I heard from someone who helps contribute information and ideas to this site.
A small-town paper he liked in a community he liked advertised for a new reporter — and at a salary that was semi-decent (for the newspaper business.
He regarded the paper as a nearly perfect situation for him and given his experience and writing […]
A couple of computer experts I respect very much collared me recently and painted a fantastic version of the future of American newspapers and how news gathering and news dissemination would be transformed by the Internet.
They noted that now, with a flick of few buttons, you can read nearly any newspaper […]
This week — Sept. 29-Oct. 3 — is Banned Banned Books Week.
But you wouldn’t know it if you read most American newspapers.
Am I missing something? Newspapers live and die on getting Americans to read but they do everything but.
The only mention I’ve heard of this year’s Banned Book Week is on radio. Isn’t that bizarre?
You’d […]
I’d like to apologize for my absence.
Late last year, I had a death in my immediate family and my Muse left me and I’ve been silent these many months.
However, as they say, life is for the living and life goes on. I’m back and I’ll start posting to this site. I’ve always had a lengthy […]
The biggest demonstration I’ve personally witnessed had nothing to do with Vietnam, civil rights or the Gulf wars.
It everything to do with cable TV and the Chicago Cubs.
It happened several years ago. At the time, there were only two cable TV companies in the nation, and they were — and still are — giants. In […]
