Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in staff | 1 Comment »
I've been involved in an e-mail exchange with Jeff Jarvis over the issue of the utility of editors in this day and age. I'll post more about this before the ... Read more..Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »
If only this had a chance to work: A subscriber to the Raleigh News & Observer sues because the paper's staff cuts make the paper less valuable -- and breach ... Read more..Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »
A survey released this week by Third Age got me thinking a lot about the people who run our newsrooms. On its face, the survey doesn't surprise me much. It ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in general | 4 Comments »
Please indulge a brief tribute to a former boss, who "parted ways" with the Tribune Company this week -- involuntarily, based on his swan-song post on his popular blog, Online ... Read more..Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »
It was a pleasure to be asked to talk about social media and journalism at the Mid-America Press Institute conference today. The beauty of smaller conferences is that it offers ... Read more..Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »
Interesting post here by Joe Marchese on the Online Spin blog. His post is headlined, "Social Media's Impact on Journalism," and it gets into a topic that many of us ... Read more..Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in general | 6 Comments »
I attended a luncheon sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Wednesday. A couple of highlights left me concerned about the pace of evangelizing ... Read more..Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in general | 1 Comment »
This was my last column for the American Society of Newspaper Editors' bi-monthly magazine, The American Editor. It's running in April, I reckon, but I'm posting it here now. The ... Read more..