Newspapers are increasingly scooping themselves by sharing stories with other newspapers around the world and with television and Internet sites in the United States.
Blogging election night
The paper in Oswego used a blog to keep folks apprised of the vote counts as they were tallied. (Link via the Weblog Blog).
Errant, but funny
Another of those Lenoesque lists of headline hilarity. Most you’ve seen before, I’m sure. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told Miners Refuse to Work after Death Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted Is There a…
Dublin: Media mecca
After I caught the bug for RSS syndication of my site, I found this cool RSS site called LocalFeeds that allows you to track down all the sites within a specific geographic area. This site has accidentally made a New…
Uh, sorry about that
The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s editor confesses the paper’s only real excuse for running a picture showing a guy falling to his death was, “well, we were there,” and issues an apology. See, this is how newspapers are different from, say,…
Life outside the desk
Another great Testy Copy Editors’ thread, this one about whether it’s rational to expect to have a social life when you work nights covering the news. Here’s a nod to Wayne Countryman of the Baltimore Sun, who always seems to…