Here’s the Editorial Department phone directory for the Chicago Tribune Staff in April 1980. The paper had an easy to remember phone number: 222-3232. And for Classified Ads: 222-2222.
“Memos, Presentations” Items
NewsU 2003 Site Plans
Description of some of the NewsU site features in advance of meeting with technology providers
Chicago Tribune Editorial Deadlines
The Chicago Tribune production deadlines for its 24-hour publishing/printing cycle. Some of the stories were on paper and some via an early computer [PPS] system.
Notes on Tribune Future, 1975
I wrote a memo about the future of the Chicago Tribune. It was part of a task force looking to redo the paper.
ONA Credibility Project Announcement
This is the announcement of the Digital Credibility Study, which was funded by the Knight Foundation
Virtual Brainstorming for ONA project
The ONA project used virtual brainstorm, facilitated D.S. Griffen & Associates. It was a way to gather a large number of people to brainstorm the project’s main survey
The ONA Digital Credibility Report
This is a PDF of the Online News Association study on digital credibility, co-authored by Howard Finberg and Martha Stone with assistance from Diane Lynch. Here’s what the goals of the project were:
ONA’s Web Credibility Study, for which it was awarded $225,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (www.knightfdn.org), is studying the impact of technology and the Internet on the gathering and dissemination of news.
The study will work to develop and promote principles and guidelines for online journalism focusing on proper relationships between editorial content, advertising and e-commerce; the development of ethical standards and avoidance of conflicts of interest; and appropriate use of hyperlinking in a journalistic environment.
Digital Credibility Study Release Announcement
A copy of the announcement that the study results will be released at the ONA convention in Berkeley, Ca. on Oct. 27, 2001
Presentation of ONA Digital Credibility Report
Here’s a copy of the main online credibility presentation given at the ONA convention in 2001. The goal was to share the results of the ONA Credibility study conducted in 2000-2001. This PDF includes notes or a script for the presenters. It has the key elements the authors wanted to share with the audience. I conducted the survey work and wrote a large section of the report and was responsible for creating the presentation.