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    Papers' Devils writer from team website

    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...
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    Fate of Rocky Mountain News to be announced

    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...
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    Rocky Mountain News for sale

    Staffers not going down without a fight: www.iwantmyrocky.com
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    Trib sat on Blagojevich wiretap story

    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...
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    Trib sat on Blagojevich wiretap story

    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...
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    Conn. pols talk JRC rescue

    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...
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    Kentucky basketball game tonight; flame away on me

    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...
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    Knoxville makes some changes

    A lot of Scripps papers already do this. Surprised it hasn't happened there already, actually.
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    "Getting out of the business" resource thread

    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...
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    Another "Get Out" Thread . . .

    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...
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    Your rights as a journo at a crime scene ...

    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...
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    Question for you

    punch em in the throat
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    A sign of things to come

    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...
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    What WOULD it take for you to leave this business?

    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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    "Getting out of the business" resource thread

    Here are some other good law school resources: http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org and http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com.
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    Olympic Track and Field Trials

    I'll be in Eugene for the Trials and can cover results on short notice, if need be. Have extensive knowledge of the sport, particularly distance events. Please PM me if you need any help.
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    Sports Writer, Fort Collins, Colorado

    It's not expensive to live in Fort Collins. Not as expensive as Boulder, but that's because Boulder is better. Seriously, Fort Collins is a fun place to be. It's real close to the mountains, and I've had a lot of fun nights there, and remember only a few. Their SID is a very, very good guy to...
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    'I'm glad I'm not younger'

    For someone on a national radio program, that's probably true. But for local news or sports, there is a lot that people really don't know. Even nationally, people know the general outline of the story, but there are specifics that can be revealed to an audience for the first time.
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    Colo. State student paper

    See, this is what happens when you to go to a pig farming school. Always like to take a shot at the Rams when possible.
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    Recording interviews on cell phone

    I've often yearned for something like this too. I think the speakerphone route wouldn't work well because it can be hard for the interview subject to hear sometimes, and we run a lot of our interview audio on our web site. The quality wouldn't be good for that.
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