Highway 40 is closing in St. Louis. This should not be a surprise. We’ve had stories, columns, blogs, maps, warnings, a special section — darn near everything to warn drivers that this will be happening. Now, we have live Highway 40 updates on Twitter. Eleven local bloggers send in messages (limited to 140 characters, of [...]

The newsroom memo: We are running a small ad on the Front Page of Wednesday’s Post-Dispatch. As you know, the Wall St. Journal, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and many other papers regularly run ads on the bottom of A1. This is our first. While there might be more, we have no plans to do so [...]

CommandShift3 gives you a screen-grab from two web sites, you pick which one looks better and repeat. You can also submit sites and see how they rank. (Did you notice that NewsDesigner was on the left in the video?)

The Chicago Tribune has launched ChicagoLive, a localized version of YouTube. Upload (and view) videos from folks in the city, as well as professional video from the Chicago Tribune, CLTV, WGN and Tribune competitors. All user-submitted videos must be approved, so expect a 24-hour delay before you see it on the site.