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Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:45:16 +0000

[...] thing called Digital Journalism Social Hour. It was a regular gathering that sprung out of the inaugural Digital Journalism Camp—an unconference for bloggers, podcasters, and traditional journalists—organized by [...]

By: Kiala

Kiala — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:34:12 +0000

@rick That would be nice.

@jmartens Exactly! So they’re two different companies running the same news which is…

A. stupid.

B. confusing.

C. Ugly

Also, they should do what CNN did and what Current news is doing and have a page of user generated content which helps foster a sense of community without resorting to full fledged citiizen journalism.

By: Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:18:41 +0000

Maybe among Portland Web types, the New Orleans Web types (look familiar? http://www.nola.com/ ), and every other paper that gets these cookie cutter properties we could wrest control from http://www.advanceinternet.com/ and get the chance to design a site for The Oregonian.

By: Jmartens

Jmartens — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:01:33 +0000

First, big props to the Oregonian for stepping up and offering their space. Unexpected but appreciated.

Kiala- One problem I have had with folks from the Oregonian regarding OregonLive is that their first response to any critisism is “OregonLive.com isn’t the Oregonian, its a different company!” Even though some Oregonian journalists *claim* to get that readers don’t care if its a seperate company or not, they continue to use that defense.

So my advice to you and anyone else that wants to bring up the topic is to first drill into their heads that readers view the Oregonian and OregonLive.com as one and the details of who owns what, etc don’t really matter.

By: Kiala

Kiala — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:03:23 +0000

May I ask why this is being held at The Oregonian (other than the venue is free)? It’s like the Nuremberg Trials being held in Hitler’s study.

Maybe I blew that up a little. But you know what I mean.

By: Kiala

Kiala — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:55:53 +0000

Oh good. I won’t be in Portland in time so if you could just convey my message that would be great.

Make sure you include the “sucks balls” part.

By: Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:53:59 +0000

@kiala Every Oregonian reporter to whom I’ve ever spoken seems pretty open to hearing those thoughts, considering they’ve heard that selfsame assessment thousands of times now. Well, maybe not put as eloquently as “sucks balls.” But you know what I mean.

By: Kiala

Kiala — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:47:28 +0000

Do you think the Oregonian will be open to thoughts about how much Oregon Live sucks balls?

I mean that in the nicest way possible.