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By: The Choice of First or Well | BLOGCHINA

The Choice of First or Well | BLOGCHINA — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:13:52 +0000

[...] In the words of Jason Preston, you can do something First, or you can do it Well. [...]

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The Choice of First or Well | The Blog Herald — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:01:11 +0000

[...] In the words of Jason Preston, you can do something First, or you can do it Well. [...]

By: Chip Oglesby

Chip Oglesby — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:16:49 +0000

I think this is a slow and painful process for journalist to move from the current way we approach publishing stories, into a mentality of being “first.”

It really depends on who you ask, but most will err on the side of being “second and right” than “first and wrong.”

Here’s my opinion, If you know that breaking news is happening, what’s wrong with writing two or three sentences and following up with the story as the day progresses?

Lets say a local solicitor was charged with a DUI. Do we need four paragraphs going into detail about this man’s career, or would the headline local solicitor charged with DUI’ and three sentences answering the 5 W’s not work?

By: Jason Preston

Jason Preston — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:10:15 +0000

Noah I don’t necessarily mean first as something “new,” but first as in “first to report the news online.” Inherent in that is the lack of time necessary to make something truly remarkable (“different” by it’s quality).

Murph My bad! I hadn’t cleared the “suspected” comment cache in time!

By: Murph

Murph — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:04:56 +0000

wow, nobody wanted to be “first!” with a comment?

By: laurent

laurent — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:02:36 +0000

I would use first and well .
I think first is very much important but it’s also very 1.0 (pageview as you said). Social media is a different ball game. It’s a lot about relationship. If you’re not doing the ‘well’ model, you loose credibility and because everything stays forever on the net, people will find that out.
So to me it’s ‘well’ first, and ‘first’ then.

By: Noah R.

Noah R. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:54:35 +0000

FIRST!! (Sorry, but it was too good to pass up.

But you make an interesting point here. Both the Firsts and the Wells are necessary, and equally important. Without anybody to be first we would have very little, but without anybody to do stuff well we’d end up with a lot of shoddy (albeit innovative) products.

Personally, I like to do new stuff, but I think that’s most people. I mean, it’s always fun to break new ground, to boldly go where nobody has cared to go before, no? But at the same time, the inventor rarely profits from his invention, so if you want to turn a profit, Well is the way to go. Most of the time, anyway.

(Of course, you forgot Different, which takes something that’s already out there and breaks the mold, giving it inherent qualities of both First and Well. That’s fun too