Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Tucson Sentinel: Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith, editor and publisher of the Tucson Sentinel, was a great speaker and gave a lot of information about his job and experience with the website. He came to our class on Thursday, September 15.

The Tucson Sentinel is a " mix of online news and civic dialogue on a website dedicated to bringing you the best in reporting, analysis and debate" in Tucson. The most interesting thing he talked about was how everyone who writes for the website primarily does not get paid. He basically funds the entire website and takes it out of his savings account. That is a very daring feat to set out and accomplish, but Smith said that someone needs to do it.

Also, it was interesting to hear that most of the viewers who read and browse the site are in the Tucson area. I expected that for the answer, but was hoping he would say that others from around the United States would visit just to see what is going on in another part of the country. The followers also comment on many of the stories and Smith tries to keep in contact with them through the Tucson Sentinel website.

1 comment:

  1. Nice post, James. You tell us who/what/when/where and give your thoughts, and link. link to the Sentinel. One thing: I'm not sure who you're quoting. Is it Smith? The web site? Make it clear who the speaker is whenever you are quoting. Also, general comment about your site: you need to create a class blog list. See me for instructions.

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