Comments on: Random Ideas: The Unicorn Chaser sidebar (new feature!)

By: Random idea: the office of WTF? in chief : Bryan Murley

Random idea: the office of WTF? in chief : Bryan Murley — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:28:18 +0000

[...] up on the “semi-success” of the Unicorn Chaser idea, here’s another one that might be worth some time from the media industry, even though [...]

By: scmurley

scmurley — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:47:48 +0000

Yeah, I think that's the real question – whether people can *find* that content in the forest of negativity they encounter so often. Thanks for the reply, John.

By: John Robinson

John Robinson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:43:05 +0000

I think it's a great idea. We're going to start deeper linking inside and outside our site and we can add this, I think.

If I have an issue it is this: I routinely hear from people complaining that we don't have enough good news in the newspaper. But I rarely hear from anyone saying that we don't have enough good news online. Perhaps they know not to come to us for that or they know how easy it is to click elsewhere for information to brighten their day.

By: How is inertia preventing your operation from changing – Innovation in College Media

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:17:24 +0000

[...] middle of the night) are the ones that we need more of in journalism. We need more ideas like the Unicorn Chaser sidebar – things that might not – in and of themselves – save journalism, but will at least help push us [...]

By: The Unicorn Chaser sidebar – Innovation in College Media

The Unicorn Chaser sidebar – Innovation in College Media — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:30 +0000

[...] morning, I threw out an idea for journalists – the Unicorn Chaser sidebar. Read it and tell me what you think (it’s on my bryanmurley.com site, everything that [...]