Journalism

Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 5

Cory Miller

March 15, 2023

In this episode, Corey Maass and Cory Miller discuss a range of topics related to the development of their new product Crop.Express, including the importance of empathy in designing user interfaces, the challenges of marketing and selling products, and the need for developers to collaborate with others and develop non-technical skills. They each share their experiences from working on various projects over the years and offer insights and advice based on these experiences.

Writing is a Challenging But Needed Profession in WordPress

Eric Karkovack

September 2, 2022

BusinessCareers

The WordPress project, software, and community are equally important. They all play a role in ensuring growth, progress, and success. A sizeable economy of users, builders, and business owners depends on it. That’s why staying informed is vital. And so much of the reporting and learning opportunities come from unofficial sources. We need more people within the WordPress community who are interested in writing and more places to amplify their voices.

Putting it together, together

Dan Knauss

July 22, 2022

PlanetPost Status Team Blog

Today Cory took the lead on the Post Status newsletter release and joined Dan in co-authoring the introduction to it, which we usually share here. Some thoughts on newsletter integration, Newsletter Glue, Newspack, and the challenges facing plugin owners at WordPress.org in trying to determine the true size of their potential customer base.

The Unsung Hero of Indie Journalism

Blake Bertuccelli

July 20, 2022

FeaturesPlanet

Since its arrival in 2019, Automattic's Newspack hasn't attracted much attention within the WordPress community, despite a decent amount of coverage by WP Tavern and some from Post Status. It's been largely unreported on beyond its role as a flashpoint…

Richard Midson on WordPress and the Future of Podcasting — Post Status Draft 118

Cory Miller

June 17, 2022

DraftHosting

Richard Midson of Automattic on the future of podcasting and the opportunities for WordPress as a podcasting platform.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 40) — Post Status from 2021 to 2022

David Bisset

January 6, 2022

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

Post Status went through a lot of change in 2021. What's coming in 2022?

Post Status Comments (No. 3) — The State of the WordPress News

David Bisset

December 2, 2021

BusinessComments

Matt Medeiros, Joe Howard, Birgit Pauli-Haack, and Sarah Gooding discuss the WordPress news space with David Bisset and Dan Knauss.

What makes membership-based communities work?

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

BusinessWordPress News

What makes membership work? What makes people do more than consume your product or service but also contribute back to it?

The popular free software project “youtube-dl”…

Dan Knauss

October 29, 2020

The popular free software project “youtube-dl” was removed from Github following a legal notice from the Recording Industry Association of America claiming it violates U.S. copyright law. Youtube-dl is "a powerful general-purpose media tool that allows users to make local…

After years in the making with…

Dan Knauss

September 16, 2020

After years in the making with funding by the Google News Initiative, The Membership Guide has been released by The Membership Puzzle Project and The Lenfest Institute. 🗞️ The Membership Guide offers best practices, case studies, and practical advice for…

Trouble at Longreads

Brian Krogsgard

July 19, 2020

BusinessCareers

We don't often talk about employment issues at Post Status. Good and bad stories about WordPress workplaces abound. Why single out this one? It is a very public issue, and it has to do with one of the largest employers in our space — one often cited as a great place to work: Automattic. That's why I believe it merits deeper consideration.

Video and podcast picks

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

Business

📹 Here's my video pick of the week: There's an interesting discussion at the Gutenberg Times between Enrique Piqueras and Birgit Pauli-Haack about the highlights of a full-site editing experience and how block-based themes could work. Francesca Marano has two…

Conflict of Public Interest Jay Hoffmann…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Conflict of Public Interest Jay Hoffmann explains why the past decade was not great for the web. "If we want a better web, we’re going to have to fight for it," he warns. While Jay notes that "communities are splintering,"…

Nieman Journalism Lab reported on a…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

Nieman Journalism Lab reported on a really unfortunate turn of events for The Correspondent, apparently from their own communication failures. Managing expectations in a highly successful crowdfunded project must be as perilous as it is difficult — and therefore essential…

An Interview with Ernst-Jan Pfauth of De Correspondent

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2019

DesignPlanet

Ernst-Jan Pfauth is co-founder and CEO of The Correspondent, which is launching this year as an English language spinoff of the Dutch news site De Correspondent.

Andrew Staffell, director and developer at…

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2018

Andrew Staffell, director and developer at Yes We Work, discusses how WordPress plugins were developed to improve collaborative editing and editorial accountability for citizen journalism at WikiTribune. The open-sourced plugins (Fabrica Collaborative Editing and Fabrica Pending Revisions) allow multiple users…