Comments on: Why pageview journalism can’t really save newspapers http://eatsleeppublish.com/why-pageview-journalism-cant-really-save-newspapers/ Thoughts on the future of publishing Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:24:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sandrar http://eatsleeppublish.com/why-pageview-journalism-cant-really-save-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:33:25 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=590#comment-2691 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Monica Guzman http://eatsleeppublish.com/why-pageview-journalism-cant-really-save-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Monica Guzman Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:42:20 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=590#comment-781 "Relying on pageview journalism doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t cover important news—sometimes important news is also sensational. But I think it’s a mistake to assume that the market will guide our news coverage the way an editorial board would." Well said. Page views are a good metric. But they should never be the only metric. They miss altogether the ability of your story or blog post to enlighten issues and inspire change. “Relying on pageview journalism doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t cover important news—sometimes important news is also sensational. But I think it’s a mistake to assume that the market will guide our news coverage the way an editorial board would.”

Well said. Page views are a good metric. But they should never be the only metric. They miss altogether the ability of your story or blog post to enlighten issues and inspire change.

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