… like the former Time reporter found dead in her condo last May.
Author: tom
Publicists, take heed
This is a boldfaced rant to any of you who send us publicity stills of rock ‘n’ roll bands: Give us the names of the people in the picture, for Christ’s sake! This really happened to me just last week:…
Where the flacks flock
Here’s a blog for PR people. This one gets the link because, naturally, its owner linked to my site. And because, let’s face it, we’d be toast without PR people. Scroll down a ways and note some links to stories…
Score one for Rosen
Another great post, this one about whether news coverage in Iraq is too negative. It’s long and think-piece-ish but worth slogging all the way through.
Job update
Prague Post needs a special sections editor Des Moines Register needs an opinion page editor. (insert favorite corn-related wise crack here) Investors business daily needs copy editors in Los Angeles. (I take news of IBD hiring as a sure sign…
Reader mail
Dear Tom: Something for your “I hate cliches” list. When I was in college, a bunch of folks used to get together to watch old reruns of the Bob Newhart Show (the one where he’s a shrink) and play a…
Why Side Salad rules
It’s not just because one of my old drinking buddies has been photographed wearing a fake mullet, but that’s part of it. It’s sort of a document of life on the Tampa Trib features desk, and a document of what…
How to be a better copy editor
Here’s a whole page full of stuff. Nicole posted the pageful of headline tips.So which is it, pageful for page full? If you don’t care, what are you doing here?
The Herald and its cojones
Newsdesigner has the story.
Hunter Thompson’s peacocks dead
And he vows revenge.