Comments on: The timing of local news cycles http://www.newsless.org/2009/05/the-timing-of-local-news-cycles/ Time to stop breaking the news, and start fixing it.* Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:49:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Josefowicz http://www.newsless.org/2009/05/the-timing-of-local-news-cycles/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Michael Josefowicz Sat, 16 May 2009 10:55:00 +0000 http://www.newsless.org/?p=404#comment-821 i agree that the issue is that the article is a broken format. There's been a useful discussion about how the story is the appropriate kernel for the news. But, 'they want the whole story without having to ...." There is no way to tell a complex story in a summary. What you can do in a "summary" is let people know if something might affect them adversely or get them to smile. And give them a portal so they can wade into the stream of information to learn what might have really happened. i agree that the issue is that the article is a broken format. There's been a useful discussion about how the story is the appropriate kernel for the news. But, 'they want the whole story without having to …." There is no way to tell a complex story in a summary. What you can do in a "summary" is let people know if something might affect them adversely or get them to smile. And give them a portal so they can wade into the stream of information to learn what might have really happened.

]]> By: jbaker071 http://www.newsless.org/2009/05/the-timing-of-local-news-cycles/comment-page-1/#comment-819 jbaker071 Sat, 16 May 2009 03:04:51 +0000 http://www.newsless.org/?p=404#comment-819 Seems like the issue here is not so much waiting to publish information on a daily, or weekly basis. The issue here is that the article is a broken format. What people want to do is read a summary of an event – they want the whole story without having to worry about being bombarded by a stream of information. Seems like the issue here is not so much waiting to publish information on a daily, or weekly basis. The issue here is that the article is a broken format. What people want to do is read a summary of an event – they want the whole story without having to worry about being bombarded by a stream of information.

]]> By: Michael Josefowicz http://www.newsless.org/2009/05/the-timing-of-local-news-cycles/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Michael Josefowicz Thu, 14 May 2009 11:55:34 +0000 http://www.newsless.org/?p=404#comment-817 I think an interesting data point is the regular news in brief column on the front page of the WSJ. The question that it answers is "Did anything happen that I have to worry about?" That's worth the price of admission. Everything else is a nice to have. I do think that the daily paper has the value of making easily available for a quick glance, "Did anything happen last night that I have to worry about." The value is in the expectation of getting that question answered on paper, every morning. The longer features could be published once a week, or in the form of a paperback book or with links to the website. Meanwhile, that leaves lots of paper real estate for appropriately priced advertisement, sports, comic strips. I think an interesting data point is the regular news in brief column on the front page of the WSJ. The question that it answers is "Did anything happen that I have to worry about?" That's worth the price of admission. Everything else is a nice to have. I do think that the daily paper has the value of making easily available for a quick glance, "Did anything happen last night that I have to worry about." The value is in the expectation of getting that question answered on paper, every morning. The longer features could be published once a week, or in the form of a paperback book or with links to the website.

Meanwhile, that leaves lots of paper real estate for appropriately priced advertisement, sports, comic strips.

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