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The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY
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I'm an assistant news editor and online community editor at The Post-Standard in Syracuse. I've been working online for more than 10 years, and still work with print, especially the front page.
Web site
http://www.syracuse.com/
Blog
http://blog.syracuse.com.newstracker
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Time spent on newspaper Web sites

I'm curious about how time spent on newspaper Web sites is measured. If the same kind of numbers are compared each time and they show a drop, that's a legitimate concern. But I wonder about how the total is measured.



You usually see it as a small-seeming total, such as 20 minutes a month, which would come out to less than a minute a day. But I wonder about two things:



1. It's unlikely that very many people will visit the site at 3 a.m., and there's really about a 16-hour… Continue

Posted on April 29, 2008 at 1:39pm — 2 Comments

Random beginnings: Thoughts on RSS feeds

I've been such a prolific commenter at other blogs that I feel like I write more elsewhere than on my own blog at blog.syracuse.com/newstracker. My own blog right now is a messy workshop of experiments and spare parts. I'd thought I'd take advantage of this blogging feature at Wired Journalists and fill it with some random thoughts.



First, a recommended link:



RSS… Continue

Posted on April 27, 2008 at 2:44pm — 1 Comment

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At 7:38pm on July 4, 2008, Brian Cubbison said…
The transition wasn't too bad considering how hectic these things usually are. We added a big mojo effort along with it, which really changes your way of thinking.
At 6:27pm on July 4, 2008, Henry Howard said…
So I guess I hadn't been to syracuse.com in some time (probably last big snowstorm. LOL). Looks like you guys have changed things around. Looks pretty easy to navigate.

How was transition?
At 7:14pm on March 16, 2008, Mary Ann Chick Whiteside said…
thanks for taking a break from the big news for the post
Mary ann
At 11:41am on January 29, 2008, Brian Cubbison said…
I've always been an advocate for comments in spite of the demons among them. I wrote more about this at the News Tracker blog.
At 11:50pm on January 28, 2008, maria p. gonzalez said…
Hi Brian! Thanks for the comment on my blog. I've been trying to access that link you referenced, with no luck. Maybe you can send it to me?
By the way, I'm a Newhouse grad school alum and I did my first internship at the Post-Standard back in 2002. Ouch, was that really six years ago now? Anyway, great to see you here!
At 3:35pm on January 28, 2008, Brian Cubbison said…
Done. He says you're a good guy with an interesting blog.
At 2:45pm on January 28, 2008, John Robinson said…
Say hello to Rich Sullivan for me.
 
 
 

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