My take on the mainstream media, especially the newspaper biz. As a former long-term Dallas Metroplex resident, this is often focused on the sometimes good, and the often not-so-good (compared either to what it could be or what it used to be) of A.H. Belo's primary publication, The Dallas Morning News.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Laptop computers an enabler of bad reporting, or what?
Picture a paper that has two important local events, one a city council meeting possibly awarding an $8 million grant payout for a mixed-use development and the other an appearance by Maya Angelou, and the stories get done at 10 p.m., both, because, apparently, the paper has an issue with reporters using laptops ...
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
My, what a formerly unmotivated Today Newspapers employee can do
If Today Newspapers had had as many ads on its website as The Suburban now does, it never would have folded.
On the other hand, since it has no real, and definitely no really fresh, news on the site, those ads may be selling at bargain basement rates.
On the other hand, since it has no real, and definitely no really fresh, news on the site, those ads may be selling at bargain basement rates.
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