Notes from the unification [yelvington.com]


On a day when the Sun-Times Media Group intimated it would reduce the frequency of its suburban dailies, and on which boston.com reported that the Boston Globe could be shuttered without union concessions, Steve Yelvington looks at how survivor newsrooms are reorganizing (or re-re-organizing) into converged operations, and lays out some do’s and don’ts:

The era of newspapers operating wholly separate online divisions clearly has ended, and the era of integrated newsrooms has begun. From that union we’re all learning some things.

via Notes from the unification | yelvington.com.


About Owen Youngman

Professor Emeritus of Journalism and formerly Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Formerly senior vice president/strategy and development and director of interactive media, Chicago Tribune.