It's All Journalism

The story broke April 2, when John Paton, CEO of Digital First Media, announced that his chain of 75 daily newspapers was pulling the plug on its two-year-old experiment in shared, digital content, Project Thunderdome.

"We had 50-some-odd people and 95 percent of them will be leaving the company as part of this change," said Jim Brady, DFM's editor-in-chief and chief architect of Project Thunderdome. "So, for all intents and purposes, Thunderdome is dead. Whether the work lives on or some of the new ideas and technologies we brought into the company will live on â I think they will â but they're going to have to be managed by the papers now."

The story broke April 2, when John Paton, CEO of Digital First Media, announced that his chain of 75 daily newspapers was pulling the plug on its two-year-old experiment in shared, digital content, Project Thunderdome.

"We had 50-some-odd people and 95 percent of them will be leaving the company as part of this change," said Jim Brady, DFM's editor-in-chief and chief architect of Project Thunderdome. "So, for all intents and purposes, Thunderdome is dead. Whether the work lives on or some of the new ideas and technologies we brought into the company will live on â I think they will â but they're going to have to be managed by the papers now."

Yuri Victor says he has no idea what a senior user experience designer does.

In this new role at soon-to-be launched Vox.com, he's got an all-encompassing title.

Yuri Victor says he has no idea what a senior user experience designer does.

In this new role at soon-to-be launched Vox.com, he's got an all-encompassing title.

Steffen Konrath felt the immense weight of the Twitterverse early on, but instead of becoming bogged down, he evolved his definition of news. Konrath is the creator behind Liquid News Room, a curated platform of both social media and hard news. He began the project in order to find a way to make his work easier.

Steffen Konrath felt the immense weight of the Twitterverse early on, but instead of becoming bogged down, he evolved his definition of news. Konrath is the creator behind Liquid News Room, a curated platform of both social media and hard news. He began the project in order to find a way to make his work easier.

As editor of the Lost Coast Outpost, a successful example of community journalism in Humboldt County, Calif., Hank Sims is using his skillset to make in-demand information easy to find. Sims is a writer/programmer combo - his experience lends to the mission of Lost Coast Outpost (LoCo), which is presenting information to its community audience in an innovative, no-nonsense way.

As editor of the Lost Coast Outpost, a successful example of community journalism in Humboldt County, Calif., Hank Sims is using his skillset to make in-demand information easy to find. Sims is a writer/programmer combo - his experience lends to the mission of Lost Coast Outpost (LoCo), which is presenting information to its community audience in an innovative, no-nonsense way.

Covering Louisiana politics since 1972, John Maginnis has made a living for the last 21 years running a statewide political newsletter and website that people actually pay to read. The site, LaPolitics, is devoted exclusively to, well, Louisiana politics. Some of the content is free, but a lot of it is also behind a paywall. Maginnis and his partner, Jeremy Alford, ask people to pay $145 per year to get access to all of their material.

Covering Louisiana politics since 1972, John Maginnis has made a living for the last 21 years running a statewide political newsletter and website that people actually pay to read. The site, LaPolitics, is devoted exclusively to, well, Louisiana politics. Some of the content is free, but a lot of it is also behind a paywall. Maginnis and his partner, Jeremy Alford, ask people to pay $145 per year to get access to all of their material.