Are free classifieds the answer for newspapers?</h1> <article> <h1>Are free classifieds the answer for newspapers?</h1> <p>tthomason — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:35:52 +0000</p> <p>You have already read Andrew Chavez's <a href="/askanexpert/answers/what-can-we-do-combat-free-classified-si">great piece here</a> on this site about the impact of Craigslist on newspaper classifieds. Now check out these three articles from NAA that tell the stories of three newspapers that have gone to free classifieds:</p> </article> <article> <h1>The free mentality of the Internet, and a hybrid alternative</h1> <p>achavez — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:39:01 +0000</p> <p>Software developer Jesse Grosjean wanted to try an experiment with one of his most recent creations - an applications for the iPhone called <a href="http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom_iphone">WriteRoom</a>.</p> </article> <article> <h1>News websites can learn from Wikipedia</h1> <p>achavez — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:15:52 +0000</p> <p>Some have argued that the story was a product of necessity — newspapers had a fixed news hole to fill, and newscasts only had so much airtime. Context was often sacrificed as a result, because with a fixed amount of space, only the newest information is fit to print. But in the online era, there is no news hole.</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file clear-block"><div class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-png"></div><a href="http://digital.community-journalism.net/sites/default/files/[blogs]/wikipedia.png" type="image/png; length=227705">wikipedia.png</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>5 quick, easy online tricks you can try for football season</h1> <p>achavez — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:31:49 +0000</p> <p>With football season right around the corner, it's a great time to experiment with your website.</p> <p>High school football is great for generating interesting photos, compelling narratives, and, best of all, reader interest. That's all the more reason to give something new a shot online.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Troubleshooting software problems calls for patience, creativity and a solution ... usually on deadline</h1> <p>bsears — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:58:41 +0000</p> <p>Developing a troubleshooting system that can be the basis for all software emergencies is crucial.</p> <p>It is fundamentally a set of trial and error steps that eliminates problems one by one. Be as creative with those steps as you are with your designs. The more you eliminate, the closer you are to finding a solution.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Using the Web's newest addiction - Twitter - is easier than you think</h1> <p>achavez — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:19:58 +0000</p> <p><a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">Twitter</a>'s all the rage lately. The <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10200438-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Tribune </em>"Twitterized" its masthead this month</a>, replacing execs' names with their Twitter IDs, and Nielsen recently <a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/twitters-tweet-smell-of-success/" target="_blank">declared it among the Web's fastest-growing "member community destinations."</a></p> <p>So what's the big deal? And can it really help a community newspaper?</p> </article> </main></body></html>