(Eurweb.com) — *An African American female television reporter decided to let her straightened hair “go natural” during sweeps week and let viewers see the transformation process, reports Richard Prince in his column Journal-isms. Rochelle Ritchie of WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla., called “The Big Chop” a success, and ratings confirmed that. The station put up […]
(Advertising Age) — AOL is planning to hire hundreds of journalists, editors and videographers in the coming year as it builds out its content-first business model. David Eun, president of AOL’s media and studios division, is expected to announce the push in an all-hands meeting of the group in New York today when he lays […]
(Techcrunch) — The business and content models behind news have been changing dramatically over the past few years; with the mechanisms by which journalists interact with their audiences constantly transforming along the way. Y Combinator- backed NewsLabs is launching a platform, called NewsTilt, that will help aim to help journalists adapt the future of online […]