Comments on: A back fence around a ghost town

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:43:38 +0000

No, I’m pretty sure it came with the theme I use — Rin Tin Tin by Khaled Abou Alfa (link at the bottom of the page)

By: kpaul mallasch

kpaul mallasch — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:36:58 +0000

No problem. BTW, I absolutely love your comment box. Is it custom?

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:34:17 +0000

That’s a good point, Paul — even a few trained staff would probably help. I’m not so sure about the print side, but having a couple of editors would likely help a lot. Thanks for the comment.

By: kpaul mallasch

kpaul mallasch — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:31:26 +0000

One of the things I think they’re missing in the equation is that you do need trained editorial staff. They’ve had a ‘hands-off’ approach since the beginning. It’s not working. The other, imho, is their clinging to ‘online-only.’ There’s still a little money to be made (in the short term anyway) from print sales. This could fund a small news operation (editor, reporter, sales, interns) for each of the regions, I believe. They’ve gone through a lot of funding so far. Best of luck to them, though. Hope they take these words to heart.