Raise the Hammer
Effective this afternoon, the Hamilton Spectator's website has started carrying curated links to topical articles posted on other community websites.
The first article is a link to Matt Jelly's video and essay, titled, To My Educators: Let's Add Without Subtracting.
Screenshot of RTH article linked from thespec.com
At the bottom of the Spec article is an explanation:
Hamilton is home to an increasingly vibrant ecosystem of news and views published on blogs and services such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, to name a few. As the city’s largest information source, thespec.com will from time to time highlight some of the best of those conversations and point our audience to them. If you’d like to be part of this effort, please email admin@thespec.biz.
RTH is excited to see the Spectator taking steps to reach out to other community sites and become part of the rich web of links that has grown up in Hamilton over the past several years.
By jason (registered) | Posted February 07, 2012 at 17:19:45
Wow..fantastic news!! Literally
By Kevin (registered) | Posted February 07, 2012 at 20:02:28
I just saw that on the Spec's website and was pleasantly shocked. Good job, Ryan. I'm glad Matt's piece was first.
Comment edited by Kevin on 2012-02-07 20:23:24
By TDR (registered) - website | Posted February 07, 2012 at 22:53:06 in reply to Comment 73901
Pleasantly shocked is exactly it. Well done RTH.
Love it. Well done Matt and Ryan. Thanks Spec.
This is good news.
By seancb (registered) - website | Posted February 08, 2012 at 10:42:12
Can't complain at all about the spec getting more involved in online news and discussion... :-)
By rednic (registered) | Posted February 08, 2012 at 11:41:18
i really can't handle canceling the page from loading half way thru so i will continue to get my news here.
By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted February 08, 2012 at 12:21:15
Considering how newspapers are normally loathe to post external links and basically try to pretend their website is just print on the internet, this is a wonderful step and I'd like to applaud the Spec for joining the '90s unlike the rest of their industry.
I also notice the articles have comment boxes... didn't they take those away, or am I getting confused? Is the spec finally starting to grasp this "internet" thing?
Comment edited by Pxtl on 2012-02-08 12:25:06
By Good Golly (anonymous) | Posted February 12, 2012 at 17:37:19 in reply to Comment 73982
Next thing you know they'll start extensive linking to background documents, just like mature sibling The Toronto Star.
By mrjanitor (registered) | Posted February 09, 2012 at 08:49:23 in reply to Comment 73982
When they drop the monthly fee for access to the on-line edition... then maybe they've got it. Post, Globe, Star, Sun, CBC, CHCH, etc. have got it.
By D. Shields (registered) | Posted February 11, 2012 at 15:59:51 in reply to Comment 74064
Agreed!!
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