In the early 1900's one of the great mining writers and a
former Engineering & Mining Journal ( E&MJ; ) editor, T.A.
Rickard, advocated a 4-ft policy for reference books. At the
time, tramp mining engineers could not afford to be sad-
dled with a large reference library and travel by horseback.
He listed the books that he thought would serve those men
well and still fit on a shelf constructed from a standard
plank found at the mines.
When I left the mines to join the
E&MJ; editorial team in 1991, the publishing
business was about to face a period of unprecedented change. The "Internet"
wouldn't technically arrive at the publishing house for another five years, but the
E&MJ; editors were already using E-mail before many of their colleagues; after all
they were engineers and they did business internationally. When the Internet arrived
in its most primitive form (AOL, Netscape, etc.), the
E&MJ; editors watched as print
publishing executives wrestled with the concept. During a healthy discussion in one
of those strategy sessions, a former
E&MJ; publisher said, "Hold on here guys, we
don't want to end up as road kill on the Information Superhighway." He had no idea
how profound those words were.
Today, it seems everyone has access to the Internet and E-mail. Smart phones
have supplanted flip phones and many people are opting for tablets instead of lap-
tops. The mobile applications (or apps) make these tools useful. This month, Mining
Media is launching a mobile app for
E&MJ; . The Apple version is available from iTunes
and the Android Version is available at Google Play. Once readers have downloaded
the
E&MJ; app, they will be alerted automatically when the next edition is available.
E&MJ; was not the first mining-related trade journal to produce an app. Instead
of rushing to market with a limited product, Mining Media wanted to produce the
best possible mobile app. Unlike page-flip versions of digital magazines, it offers text
in a readable format that scrolls with images anchored in the articles. Eventually we
plan to offer other features such as embedded videos, dynamic graphics and scroll-
ing photography. Aside from being available on both platforms, the articles repagi-
nate when the tablet (or smart phone) rotates from vertical to horizontal. We de-
signed it ourselves and several readers have already told us how much they like it.
Mining Media has also made significant improvement to
E&MJ; 's Website (www.e-
mj.com) and its social media platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook). The
E&MJ;
Web page now loads super fast, which is amazing considering the amount of content
that's presented on the landing page.
E&MJ; recently surpassed 1,100 followers on
Twitter (@eminingjournal).
E&MJ; 's LinkedIn Group is ready to host refereed discus-
sions. Much of the magazine's photography can be seen on Facebook (1,311 likes).
The editors are Tweeting news stories as they are posted to the Website. The editors
bundle those stories together for the
E&MJ; eNews, a free e-mailed weekly news serv-
ice currently serving more than 13,000 readers. Visit the sites and check it out.
If you are one of those faithful readers that could care less about all of the digital
media products and platforms I have just mentioned, don't worry; we will still deliver
the printed edition of
E&MJ; to your desk every month for free too. It doesn't need a
power source or a Wi-Fi connection and you can take it places where you might not
want to take a tablet. Enjoy this edition of
E&MJ; and thank you for your support.
Steve Fiscor, E&MJ; Editor-in-Chief,
sfiscor@mining-media.com
www.mining-media.com
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F R O M T H E E D I T O R
Editor-In-Chief—Steve Fiscor, sfiscor@mining-media.com
Managing Editor—Russ Carter, rcarter@mining-media.com
European Editor—Simon Walker, simon.emj@btinternet.com
Latin American Editor—Oscar Martinez, omartinez@mining-media.com
South African Editor—Gavin du Venage, gavinduvenage@gmail.com
Australian Editor—John Miller, john@asiaminer.com
News Editor-Mining—Joseph Kirschke, jkirschke@mining-media.com
Assistant Editor—Jennifer Jensen, jjensen@mining-media.com
Graphic Designer—Tad Seabrook, tseabrook@mining-media.com
Mining Media International—Editorial Office
11555 Central Parkway, Suite 401; Jacksonville, Florida 32224 USA
Phone: +1.904.721.2925 / Fax: +1.904.721.2930
Mining Media International—Corporate Office
8751 East Hampden, Suite B1; Denver, Colorado 80231 USA
Phone: +1.303.283.0640 / Fax: +1.303.283.0641
President/Publisher—Peter Johnson, pjohnson@mining-media.com
VP-Sales and Marketing—John Bold, jbold@mining-media.com
Midwest/Eastern U.S. & Canada, Sales—Victor Matteucci, vmatteucci@mining-media.com
Western U.S. & Canada, Sales—Mary Lu Buse, mlbuse@mining-media.com
Scandinavia, UK & European Sales—Colm Barry, colm.barry@telia.com
Germany, Austria & Switzerland Sales—Gerd Strasmann, info@strasmann-media.de
Australia & Asia Sales—Lanita Idrus, lanita@mining-media.com
Japan Sales—Masao Ishiguro, ishiguro@irm.jp
Indonesia Sales—Dimas Abdillah, dabdillah@mining-media.com
Classified Advertising—Norm Rose, nrose@mining-media.com
Production Manager—Dan Fitts, dfitts@mining-media.com
Steve Fiscor/Editor-in-Chief
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