The other day I bumped into the father of a former newspaper intern.
The intern had been a keeper. She was smart, had the beginnings of the killer instinct that makes great reporters, and even though she was a high school student, was already a passable writer.
She represented the future of newspapering in America and she […]
In my last post, I discussed the power of “don’t mess with my TV” and how it might affect the Digital TV revolution of 2008 — and like the French revolutionaries of more than 200 years ago, the present-day revolutionaries may find themselves being guillotined by even more radical revolutionaries.
But the power of “don’t mess […]
A few years back, I always ran a feature offered by Associated Press. I don’t remember the name of it but each week, some reading expert would adapt an AP story into a short story geared to kids. The story would generally be about something popular with kids such as dinosaur discoveries, planets or snakes […]
I don’t know if it’s still there but there used to be a large barn along Kansas state highway K-4, a wind-swept two-lane highway running east-west beside what was a Union Pacific main line between the two small towns of Hoisington and Claflin.
The barn was perched on what passes for a higher hill along the […]
I’ve been reflecting on the ruckus concerning the products made in China being recalled for a wide variety of hazards or shoddy production.
I’ve always been surprised at how few newspapers include stories about product recalls. I always did.
For publications that boast of of their “local, community connections,” the papers could perform a useful community service […]
