Yes, I did go to bed. Had wonderful dinner/drinks last night with Merrill Perlman of New York Times News Service and a couple other folks whose names have escaped me. Warning if you come to Houston: the meals are good,…
Month: March 2004
I’m here
In Houston, at the Hyatt, I’ve already met two of my heroes, John McIntyre (ACES prez), and Merrill Perlman of the New York Times. I’ll be in the lobby quaffing absurdly expensive drinks. ($6.50 for a gin and tonic? Geeze,…
See you in Houston
This is my last post before arriving in Houston at the ACES conference. I’m staying at the Hyatt; should arrive about 3:30 p.m. I have no plans for dinner yet so if you want to get together, send me an…
A nod to the shooters
“I intensely dislike seeing any of our pictures manipulated in any way.” David Viggers, Reuters? photo editor From an editorsweblog post on UK newspapers that cropped body parts out of their pictures of the Madrid bombings. Yeah, it’s another self-important…
Gay couple can’t cover same-sex issues
Clay mentions the S.F. Chronicle’s decision to bar two women who’ve wedded from covering the same-sex marriage issue. Seems the Chron is sensitive to the charge that married gay couples have a conflict of interest if they cover the issue.…
A bloggy for T. Mockingbird
Tequila Mockingbird wins a “Bloggie” for “best-kept-secret weblog.” I’m sorta miffed by the category because her blog has been no secret to readers of Prints the Chaff. Mighty Girl, another editor’s blog, was nominated for “best tagline” (hers is “Famous…
Why your newspaper should fear topix.net
Because Topix has a news search engine that sorts by zip code. I found stories from my current back yard and a former one. Of course Topix is hoping to target ads to go with these searches, just like Google,…
Wakeup call No. 1,234
From USA Today: And as investment in journalism declines, many journalists face real pressure trying to maintain quality. Newsroom cutbacks (2,200 newspaper jobs lost since 1990), changes in content and a focus on profits rather than innovation raise serious questions…
The perils of being a book reviewer
It’s bound to happen: someday an author will spit on you. Maud’s blog has the details.
When a newspaper shutdown is a good thing
More than 600 Chinese party organs are biting the dust, editorsweblog reports. You have to love the logic of a command economy: These rags are being shuttered to save the government money and to relieve the peasants in the provinces…