Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Taking newspapers mobile

I'm currently mobile, in the middle of a road trip from Milwaukee to Minneapolis to Minnesota Amish country to Dubuque and now to Galena, Ill. That's of no interest except that I've kept up on news via the computer all the way -- especially relying on the Journal Sentinel to let me know of road closings that may delay my return home. A column by Editor & Publisher's Art Howe says that's the hope for newspapers. Especially note toward the end of the column where he explains his thinking about a need to cut through the online search clutter to get to news you actually want to read. That's the secret behind the new aggregators such as news.Google.com or Yahoo news. For community news, the JSonline site is invaluable. It's a worth addition to the discussion of possible futures for newspapers. 

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