Showing posts with label Greenville News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greenville News. Show all posts
A big media weekend for Brett
Things are pretty lively around Brett today. We are in the final stages of a major event we have been planning with the Greenville Tech Foundation for Thursday. It is a visit by Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, one of the nation's leading scholars on religion and first amendment law. The media response has been fantastic.
WYFF did a two-part segment on Dreisbach Sunday. Go to www.wyff.com and type in Dreisbach. The Greenville News ran an editorial Sunday from Tech's president, Dr. Keith Miller, while reporter Amy Clarke did a story in Monday's paper.
Your Carolina will be doing a segment on Wednesday morning. And this is all before the event happens. It is going to be a fun week.
WYFF did a two-part segment on Dreisbach Sunday. Go to www.wyff.com and type in Dreisbach. The Greenville News ran an editorial Sunday from Tech's president, Dr. Keith Miller, while reporter Amy Clarke did a story in Monday's paper.
Your Carolina will be doing a segment on Wednesday morning. And this is all before the event happens. It is going to be a fun week.
Dealing with the Public
A good friend asked me during lunch last week what I thought about the local newspaper decision to charge for online content. They like many in the community have not been thrilled with the idea even though they already get the newspaper. They think the newspaper is being hurt by losing all of those free readers.
I look at it a different way. If a real estate company owned a prime piece of property that was vacant, would they let someone work there for free? What if that person brought their friends in and started spray painting stuff on the walls? What if when someone came by to actually look at the building to rent, the freeloader hollered out the window to head down the street for a better purchase? The same goes for restaurants, retail stores, barbershops and the like. No smart businessperson would agree to such nonsense.
But that is what free newspaper websites have become. People would go on there using an assumed name (and not really a clever one), write horribly spelled and vile comments and often complain about a newspaper's coverage. The comments section have almost dried up in the local newspaper because the freeloaders have gone, but what good were they doing?
The paper still faces a public relations battle, but this was a good step.
I look at it a different way. If a real estate company owned a prime piece of property that was vacant, would they let someone work there for free? What if that person brought their friends in and started spray painting stuff on the walls? What if when someone came by to actually look at the building to rent, the freeloader hollered out the window to head down the street for a better purchase? The same goes for restaurants, retail stores, barbershops and the like. No smart businessperson would agree to such nonsense.
But that is what free newspaper websites have become. People would go on there using an assumed name (and not really a clever one), write horribly spelled and vile comments and often complain about a newspaper's coverage. The comments section have almost dried up in the local newspaper because the freeloaders have gone, but what good were they doing?
The paper still faces a public relations battle, but this was a good step.
How We Use The News
Noticed something interesting while perusing The State's website this morning and it made me wonder how people read and react to the news each day.
The most read story was Ron Morris talking about USC's running game. The most commented on story was a day-old piece about Vincent Sheheen taking Nikki Haley to task in the governor's race. The most recommended was a story on the state's leading environmental attorney passing away.
Three entirely different stories. Three entirely different headings. Intrigued, I wondered what other papers were doing. At the Greenville News (yes, I have an online subscription and I like it), the most commented on and most recommended were a letter to the editor about the GOP undermining economic gains. The News doesn't list the most read.
The Charleston Post and Courier most commented on story is about South Carolinians being lazy. There's an irony there that even Alanis Morrisette could figure out. The most e-mailed story was on I-26 traffic problems.
What does this say about our online consumption of the news. I admit I like reading the comments and if I see a story with a lot of comments I will click on it. I figured either the story was interesting or at least the comments sections were better. I don't think I have ever commented. It makes me wonder why people will read one story and be compelled to give notice. Is it empowerment? Is is a quest for knowledge? Is it neither?
How do you read the news?
The most read story was Ron Morris talking about USC's running game. The most commented on story was a day-old piece about Vincent Sheheen taking Nikki Haley to task in the governor's race. The most recommended was a story on the state's leading environmental attorney passing away.
Three entirely different stories. Three entirely different headings. Intrigued, I wondered what other papers were doing. At the Greenville News (yes, I have an online subscription and I like it), the most commented on and most recommended were a letter to the editor about the GOP undermining economic gains. The News doesn't list the most read.
The Charleston Post and Courier most commented on story is about South Carolinians being lazy. There's an irony there that even Alanis Morrisette could figure out. The most e-mailed story was on I-26 traffic problems.
What does this say about our online consumption of the news. I admit I like reading the comments and if I see a story with a lot of comments I will click on it. I figured either the story was interesting or at least the comments sections were better. I don't think I have ever commented. It makes me wonder why people will read one story and be compelled to give notice. Is it empowerment? Is is a quest for knowledge? Is it neither?
How do you read the news?
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