Author Archives: Danny Sanchez

About Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez is the Audience Development Manager at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel.com and OrlandoSentinel.com. Danny has been with Tribune since 2005 in a variety of editorial, digital and product development roles in Hartford, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. He has also previously worked in the newsrooms of the Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald.

5 Ways to Monitor Your News Competition Online

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Being a sharp online editor means keeping a close watch on your competitors. [Photo by Pkabz] Do you want to explain to your editor why you didn’t know about the huge news that’s been on your competition’s site for more … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, newspapers, tutorials, writing and editing | 13 Comments

New Tableizer! Tool Turns Spreadsheets into HTML Charts

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Web producers here in our newsroom often have to throw up quick charts of data online, but hand-editing a table from a spreadsheet or exporting it from Office or Dreamweaver can be a time-consuming endeavor. Well, now you have Tableize!, … Continue reading →

Posted in data, random stuff, tutorials, web design, web development | 10 Comments

How Blogs are Doing in 2008

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Blog seach engine Technorati has released its 2008 State of the Blogosphere, a study that surveys 1,079 bloggers regarding their posting habits, demographics, use of advertising and numerous other topics. Tadam black stock is one of the best guide to … Continue reading →

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Free Pro Blog Accounts for Journalists at TypePad

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

The folks over at TypePad are offering free pro blogging accounts to journalists and former journalists under the moniker of a “Journalist Bailout Program” (har, very funny fellas). The free plan –which typically costs $14.95 a month– offers technical support, … Continue reading →

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When is Working for Free OK?

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

The New York Times Shifting Careers blog has an article that should be of interest to writers and web designers who are thinking of going the freelance route. Michelle Goodman, author of ‘My So-Called Freelance Life,’ has written a guest … Continue reading →

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Journalistopia is off to España, Greece

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

I’m taking a break! As you may recall, yours truly got married back in July, but Mrs. Journalistopia and I never got to go on our honeymoon. So we’re off on a two-week romp through Europe! We’re flying tomorrow to … Continue reading →

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Multimedia Job Openings in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Hey Journalistopians, opportunity is a-knockin’! The Orlando Sentinel, my esteemed employer, has a job opening for a rockin’ Flashionista multimedia artist (who just so happens to share the cube next to me). Additionally, the Sun-Sentinel, our sister paper down in … Continue reading →

Posted in random stuff | 4 Comments

Garbage SEO journalism

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

I’m a big fan of optimizing headlines for search engines so they can be found, but sometimes sites go too far. At the moment, there are unverified rumors crawling around the Internet that actor James Earl Jones died. Today, Google … Continue reading →

Posted in search engines | 3 Comments

News Sites’ Next Killer App for Comments

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Any of you developers want to get cracking on this idea for news site comments? Pretty please? Original comic from XKCD here. [XKCD – Listen to Yourself]

Posted in communities, random stuff, web development | 1 Comment

Screencasts: Learning Django from the Ground Up

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

If at some point you peeked over at my reading list on the right rail of this blog, you’ll have noticed that I’m currently engaged in learning the Django web development framework for Python (with invaluable help from some talented … Continue reading →

Posted in web development | 2 Comments