NY Times uses Politico as microcosm of "online journalism"

Check out the headline.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/business/media/19press.html?pagewanted=1

Actually a very interesting story, but the headline offers sweeping statement while the story offers a single case study.

 

I've done the net thing, on a much smaller scale than anything like Politico, and it's much like the Times described. Instead of deadline pressure at 10:30 p.m., it's deadline pressure all day long. Getting beat by a few minutes is enough to cause embarrassment or worse. You celebrate a scoop, and forget it 15 minutes later because you are running on something else. It's a wonder anyone gets to sleep.

Very tough way to make a living, especially for $40,000 in Washington D.C.

 

I've thought of working for online ventures, or starting my one, but I like working 40 hours a week (sometimes 45), and not worrying about a 24-hour news cycle.

 

It's better to burnout than it is to rust.

Whatever POLITCO is doing it's running circles around The Times as far as being ahead of the curve with inside the Beltway stories.

The Mike Allen newsletter has become the first thing I read in the morning.

 

Sorry, can't take Politico seriously. Especially because this is all I think about when reading it:

 

My God, that was awesome.

 

A lot of eyes will be on TBD.com - a more localized version of Politico (from the same company) - to see how it will work/make money.

 

Agreed. You can't take a lunch break because you never know who will get what when you are out. The bigger the site, the worse it gets.

 

Every time I think "Around the Horn" is just too loud, I remember that all online journalism is shouting at me, too, begging for page views.

 

*All*, Dave? Sorry, that's a bit too much of a generalization for me. (Plus, "page views" is old thinking - it is about time on site.)

 

Just read every Huffington Post headline. And I'm not part of the cool crowd that uses the term HuffPo.