Worcester online journalism case study #2
by Mike - December 4, 2008 6:51pm
There’s considerably more Worcester news in the Telegram & Gazette for December 4, 2008, than the last time I took a look.
Once again, let’s see how much non-print-ad-supported Worcester news we can find.
In the T&G, I count 9 news stories, including very short ones, and 3 features. (I’m going to ignore sports, obits, and business news for this case study, as I’m not interested in these, and thus have no idea where to look online for local info on these subjects. I suspect it is out there somewhere.)
We can also compare the T&G with the free weekly Worcester Magazine out today, which had 4-13 news stories (there are a couple of columns with multiple items) and 7 local features (including a photo feature). Additionally, today they had 2 blog posts. Interesting to note the distance between our daily paper and our free weekly–not as far apart as I’d assumed.
I’ll be updating these lists over the next 24 hours.
Online news:
* ACLUM Urges City to Act on Rights of Photographers
* T&G site architecture for nerds: I actually thought this was interesting.
Online features:
* A conversation about the Worcester Slave Narratives: Video of a recent talk, via Indymedia and WCCA. 90 minutes, including general discussion of local black history.
* Worcester Food Not Bombs Wants to Grow: Compare with the T&G’s front page feature on a Salvation Army project.
A nice Worcester photo:
FYI, the Telegram & Gazette Worcester news and features:
* A1 (news): DCU Center upgrades sought
* A1 (news): Six honored: Memorial unveiled at new firehouse
* A1 (news): State to sell forsaken treasures, trivia
* A1 (feature): Salvation Army has castle of toys
* B1 (news): Young mother ‘doesn’t seem like a villain’
* B1 (news): Census challenge adds to count
* B1 (news): Teen charged in death moved to adult prison
* B2 (news): Worcester man charged with robbery
* B3 (news): Attack at store stirs outrage
* B5 (news): Bat attack suspect is held without bail
* E1 (feature): stART your holiday shopping Sunday at Union Station
* E1 (feature): Student ‘apprentices’ join Worcester Chorus for ‘Messiah’ performance
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