Worcester online journalism case study #1
by Mike - November 24, 2008 10:02pm
Here are the Worcester stories from the November 24, 2008 print edition of the Telegram & Gazette:
- * A1 (feature): Cold weather, economy fill up shelters
- * A1 (photo): An early Thanksgiving
- * B1 (news): Four-year math proposal doesn’t add up
- * B1 (news): Metal thefts decline, house break-ins rise
- * B2 (news): Wind turbine idle at Holy Name
- * B4 (obit): Joan B. (Adams) Ferguson
- * B5 (photo feature): And a good time was had by all
- * C4: local sports scores
- * C5 (sports): Sharks’ streak alive (San Antonio byline, but a Worcester team)
- * C5 (sports): Short blurbs on local sports.
- * D1 (feature): On the job: Seth Derderian
- * D1: “Business People” blurbs
- * E3 (music review): Chamber team touches all bases
The question is: are Worcester’s blogs and other websites providing anywhere close to this amount of news, features, and photography?
I’ll poke around and see what’s appeared in the past 24 hours or so, and update this post when I see how things stack up. Feel free to e-mail me or contribute a comment if you find something of interest.
The T&G count: 2 features, 1 standalone photo, 1 photo feature (group of pix), 3 news stories (one of them very short), 1 obit, local sports scores, 1 sports article, sports blurbs, business blurbs, 1 review of a performance.
Online news either posted on Nov 24, or relating directly to T&G content (2 in list, compared with 3 in T&G):
- * This letter from a frustrated potential Direct Air customer, presumably sent to Bill Randell by mistake, is classic “passive” online journalism, and counts as some kind of news story in my book.
- * GWLT’s weather report/nature report/fire danger alert is honestly more interesting to me than the Holy Name wind turbine blurb in the T&G.
- The police do post the crime stats online (example), on pages I find hard to navigate. The T&G’s service here is in summarizing and interpreting this info.
Online features/reviews either posted on Nov 24, or relating directly to T&G content (3 in list, plus 1 review, compared to 2/1 in T&G):
- * Last Comic Standing review
- * Toys for Tots: 30-minute video interview from this morning
- * 2008 Transgender Day of Remembrance in Worcester
Worcester Magazine blogged quite a bit of news today.
I’ve removed the T&G green churches article and this blog post about taking the train because after poking around for a couple minutes I was reminded that many of the surrounding towns have a lot of blogging activity, and the results of this project will be muddy and anecdotal enough without bringing all the other towns into this.
Mike Benedetti was born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, and is an Eagle Scout.
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