Recent content by tenacious_g

First, I think current reporters selling media guides on ebay is wrong. Does that change for one of the newspapers closed in the past year? I know one recently closed newspaper (some of you might be able to figure out which one I'm talking about) that has decades of media guides that are about...

This injunction boils down to the allegation Gannett (owner of the Citizen) conspired with Lee (owner of the larger daily in Tucson, the Arizona Daily Star) to make sure there wasn't a viable competitor to the Star in Tucson as Gannett now shares 50 percent of the Star's profits. The Newspaper...

Obviously my post was sarcastic. There was no reason to stoop so low as to call someone "Mr. Dubow." That's just low. In all honesty, I think the furlough situation is awful and just because there are those of us worse off (i.e. me and my Tucson Citizen colleagues) doesn't mean a furlough...

There is some good news. We've had the good fortune of finding out our Gannett-owned newspaper is not being required to take those shirtty furloughs! Whew! Guess we avoided getting screwed over by the man on this one. Sincerely, Tucson Citizen (1870 - March 21, 2009 . . . TBD)

The Citizen has been a Top 10 daily something like seven of the last eight or eight of the last nine years. Had a nice little streak end last year. The paper has some special section awards from the past and several writing awards through the year's, too. Even though the paper doesn't shut...

When I judged a couple years back my my paper didn't win, I didn't get a bj, a reach around, or any other sexual favor... come to think of it, I don't even remember getting doughnuts. Was it what I was wearing?

The Citizen hasn't made Gannett money in years, but its stake in the Joint Operating Agreement with Lee's Arizona Daily Star (the 6-times larger circ., morning daily in Tucson), has made it millions so when Gannett found a way to continue being a part of a JOA without actually having to put out...

I guess I shouldn't have brought this up because I'm not saying anything about some conspiracy, but came across that way. Again, I have judged and it was a heck of a lot of work and every bit worth it. I DON'T THINK ITS A CONSPIRACY. I do think telling people ahead of time who is judging a...

I've judged, too. I was never approached by a specific entrant, but was asked by people from a paper if I had got to to a particular article yet in a large-circulation category. It was nothing more than that, and on site I don't think there are any issues I would say suggest conspiracy. And if...

I judged once in the past five years and every group had three categories to judge. Our group judged two categories and broke them down into 20 finalists, of which another group picked the 10 winners out of those finalists. Our third category was judging a final stack of 20 some other group...

Sorry if this topic has already been brought up, but is there any benefit to APSE posting in advance a list of contest judges and the categories they will be judging? http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2008/2009judgingroster.html I've judged in the past and found out what we were judging only...

Re: Tuscon cable system shows porn during Super Bowl Some working headlines I would suggest: Comcast unveils new package to digital subscribers More than just Cardinals go down Sunday Comcast airs Cox broadcasting during Super Bowl More than just Cardinals suck during the Super Bowl Super...

What about someone who has been an SE in the past and is at an afternoon paper shutting down in two months who desperately wants to stay in journalism (for some reason he doesn't fully understand sometimes)?

Not likely. I can't see Lee adding any staff in its current situation. I left a sports editor job in another state just under two years ago to join the Citizen sports staff (knowing there was a very real possibility of this happening) because its sports department truly is a good one - one I...

That would be March 21, not 31. ... maybe it was all those factual errors that did us in.