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Big Doings in Dallas

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Moderator1, Jul 1, 2006.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    From the Moddy Pipeline, also posting on the other Dallas thread:

    > From: Nash, Noel
    > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 3:02 PM
    > To: TDMN-CCI Users
    > Subject: SportsDay Future
    >
    >
    > All
    >
    > SportsDay Future was created in early 2006 to examine and make
    > recommendations on this question: What should a smaller sports section,
    > produced by fewer people, look like? Our charge has been to consider how
    > we'll redeploy staff and rethink coverage approaches, beats and design.
    > The original core group committee consisted of Barry Horn, John Banks,
    > Roxana Pellin-Scott, Rob Schneider and myself. Jason Dugger has recently
    > replaced Rob Schneider.
    >
    > In April of this year we established a message board that gave the Sports
    > department a place to discuss issues related to reshaping the content,
    > design and staffing of our section. We are now opening up that forum to a
    > wider audience so we can get greater input on those topics.
    >
    > Our core group meets each Wednesday in the SportsDay conference room,
    > alternating weekly between morning (11 a.m.) and afternoon sessions (5
    > p.m.), and everyone is invited to attend. These are working meetings, but
    > we'll always make room on the agenda for an "open mike" portion so we can
    > discuss anything someone wants to bring up.
    >
    > Please consider this note an invitation to participate in the discussions
    > -- on the message board and at our meetings. This Wednesday, July 5, our
    > meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Next Wednesday, July 12, our meeting is
    > scheduled for 5 p.m.
    >
    > Here is how to join the message board:
    >
    > Link: http://dmnge4.tdmn.belo.com/sportsdayfuture/member/login
    > Username: ******
    > Password : ******
    >
    > Your comments will be completely anonymous, but you can sign your name to
    > them if you'd like. The ground rules for the board are simple:
    > -- Keep it clean.
    > -- No personal attacks.
    > -- Don't write War and Peace.
    >
    > If there is a topic you'd like to have added to the message board, contact
    > anyone in the core group and we can post it.
    >
    > Thanks for your interest and help in this project.
    >
    > Noel Nash
    > Assistant sports editor | The Dallas Morning News | 214.977.2284
     
    Moderator1, Jul 11, 2006
    #145
  2. batts

    batts Member

    What the hay happened on the other DMN thread to get it locked?
     
    batts, Jul 15, 2006
    #146
  3. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    If you'd been there, you'd know.

    That URL no longer works, by the way.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jul 15, 2006
    #147
  4. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    What happened to Schneider?
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Jul 15, 2006
    #148
  5. carrie

    carrie Active Member

    He's now Presentation Director at the DMN.
     
    carrie, Jul 15, 2006
    #149
  6. batts

    batts Member

    "If I had been there, I'd know."
    That's a good one. I also wouldn't be asking.

    There had been a pertinent question asked before the spewing began. Someone thought they heard that news came down on Friday about the buyouts. Was there any truth to that?
     
    batts, Jul 15, 2006
    #150
  7. tonysoprano

    tonysoprano Member

    Ohhh...it's a long story.
     
    tonysoprano, Jul 15, 2006
    #151
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Same thing that will cause this one to get locked if it happens here.
    We have some who walk a very, very fine line on outing -- too fine in my opinion.
     
    Moderator1, Jul 15, 2006
    #152
  9. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    I believe that, lost somewhere in the foggy forgotten mists of this thread, there was something about the bomb getting dropped on a Friday afternoon. Could be wrong, though.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jul 15, 2006
    #153
  10. tonysoprano

    tonysoprano Member

    I believe what moddy is saying is watch yourselves and behave. A poster crossed the line on the other thread and basically took shots at specific writers at a prominent paper.
     
    tonysoprano, Jul 16, 2006
    #154
  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Shots are not the problem, though some of those cross the line.
    Outing is a problem.
     
    Moderator1, Jul 16, 2006
    #155
  12. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    serious question here moddy, not asking for mission statement or anything, but why is it so important to the folks that run this board that posters stay anonymous?
     
    Tom Petty, Jul 17, 2006
    #156
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