I am an independent consultant working with media companies, mostly newspapers, to help them integrate high-quality local bloggers in their print and online products to increase the companies' reach, relevance and revenue. Over the last several years, I have consulted at the LATimes.com, the MiamiHerald. com, and the world news start-up GlobalPost.com. I was also the editor of BostonNOW where we published bloggers in our paper and on our website. I was also the editor at AOL's Digital City Boston. Prior to that, I spent a couple of decades in MSM.
I can't decide if existing newspapers are going to figure out that they need to be the source of ALL great local information, not just stuff they create, or if they're going to disappear in favor of smaller, more connected new competitors.
John, your last point is frighteningly well put. Welcome.
Information is kind of a circular game. When you point to information, you're also creating information that someone else can point to. For a long while, newspapers, tv,radio were about the only game in town who was making information for consumers. So they could afford to only point to their own info...now, not so much.
Hi! My name is John Wilpers.
I am an independent consultant working with media companies, mostly newspapers, to help them integrate high-quality local bloggers in their print and online products to increase the companies' reach, relevance and revenue. Over the last several years, I have consulted at the LATimes.com, the MiamiHerald. com, and the world news start-up GlobalPost.com. I was also the editor of BostonNOW where we published bloggers in our paper and on our website. I was also the editor at AOL's Digital City Boston. Prior to that, I spent a couple of decades in MSM.
I can't decide if existing newspapers are going to figure out that they need to be the source of ALL great local information, not just stuff they create, or if they're going to disappear in favor of smaller, more connected new competitors.
John, your last point is frighteningly well put. Welcome.
Information is kind of a circular game. When you point to information, you're also creating information that someone else can point to. For a long while, newspapers, tv,radio were about the only game in town who was making information for consumers. So they could afford to only point to their own info...now, not so much.