It’s been a year since the Seattle Post Inquirer stopped publishing a print edition and moved to being an online only newsroom. They released this video on YouTube explaining the process.
Before you get uncomfortable about losing your daily paper, the Star Phoenix’s national and international coverage comes from the wire services and most of it’s staff are all local. Anyways, if you are inclined to burn the boats, this is a way to do it.
Coop … this is great, thanks. Interesting how they are getting at this. A recent Economist feature on social networking mentioned “some people having smart phones and bypassing company policies on social networking at work … or social notworking” they said … I was surprised by the description of some. Almost everyone I know has access to the Net, news, FBook, Twitter et al instantaneously on their phones. Heck, the new pastor here texted me a few Sundays ago in the middle of the service about the benediction! So … the Seattle PI taking the “we do local well, we access other resources well, basically we outsource what we can, and still thrive with an editorial staff of 20″ makes sense. I am on a board of a non-profit really trying to go against the flow of traditional agencies building up a facility and staff ( bureaucracy ) by out-sourcing almost everything they can. Working well so far. I’ll send them this video as an encouragement. I love to read a real newspaper when I have time, and a coffee, and all that, but I couldn’t go back to relying on a 5-6 days a week early morning print edition only.
dlc