Presstime magazine lauds “young” newspaper people of accomplishment. Just what the hard-chargers of our industry need: One more reason to lament not getting a raise this year.
Category: Newspaper news
S.F. Chron last paper on earth to paginate
They were still doing paste-up at the San Francisco Chronicle when I moved to the Bay Area in 1999. Now the paper has finally made the jump to pagination. Dan Frost writes about the changes: The Chronicle this year installed…
Former Tampa Trib reporter dies
Frank Ruiz, 57, was a longtime business reporter who left the Trib in 2000. I remember the byline but never knew him when I was there. Here’s a link to his consultancy business.
Ouch
Romenesko had this yesterday: Dancer we said was dead actually is alive. Now get this: The obituary was based on one in The Daily Telegraph of London on Nov. 29. The Times was unable to confirm her death independently and,…
Put the toaster away
American Journalism Review reports on the latest readership research about what gets people to read the paper: Perhaps the most noticeable single theme is optimism. While full of sobering data and often critical of newspapers, the studies are strikingly upbeat.…
Heads up, Knight Ridder folks
Registration is coming to your Web sites, so get yourself mentally prepared for a fresh round of aggravation.
A flash of joy at the Sun-Times
Steve Rhodes says they were singing “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” around the newsroom at the Chicago Sun-Times, with the publisher ousted and Conrad Black defanged… But the newsroom is also tinged with trepidation. For one thing, though Black…
Seeing what you wanna see dept.
Pentagon reacts to right-wing newsies who think they know more than the folks on the ground in Iraq.
Publishing industry humor
Satirical (I suppose) look at candidates to be the next editor of the New York Times book section. I was going to post an excerpt but none of them are remotely funny.
Proof that good triumphs over evil
Conrad Black resigns. Hollinger stock soars.