The days of posting anonymous comments on NewsOK are no more. Digital Managing Editor Alan Herzberger announced Tuesday morning that the site will be switching to Facebook commenting.

“We care about the conversation. We care so much about the conversation that we are willing to give up quantity for quality. We expect this change to result in fewer comments on our site. But we also expect this change to encourage more users to participate. And we’re confident that we will see more constructive discourse about issues in Oklahoma.” – Herzberger

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Despite a decline in newspaper and magazine readership, television news has been able to hold onto viewers. But a growing platform is now threatening TV’s audience.

The InterWebs. The World Wide Web. The digital space. The online sector. The…OK, I’m done.

Back to my point.

The Pew Research Center released a news consumption report Thursday, analyzing readership on various platforms. The report found that “the changing demographics in the TV news audience are particularly noticeable in the audiences for local and cable news.”

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The chief digital officer for The Washington Post and Oklahoma native, Vijay Ravindran, stopped by The Oklahoman newsroom Friday to discuss some of the initiatives his team is working on.

When the multimedia showcase was announced earlier this week, I knew it was something I couldn’t miss. I’ve been following some of the Post’s products for awhile and was eager to hear about new projects the paper is working on.

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Last week The Oklahoma Daily published a story about scaling back its print edition during the summer to save money and revamp its website, OUDaily.com.

The article gave me an idea for a weekend story about how college newspapers are evolving and trying to find a model that will save money and possibly even turn a profit.

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