How fast can you turn your ship? When I look at many newspaper websites, I just can’t help but wonder why some stories are in a featured homepage slot and, even more so, why they remain there for so long. I recognize that every market has it’s own issues and what is a popular story […]
Entries Tagged as 'Data'
Don’t let bad content decisions take the wind out of your sails
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Analytics · Best Practices · Data · Design · Industry · Metrics · Traffic
Don’t just go for the data home run
January 31st, 2008 · No Comments
I’m a big fan of data. My first newspaper job involved working with Paradox and Q&A for a project that analyzed municipal services in New York City. And a I applaud newspapers for attempting to empower their readers by providing them with a variety of government data. But I really wish that before they waded […]
Tags: Audience Development · Beat Development · Best Practices · Data · Innovation · Online · Tools · Traffic
Data done wrong
January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Data is all the rage nowadays. From Gannett’s Asbury Park Press’s DataUniverse to Roanoke’s DataSphere it seems as if every newspaper wants to have an online portion of their website devoted to showing off their data prowess. But there is a problem with many of these sites. In addition to being what Matt Waite so […]
Tags: Analytics · Best Practices · Data · Industry · Innovation · Online · Traffic
