AltWeeklies Wire
The Successes and Failures of Charlotte's Print Medianew
Some niche pubs are prospering, but many local papers are troubled.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
10-16-2008 |
Media
News Blues in Oklahomanew
The parent company of the Oklahoman is eliminating 155 positions, resulting in a 14 percent workforce cut. Following retirement buyouts, 46 individuals were terminated, according to the company.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
10-16-2008 |
Media
Don't Believe the Digital TV Hypenew
The transition to digital was supposed to revolutionize free TV. So what's with the high-def reruns?
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
10-09-2008 |
Media
Alan Lupo, Boston's Last Best Metro Columnistnew
The late Alan Lupo, powerful and revered Boston journalist, was so much more than a Damon Runyon character come to life. Though he was, indeed, that.
Boston Phoenix |
Margaret Doris |
10-09-2008 |
Media
Ink-Stained Kvetches: Where Are All the Editorial Cartoonists Going?new
As newspapers cut back on staff, editorial cartoonists are losing their positions at newspapers across the nation. In Texas, only the San Antonio Express-News, the Houston Chronicle, and the Austin American-Statesman still employ staff cartoonists.
The Texas Observer |
Brad Tyer |
10-08-2008 |
Media
Where's the Outrage Over Media Mistreatment at the RNC?new
Given the media's reputation for self-absorption, it's remarkable how little attention the press has paid to the crackdown on journalists during September’s Republican National Convention.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-02-2008 |
Media
Project Censored: The Top 10 Stories the US Media Missednew
The mainstream media regularly covers terrorism, but rarely discusses how the fear of attacks is used to manipulate the public and set policy. That's the common thread of many unreported stories last year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
10-01-2008 |
Media
Boston Media Legend Alan Lupo, 1938-2008new
Al Lupo, for decades Boston's gravelly voice of the people in both the daily and alternative press, died, after fighting cancer, on Monday, September 29.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
10-01-2008 |
Media
Last Rites on the Rocky Mountain News's Twitteringnew
The Rocky's efforts recently suffered a blow after the paper assigned staffer Berny Morson to Twitter the Sept. 10 funeral of three-year-old Marten Kudlis, killed when Francis Hernandez, an illegal immigrant with a lengthy arrest record, crashed into a Baskin-Robbins outlet in Aurora.
Will the Chicago Tribune Endorse its First Dem for President This Year?new
I'm not at all sure the Tribune will endorse the Republican ticket. There are good reasons why it might not -- but also reasons anyone who wants to respect the Tribune should worry about.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-29-2008 |
Media
All That Twitters Is Not Goldnew
Now that the Rocky Mountain News has distinguished itself by Twittering a three-year-old's funeral, it might be time to dial down journalism's latest fad.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
09-25-2008 |
Media
Mark Powell's War on Errornew
For one man, every typo is a mini-Watergate. Just ask the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Seattle Weekly |
Jesse Froehling |
09-22-2008 |
Media
Fact and Opinion: It's All Just Content Nownew
Internet values are seeping into print journalism, and internet values reward instant punditry, the more flamboyant the better. Simple, solid reporting is OK, but flamboyance is what attracts page hits, and page hits attract advertisers -- enough of them, in a theoretical tomorrow, to keep journalism afloat.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-22-2008 |
Media
Minneapolis Mayor to Arrested Journalists: Drop Deadnew
For a city leadership that spent so much time trying to convince everyone that the convention was in Minneapolis, too, Mayor R.T. Rybak's office suddenly wants very little to do with hosting the RNC, especially those nasty reports of police brutality and journalist arrests.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
09-17-2008 |
Media
Why Political Cartoons Matter
Editorial cartoons have never been better, more relevant or more popular. But daily newspapers are phasing them out -- because editors don't understand them.
