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Who knew a blog post about the Danish Mohammad cartoons that some commenters got so excited about would still have some life in it? The Rotarian magazine, which goes to members of Rotary, has an article on ethics in its September issue. It mentions one of the cartoon blog posts in which I briefly discuss Rotary's Four-Way Test. I just wish it had linked to me. Thanks to our blogging friend and Rotarian Patrick Eakes for the tip. (And, when I pulled up that post from February 2006, I found dozens of spam comments. Go figure.
While I'm at it, do the business publications know something we don't? That is, they don't post their publications' content anywhere close to quick. The Business Journal posts three days after publication. Business North Carolina posts a month after publication. Anyway, here is what they wrote about me. I don't know what the headline means: "Paper puts editor on the firing line," as the paper didn't do that. I told Chris Roush that I wasn't worth a story, but an editor can't tell a writer anything.
Update: Editor Kevin Bumgarner corrects me on the Business Journal's posting policy in the comments.
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"That is, they don't post their publications' content anywhere close to quick."
Repeat after me: "Webmaster is a JOB. Webmaster is a JOB."
Posted on September 3, 2007 9:02 PM
Yes, and they've apparently decided it's not that important. I'm just thinking about presumably biz savvy people and the decisions they make, in the same way that the Wall Street Journal doesn't make money or the Chamber of Commerce is in debt.
Posted on September 4, 2007 7:15 AM
To set the record straight, The Business Journal started posting full content online on Fridays (the same day it publishes in print) more than a year ago. In other words, there is no three-day delay. The only delay in content access is for those who don't subscribe to the print edition. The result? A 6.3 percent increase in paid circulation last year. We have found that readers are willing to pay for quality content, no matter what the format.
Posted on September 4, 2007 12:29 PM
Thanks, Kevin. That was precisely my point. If you don't pay, you don't get, at least in a timely way.
Posted on September 4, 2007 12:39 PM
I'm trying to clarify our policy when it comes to accessing our online information. There is instant access for subscribers (fairly immediate to our way of thinking), and a 30-day delay for nonsubscribers. There is no three-day delay for anyone, as you originally posted. We did away with that delay more than a year ago.
Posted on September 4, 2007 12:58 PM
My apologies.
Posted on September 4, 2007 1:00 PM
John often gets his facts wrong, Kevin.
Posted on September 11, 2007 12:53 AM
But his publication and discussion of the Rotary's Four Way Test is commendable. It is a great creed, if properly applied. I would like to read the entire 24 word test. Can I find it online?
He has noted that he encounters 'problems' when using it, stating that he, in his position as editor, embraces truth and fairness over goodwill and friendship. Fairness and truth are not the hallmarks he claims to have achieved.
I, and many others who have commented, want news delivered straight, without the politics, manipulation of public opinion through the presentation of "facts" that are in essence skewered by the way they are presented, interpreted. That is not a hallmark of either fairness or truth.
Posted on September 11, 2007 2:08 AM