Doug Clifton, head of state in the Plain Dealer newsroom, earns his wings in the Blogosphere with his latest post — a rant on why people are so damn stupid. Until now Doug’s role as representative of the North Ohio…
Month: March 2004
When news is a conversation…
Sometimes people have to be told to shut the hell up. Here’s why the Spokesman Review stopped putting reader feedback at the bottom of stories: First, it was very labor-intensive to gather that feedback. Once a day on weekdays, an…
Unforgiveably off-topic
But hilarious: The legend of Johnny Highwaycone. (well, kinda on topic because I found the link at the blog of that Dallas Morning News guy I mentioned the other day.)
Workin’ on the P.M.
A bunch of the people I work with used to produce the afternoon edition of the Mercury News. Their stories always start, “back when we were on the P.M….” Turns out the paper in Pittsburgh has done the unthinkable: brought…
Schott in the dark
Because it had to be done: Marge Schott’s afterlife, thanks to the Photoshop pranksters at fark.com. Link via sidesaled
Talk about an omission
Has it occurred to anybody that we’re into our fifth (fourth?) year of this decade and nobody’s given it a name yet?
Quinn’s in Chicago
Here’s what she says: Chicago is the Star Trek slide of doors, the voices of train angels, the racket of distant thunder (every four to ten minutes). Chicago goes from underground to street to sky to train to train to…
Why it’s good to be Winkie update
Three words: Bowie at Budokan.
Mascara of the damned
I didn’t read all this story, but I loved the headline: “Makeup tips for the bleak” Link via Mighty Girl.
That culture thing
The Poynter faculty brings us this summary of ways for managers to improve their newsroom’s culture. I don’t know why they’re such sponges for ridicule over there — but I am thankful for it. A few choice tidbits. What Poynter…