{"id":2973,"date":"2008-02-15T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/a-tale-of-two-newsrooms.html"},"modified":"2008-02-15T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T17:04:00","slug":"a-tale-of-two-newsrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/a-tale-of-two-newsrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"A tale of two newsrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/display.php?id=34569\"><b>One Mission, Two Newsrooms<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>CityPaper<\/i><br \/><b>A river runs through the struggle for the future of the Washington Post.<\/b><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">washingtonpost.com<\/span> are two separate newsrooms, separated by over three miles, five Metro stops, the Potomac River and a state line. Not surprisingly, the two cultures sometimes have trouble working together and yet, washingtonpost.com is one of the best five newspaper Web sites in the country. When you consider that in many ways, washingtonpost.com is still Web 1.0, that is even more impressive. Integration between the two, while seemingly an obvious decision, is likely being held back because of the Washington Post Co.&#8217;s  preference for Web employees that are not part of the newspaper guild. Virginia, a &#8220;right-to-work&#8221; state, provides that option, while The District does not.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/TheWashingtonPost\" rel=\"tag\">The Washington Post<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/washingtonpost.com\" rel=\"tag\">washingtonpost.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/newspaper\" rel=\"tag\">newspaper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/CityPaper\" rel=\"tag\">CityPaper<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Mission, Two Newsrooms &#8211; CityPaperA river runs through the struggle for the future of the Washington Post.The Post and washingtonpost.com are two separate newsrooms, separated by over three miles, five Metro stops, the Potomac River and a state line. 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