http://treehouse-media.net/blog A re-education camp for print journalists interested in developing multimedia and entrepreneurial survival skills. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:41:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My shoeshine guy is 84. He says we'll get through this. I believe him. Robert Ivan, tweeting, Haiku style, from the Newspaper Association of America's mediaXchange conference LAS VEGAS -- It's so quiet on the casino floors here that you can hear a -- well, all right, it's not that quiet. ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/newspaper-conference-glimmers-of-hope-or-night-of-the-living-dead/2009/ The Rocky Mountain News published a lengthy, heartbreaking video obituary of itself today, its final day of publication. What is most poignant about the piece is that it demonstrates how powerful -- and potentially, profitable -- newspaper websites can be when they embrace new media, in this case, broadcast-quality video. Final Edition ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/the-death-of-the-rocky-mountain-news-a-missed-opportunity/2009/ When publisher Gatehouse Media accused the New York Times Co. of copyright infringement in a widely-watched Internet publishing case in December, some observers feared the worst: "The future of online journalism may depend on the outcome," wrote columnist and journalism professor Dan Kennedy. As it turned out, the case resulted in ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/ny-times-gatehouse-settlement-leaves-web-%e2%80%9cfair-use%e2%80%9d-issue-unresolved/2009/ A promise Philly fans probably won't keep God bless Charlie Manuel for winning the world championship with my beloved Phillies. But he was not the most articulate manager in the World Series. That would be the Tampa Bay Rays' Joe Maddon. Even though his young team - the ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/dugout-wisdom-what-we-learn-by-winning-and-losing/2008/ I'm talking, of course, about voting. For me, it was 1976, Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford. I was a junior at Penn State, earning beer money covering the local city council for the school daily and still feeling my way at it. Now, I was being asked to help decide the ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/do-you-remember-your-first-time/2008/ Whether you are an early adopter or a Luddite, the iPhone and its competitors matter to you. They are opening a vast frontier on the mobile web – and an opportunity for you to stake a claim on this new platform before it gets too crowded. A few weeks ago, my ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/how-the-iphone-changed-my-life-and-why-it-matters-to-you-as-a-content-creator/2008/ Launch Your Website with WordPress 4 weeks/10 hours Wednesdays 8-9:30 p.m. ET, Oct. 15-Nov. 5 Want to establish a presence on the Internet but don’t know anything about web design? Are you technologically challenged? Then this course -- the first from TreeHouse Media Project -- is for you. When I left The Philadelphia Inquirer for ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/launching-your-blog-or-website-using-wordpress/2008/ More than 80 people from across the U.S. and the U.K. have joined the TreeHouse Media Project since our launch last month. Those who have taken our survey are most interested in learning web design and blogging software as well as marketing their sites through RSS feeds and search engine ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/strong-initial-response-to-treehouse-media-project/2008/ Is there life after the newsroom? Is there a future for newspapers? Is the beer cold? That was what was on the minds of 300+ colleagues from the Gene Roberts era of The Philadelphia Inquirer (1972-1990) as they gathered for a reunion on a hot, sunny day outside ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/is-there-life-after-the-newsroom-the-philadelphia-inquirer-reunion/2008/ Can newspapers survive? No, says Wall Street bete noire Henry Blodgett in Why Newspapers are Screwed . Maybe, suggests Chuck Taylor, a former Wall Street Journal and Washington Post staffer, in How an electronic newspaper could become profitable . In another article, Woe is the future of newspapers — not, ... http://treehouse-media.net/blog/new-models-for-the-future/2008/