards. But we are the proud home to the Eastman House, the Susan B. Anthony House, the International Jazz Fest, the Corn Hill Arts Fest, the Lilac Fest, and many, many more–and that’s just the city itself. Rochester has truly an astonishing level of important history, arts and culture for a city of its size. Your sweeping, slanted generalizations are of service to nobody.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:36:05 +0000

Interesting, but are the 1000 people who pick up the paper during the game going to keep picking it up when there’s no game?