For most newspapers, there’s a clear line of demarcation between their print and Web operations. Although that line gets fuzzier and fuzzier every day, nowhere has it gotten fuzzier than at BostonNow, a free newspaper handed out around Boston to some 85,000 commuters five days a week. It publishes blog items beside its news stories as well as offline links to online comment threads for its stories. It even webcasts its daily editorial meetings. The driving idea behind BostonNow‘s approach to newspapering is community, according to publisher Russel Pergament.
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Boston Newspaper Blurs the Line Between Web and Print
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. May 8, 2007 03:34 PMFor most newspapers, there’s a clear line of demarcation between their print and Web operations. Although that line gets fuzzier and fuzzier every day, nowhere has it gotten fuzzier than at BostonNow, a free newspaper handed out around Boston to some 85,000 commuters five days a week. It publishes blog items beside its news stories as well as offline links to online comment threads for its stories. It even webcasts its daily editorial meetings. The driving idea behind BostonNow‘s approach to newspapering is community, according to publisher Russel Pergament.