In a series: Do we still need editors today?

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..

News & Observer subscriber sues over staff cuts

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..

Newsrooms: Stop thinking like the baby boomers you are

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..

Incredibly gracious swan song from a former boss

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..

MPI conference: Story comments and social media

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..

News blogging: The conversation around the story

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..

Social media and journalists: a lot of evangelizing to do

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..

Why newspaper editors should be blogging

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..