All entries tagged: St. Louis Beacon

California Watch: The latest entrant in the dot-org journalism boom

“Ten years ago,” says Mark Katches, editorial director of California Watch, “there were 85 reporters covering the California state house; today there are fewer than 25.”
Katches sees California Watch, which officially launched yesterday after a soft launch period and months of preparation, as stepping into a “big void in doing investigative work in California.” Katches [...]

St. Louis Beacon: How startups can provide context and analysis online

[The staff at our sister publication, Nieman Reports, is putting the finishing touches on its Spring 2009 issue. Its theme is one dear to our hearts: "Voyages of Discovery Into New Media." The issue features a lot of great pieces by some of the people leading the way in online journalism — Joel Kramer of [...]