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Earlier this week a popular tween fashion blogger who will remain nameless and linkless for reasons that will become obvious momentarily sent out a memo to the media both old and new that she will no longer be taking their…
Today in my inbox I received an email promoting a new online newspaper site for tweens called "The TweenTribune." It's basically a big link aggregator where you can comment on news stories allegedly from "a tweens perspective." The goal, according to…
In one of my journalism classes, I was assigned to write a 10-page research paper about the future of newspapers. Our campus-produced city newspaper is in a bit of disarray at the moment because people just aren't interested in subscribing…
The Associate Press, which shuttered its failed attempt to reach younger news consumers (ASAP) awhile back (with no less than a "multiextured" farewell), has put out a report designed to help traditional news organizations reach a younger audience. The Industry…
I attend a state school in a cozy college town and an overwhelming majority of my classmates have post-grad plans to flee the rural Midwest for booming urban meccas like Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and New York City. Inevitably plans will…
Every young person knows someone who has lost an interview, a job, or some sort of professional opportunity because of scandalous activity posted on their public social networking profiles. An article in today's Washington Post (reg. required) reported a recent increase…
Teens are largely uninformed when it comes to news, and those who do keep up often get their daily dose through "The Daily Show" and "The Onion." Classic news sources — their parents' papers of choice — are overlooked in…
Somewhere in syndication lives a very memorable episode of "Friends" where Ross plans his birthday celebration at a fancy restaurant, and Rachel, Joey and Phoebe confess that they don't earn enough money for such elegant dinners. The wealthier of the…
This past spring I visited the Medill School of Journalism (where I got my MSJ in 1999 with a concentration in new media) to talk to students in one of the new media courses. Rich Gordon, who runs the new…
Check out my latest post on the new research from Harvard's JFK School of Government about teens and news over at the Huffington Post.
There is often the common perception out there that young people don't care about the news — in part because they're not reading the newspaper or watching the evening news. The reality is that they are still consuming news just…
