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This seems to be the thinking. And I do think more people would be pissed about the city councilman writing the city council story than a PR person writing about sports. As far as the general audience, it's two different things. The issue of public funds seems to be the clincher. The problem is...

I also worry about my friends that are stringers at the News and have nothing to fall back on. In a few hours, they are out of a job with no money coming and no severance. And March is usually a huge month with so many prep and college events going on. And they probably have an assload of taxes...

Staffers not going down without a fight: www.iwantmyrocky.com

I imagine the columnist asked this question, as we all do. Anyone who leaks information to us has something to gain. They don't do it out of the goodness of their heart. But I think she probably knew the answer to that question and decided to write what was leaked anyway for the benefit of a...

More from the AP story regarding the Tribune: The affidavit also outlines Blagojevich conversations related to Tribune Co., which has been hoping to sell Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs which the publishing giant also owns. Blagojevich was quoted in court papers as telling Harris in...

Another interesting aspect of the plan is that when these bailouts occur, the government usually takes some sort of financial stock in the companies. The bailouts aren't simply money given away. If that bailed out company succeeds, the government gets money back. So the government is an actual...

Newspapers, especially in towns like Lexington, already do pretty well on display ads. There isn't many other places to advertise that reach a wide audience in those small-to-medium towns. But that isn't enough. As many have said, the real hurt has come from the lack of classifieds. Before the...

A lot of Scripps papers already do this. Surprised it hasn't happened there already, actually.

My father actually made the jump from journalism to being an investigator with the public defender's office almost 30 years ago. He had a journalism degree, was in that economic downturn, and was lucky enough to get a job with the public defender's office. But he's not a paralegal. I don't know...

And a suggestion about teaching. 1. It's good you're thinking English. English, math, science - basically anything other than PE, social science or history - is in demand. 2. It helps big time if you coach. Administrators can kill two birds with one stone by hiring a teacher in a difficult...

Yeah, having a better camera would have been a big help. If you're just across the street, that should have provided enough opportunity to get a decent shot. And when you're at the scenes, as someone said above, don't just ask the first cop you see. Ask for the sergeant in charge or commanding...

punch em in the throat

The thinking of news editors is we can get the same national coverage from cheaper wires, and get state coverage from other papers by trading stories. It's happening in my state. And as far as national sports agate and copy, well, tough. They want sports to find another way to do it. There are...

That's what did it for me. And not necessarily matter for me, but for other people with kids and responsibilities. I can handle not making a ton of money, but I can't handle not making a ton of money so a corporate a-hole can make a ton of money. I'm just hoping I can hang on at my current paper...

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