From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Museum-Quality Magazines for the Masses?

June 30, 2009

About a week ago, Twitter member @markfbonner sent me a link to this TED talk about design and the way it impacts how readers interact with print newspapers.  Designer Jacek Utko, a Polish newspaper designer who created award-winning redesigns for newspapers in Eastern Europe, says, “In the long run, there is no practical reason for [...]

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Wings to Fly in the Social Media Sky

June 29, 2009

When I logged into Facebook last night, one of the first things that appeared in my newsfeed was “best commercial I’ve seen in a while“, posted by Too Shy to Stop writer Erin. Of course, I had to click the link!
The one-minute ad spot, for Travelers Insurance, features a cute dog worried about losing his [...]

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Speculation v. Sources in Reporting Michael Jackson’s Death

June 26, 2009

At around 5:30 PM yesterday, I noticed news of Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest on Twitter and Facebook. At around 6 PM, some people claimed that he had died. What?! I performed a Google search to find an update. The website that had first reported his death, celebrity gossip site TMZ, was so heavily trafficked that [...]

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Calvin Klein Billboard Bonanza

June 25, 2009

A few weeks ago, my friend and I were driving through SoHo when we noticed an attention-grabbing billboard at E. Houston and Lafayette Streets.
(Pictured at left: NOT the billboard in question, by PinkMoose)
In the photograph, four young, gaunt models are enjoying one another; two male models and a female model are groping one another on [...]

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My Perfect New Media World

June 24, 2009

The term “new media” is used very liberally; I get the sense that most people don’t even know what they mean when they say, write, or read “new media”.
Whatever “new media” means to you, it absolutely describes the way that we will consume and share information during a time when traditional media outlets (newspapers and [...]

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GM Imagines Its Rebirth

June 24, 2009

In a recent ad spot, General Motors attempts to reassure the car-buying public that it’s still a company positioned for innovation and growth. When I think of storytelling in television advertising, this spot comes immediately to mind.
(Pictured at left: General Motors HQ, by jeffwilcox)
During the 30 seconds of video, we see images of American landscapes: [...]

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Q&A with Alyssa Royse of Just Cause Magazine

June 19, 2009

Alyssa Royse, President and Editor-in-Chief of Just Cause, a magazine available online and in print on-demand, contacted me because she noticed a reporter query from Too Shy to Stop writer Eui-jo on Help a Reporter Out (HARO).
Alyssa was intrigued by our model, and I was intrigued by her magazine, especially since I have immersed myself [...]

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Media Consumers Are Making Demands

June 17, 2009

I know, I know. I keep asking “Is print really dead?”. But the question comes back to me like an echo with no answer.
When I use the word “print” in this sense, I am not simply referring to printed material. Print in this sense = printed word distributed with a specific circulation by publishers. Imagine [...]

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Choosing Interaction over Consumption

June 15, 2009

In order to have ideas about media, you need to interact with media. You don’t need a degree in communications, and you certainly do not have to be Julia Allison.
Just pick up a magazine or newspaper and think about how you feel when you flip the pages, read the words, and skip over things that [...]

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