Comments on: Maybe the e-edition is the silver bullet newspapers have been looking for… http://joethink.com/blog/2009/05/maybe-the-e-edition-is-the-silver-bullet-newspapers-have-been-looking-for/ A Denver web developer and journalist's thoughts on local online journalism, community, context and storytelling. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2-bleeding By: Joe http://joethink.com/blog/2009/05/maybe-the-e-edition-is-the-silver-bullet-newspapers-have-been-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-28972 Joe Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:06:50 +0000 http://www.joethink.com/blog/?p=385#comment-28972 Hi Rob, I agree with you -- future silver bullet-speak is over-the-top. I hope newspapers look at their e-editions as a bridge, and not as their primary product. From what I've seen in Denver there's a good amount of promotion of the e-edition, but not much education about what "e-edition" actually means, which leads to repeated confusion about whether you have to pay to get on to http://www.denverpost.com/ . -Joe Hi Rob,

I agree with you — future silver bullet-speak is over-the-top.

I hope newspapers look at their e-editions as a bridge, and not as their primary product.

From what I’ve seen in Denver there’s a good amount of promotion of the e-edition, but not much education about what “e-edition” actually means, which leads to repeated confusion about whether you have to pay to get on to http://www.denverpost.com/ .

-Joe

]]> By: Rob Weir http://joethink.com/blog/2009/05/maybe-the-e-edition-is-the-silver-bullet-newspapers-have-been-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-28971 Rob Weir Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:47:03 +0000 http://www.joethink.com/blog/?p=385#comment-28971 Hi Joe. I think saying e-editions are "the future of newspapers" is a little overblown, although I do think e-editions can help a paper's bottom line. I worked with Roger Fidler here at the Missouri School of Journalism on an e-edition project for a couple years, and still keep in touch with him. We do have an ongoing digitial publishing effort here; you can get some more details here: http://rji.missouri.edu/projects/e-reader/index.php Bottom line, I think an electronic PDF edition can bridge the gap between people who don't get or can't get the print edition and also don't like reading it online. It's not something that's a silver bullet, but I think it can be part of a media mix. Hi Joe. I think saying e-editions are “the future of newspapers” is a little overblown, although I do think e-editions can help a paper’s bottom line. I worked with Roger Fidler here at the Missouri School of Journalism on an e-edition project for a couple years, and still keep in touch with him. We do have an ongoing digitial publishing effort here; you can get some more details here: http://rji.missouri.edu/projects/e-reader/index.php

Bottom line, I think an electronic PDF edition can bridge the gap between people who don’t get or can’t get the print edition and also don’t like reading it online. It’s not something that’s a silver bullet, but I think it can be part of a media mix.

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