AltWeeklies Wire
More Local News Folks Leave the Field Behind Before it Leaves Themnew
Carl Agnelly devised a backup plan, applying for work at Epic Systems, the Verona-based medical software giant. He got word he was hired last Nov. 9, his 29th birthday, and immediately told WKOW 27 he would be leaving when his contract expired at year's end.
Those of Us Who Care Ought to Fight to Help Keep Newspapers Goingnew
If it sounds like I'm angry, I guess I am. I'm angry that newspapers are falling into disrepute. I'm angry that people don't respect the quality control that goes into news reporting; they seem to think any idiot with internet access is worth listening to.
Panicked Newspapers Seek Salvation ... Will Madison's Capital Times Find it on the Web?new
Good luck, Cap Times. You'll need it. Converting from a six-day-a-week paid paper to an online news site is like jumping from a very high cliff into a very deep and mysterious pool.
A Tear for The Capital Timesnew
Be sad, and mad, over the loss of Madison's afternoon daily.
Tags: media
The Folly of the Fairness Doctrinenew
Liberals better think twice before welcoming government controls on speech.
Tags: media
The Life and Death of coreweeklynew
Yesterday, coreweekly ceased publishing: Despite the work of its staff, its fate was guided by simple business calculations made by corporate executives with no passion for the paper itself.
Tags: free newspapers, faux alts
The Great Kerry Sex Scandal That Wasn't
While the right-wing press and blogosphere pillories CBS and ABC for their alleged liberal bias, it conveniently forgets how Matt Drudge kited a bogus story last February about John Kerry's supposed affair with an intern.
