Recent content by umiami06

No. 1 -- Not really a journalism topic. No. 2 -- Why pick on the Canadians? Have you seen the American roster? Chris Krieder? The ninth-leading scorer on Boston College? At least Canada has a few stars on the team -- like a Richard winner.

Pretty much their term for "editor" as I understand.

The Bottineau Courant, a large weekly newspaper in north–central North Dakota, is looking for a sports writer with page design and page layout experience. Knowledge of Adobe programs is encouraged. Competitive salary with excellent health care benefits. Screening of applicants will begin...

The US game ended over two hours ago and we still don't have any stories with quotes? Are they there? Not to mention, the US women's story has one quote in it. Pathetic....

It's kind of strange to see a topic on here from one of my beats -- never thought that would happen. To answer your questions, yes the kid at Air Force is the kid with depression. He was rejected at first and went to Northern Michigan for a year. He got a 4.0 while playing hockey for the...

Housing is not expensive in Dickinson.

you guessed it! http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004000231

OK, this is a bit of an exaggeration. It rarely gets over 100 in North Dakota. The summer is pretty much the same as other Midwestern cities. And there is such thing as fall and spring. It doesn't go from snow to 80s and 90s in one day. It's 70 today. There are long streaks of below-zero...

IMO, the Fort Myers News-Press is the best I've seen. http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS01

our dictionary says two words. online dictionary has it listed as both. which is it???

Kurt Busch wins.... and poses for a picture in his car slamming a beer.... How many papers around the country are going to run this photo tomorrow?

Chuck Haga has landed with the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald, where he worked previously to the Strib.

I like your ideas a lot JD. I agree that quick hits are the way to go and you obviously grasp that with your ideas. Sounds like a good start.

It will be good to know where your team's players have been and what they did at those stops. hockeydb.com is a great site for that. It will give their career stats at every stop. You will be stopping there quite a bit. One great part about covering hockey is that the hockey community is pretty...

I'm sure I can get the person who previously held this position to come on here and tell you about the lovely encounters with the Craig parents. They seem to be real winners.