Author Archives: Scott McNeil
Scoops, breaking news and the post-blog world: Maybe Mr. Denton’s on to something
I have my issues with Nick Denton, but I have to say one thing about the Gawker CEO: he knows a thing or two about online audiences.
Next to Her Highness, Ms. Huffington, Denton is the leading revolutionary in online news. His blog network might be the web equivalent of a supermarket magazine rack, but he’s running circles around traditional media.
His latest move is the Gawker redesign. The new site (still in beta testing) will display a single “top” story in a main panel while links to other stories sit in a feed on the right side.
The Project
So, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything here.
Truth is, I’ve been working on another project which has taken most of my time over the last couple weeks.
The project in question was Strike Situation, consisting of a group of Carleton journalism students coming together to cover the possibility of a strike at the university.
The project was interesting because we made heavy use of social media. We used tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, first to promote our project and then to bring news to students in a direct and interactive way.