Thursday, March 09, 2006
TRE in Editor and Publisher
That's right, we've attracted the attention of the media. Mark Fitzgerald, in the March issue of E&P, tells it this way:
So RedEye, designed for the Millennials and Gen-Xers who love to blog, is itself the sole subject of a blog by a small group of current and former journalism students at Northwestern University who needle, mock, chastise, and very occasionally praise the free daily.
Well-said.
The article includes a response from RedEye co-editor Jane Hirt:
"We know RedEye isn't for everyone, and that those interested in more traditional newspapering might take issue with some of our decisions.
"We're not really aiming for newshounds who devour newspapers all day," she adds. "We're winning over lighter newspaper readers who might not have been reading any newspaper, for whatever reason." RedEye's conversational style and editorial mix reflect the target audience, Hirt adds: "That's not patronizing. That's a newspaper's job."
Fair enough. I'm not going to babble on about this. We still believe what we've said about Red, but we're all for pluralism. To quote Neil Young, "They do their thing, I do mine."
Pick up the magazine, buy the article on E&P's Web site, or grab it via LexisNexis. We like Mark's story, and we also thank him for name-checking Golden Olympic, the most splendid diner on Earth.
So RedEye, designed for the Millennials and Gen-Xers who love to blog, is itself the sole subject of a blog by a small group of current and former journalism students at Northwestern University who needle, mock, chastise, and very occasionally praise the free daily.
Well-said.
The article includes a response from RedEye co-editor Jane Hirt:
"We know RedEye isn't for everyone, and that those interested in more traditional newspapering might take issue with some of our decisions.
"We're not really aiming for newshounds who devour newspapers all day," she adds. "We're winning over lighter newspaper readers who might not have been reading any newspaper, for whatever reason." RedEye's conversational style and editorial mix reflect the target audience, Hirt adds: "That's not patronizing. That's a newspaper's job."
Fair enough. I'm not going to babble on about this. We still believe what we've said about Red, but we're all for pluralism. To quote Neil Young, "They do their thing, I do mine."
Pick up the magazine, buy the article on E&P's Web site, or grab it via LexisNexis. We like Mark's story, and we also thank him for name-checking Golden Olympic, the most splendid diner on Earth.
