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The people behind the self-proclaimed “journal of sport and culture” are producing “high-cost, low-volume” content by combining e-commerce, client work, and visual skill.
Sports reporters often lead their newsrooms in activity on social media. That doesn’t mean they have to like it.
The gooooooooooaaaaallllll is increased engagement.
Plus: Debating Twitter’s publicness and the ethics of quoting tweets, robot journalists, and the rest of the week’s news about journalism and the web.
“There is this kind of band of oddballs like me who’ve been scouting around the fringes for a while and have some sense of what feels like it might be handy.”
With a simple, sharable design and an emphasis on the words of sports newsmakers, Rookie’s trying to occupy a space somewhere between Twitter and a traditional news article.
Even though much of the digital advertising market is dire for news operations, a confluence of factors are making it easier than ever to build something new online.
Silver says he wants a mix of features and the daily metabolism of blogging. Finding people who can do both is tricky.
Plus: The New York Times’ site is hacked, Al Jazeera America’s initial reviews, and the rest of the week’s journalism and tech news.