But some of us do give their lives in service of a story. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said on Wednesday that 51 journalists have been killed on the job or because of their work this year. In all…
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To comments by my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss (I think that’s how far I’m removed from the executive editor). Many voters ignored editorials from some newspapers that told voters to oppose the recall, said Susan Goldberg, executive editor of the…
Fun with technology
It looked like it was in “notes” mode, but when it got in the paper it made for a cute little gaffe.
Linkback to BuzzMachine
Blogger and media executive Jeff Jarvis linked to Prints the chaff yesterday, noting that I had been making a nuisance of myself in the comments areas of certain media blogs. This sparked an interesting debate over the use and non-use…
On fan interference
I cannot let the Cubs’ spectacular meltdown yesterday go unnoted. It’s always fun to witness great moments in the history of sports. A new Chicago-based culture blog that Luke recommends (also linked to in the blogroll below) asked for comments…
More newsroom horror stories
I asked folks to submit their newsroom horror stories. Craig Lancaster sent this gem along. Hi, Tom: My story is rooted in the folly of youthful angst. I was 22 and working at the Texarkana Gazette, and I was having…
The blogroll
Newsdesigner ridicules another St. Pete Times ad (more fun than six hours in the Times’ parking lot in mid-July!). Clay tells us which dictionaries to add to our collections. Luke confessess his restaurant blog is closing up shop (Child, you…
Why is it that whenever …
… an organziation has “accuracy” in its title, you can be absolutely assured that its notion of accuracy is any reporting friendly to its side of the issue?
The news from Croatia
Mario Pofaca is a guy I met online ages ago when I did Newsies on the Web … he keeps a news site in Eastern Europe that links to stories around the world. The fact that he’s still at it…
Someday Bush…
… is gonna run out of regions with regional media interested in peddling his line.