March 2009
97 posts
Don't send John Hopkins cancer news please 'cause... →
I understand folks just want to help. That’s good because the trend for twentysomethings with cancer is to assume no help is needed. But midway into the fifth month of my daughter’s battle I assure…
RT @cnewvine: My latest blog post, on the reincarnation of Ann Arbor News as annarbor.com http://tinyurl.com/cqrzcv #Booth
RT @cnewvine: My latest blog post, on the reincarnation of Ann Arbor News as annarbor.com http://tinyurl.com/cqrzcv
Computer-literate with kin in Detroit stand ready →
If you know your way around a computer and if you have family or friends in the Detroit area, be ready for the calls for help. Today’s the day the Detroit newspapers stop coming into homes via…
Oh no! Another reporter out! Shazam! Wham! Zowie!
http://tinyurl.com/ddabey
Oh no! Brenda fired! →
On Saturday, the publisher threatened Brenda Starr with a furlough. On Sunday, Brenda says no and is fired. Yes, the comics are the real world once more…. Right down to a person saying…
Can you pull the plug for love? →
How much of being on is too much? Should you send out Twitters to those who didn’t pay to get to or into a conference? If you are there on a press pass? There because you paid to get in? Or there…
Or is being connected our parents’ radio - always on is AOK?
Can you, should you, pull plug for love? http://tinyurl.com/cr83n5
Do you have map to tomorrow? http://tinyurl.com/d96qea
Thinking about jobs, sharing idea on perks, inspiration http://tinyurl.com/cb5cas
Could Advance workers tap into job perk? →
Any chance that employees of Advance Publications affected by salary and job cuts can take advantage of a new American City Business Journals relationship?
There was a time when employees at…
Do you have a road map to tomorrow? →
To live “perfect life” you need to define that life first. That’s the advice from a journalist who now works on the business side of the business. In “Decide what you want and declare it,” she…
Journaliats have fun with 1/2 facts http://tinyurl.com/dhss8g
Is Advance the surviving five-and-dime? →
I reveal my age by referring to Kresege as a five-and-dime store in this day of dollar stores where things cost more then $1. Still, I found this comparison of Advance and AdvanceInternet (and its…
Half the facts enough for Jersey Backup →
Is The Jersey Backup filling a void by providing all the news and half the facts? My husband will be so sad to learn NJ Phasing Out Traffic Circles, Introduces Concave Polygons. He’s soooo into…
On Borrell: Is Advance the next surviving dime store? http://tinyurl.com/cub9db
Facebook quiz leads to post-journalism jobs →
“Take a buyout? Get laid off? Or just plain quit your media job? Find out what you should do next.” That’s the intro to a new quiz on Facebook. Go ahead. Answer 10 questions like: What was…
What's being said about and by Advance,... →
Here’s some of the latest reporting and blogging about the changes at the Michigan newspapers under the Advance Publication umbrella. Twitter was still talking, with items like “Being a…
Facebook quiz on post-journalism jobs
http://tinyurl.com/del75q
You’re talking about Michigan changing the news http://tinyurl.com/c6xygj
Is it time for Internship or multimedia training? →
In the midst of the newspaper layoffs and buyouts, it was refreshing to see that something that might actually help you get a journalism job, even in this rotten economy. Rob Curley is pretty…
AnnArbor.com evolving, product leaders tell... →
The details on what are fuzzy, but it is clear that the Newhouse organization believes it has found the perfect community and time to create new products for a media organization. “We’re starting…
Change can be good - even in Facebook →
Change is tough … on all fronts. But trust me, you’re going to get used to the new Facebook. And if you’re a reporter, or just someone dying to know something, Facebook will become a more valuable…
Why May for Advance pension changes and other... →
I’m rushed so just some of the things I’ve picked up about Advance Publications changes out on the web and in my RSS feeds. Pensions are not easy to understand, so this blog post on NJ Voices helps…
Why change pensions in May, other online musings on Advance #booth
http://tinyurl.com/cr6o89
Changes at Michigan newspapers http://tinyurl.com/c49dwx
Geek gurus on end of dead-tree media wrong, rants... →
Out in San Francisco, Mark Moford has had it and he’s not going to take it any more from the ‘smart, motley crew of big-name, big-brained tech seers and programmers and futurists” known only by…
A newspaper's blogger's apology for silence gets... →
Andrew Heller, a Flint Journal columnist who now blogs a lot, recently apologized to his online readers for being more quiet then usual. The reaction was unexpected. “Well, it’s nice to see I can…
Michigan newspapers announce changes; new online... →
The chain of newspapers informally known as Booth Newspapers announced changes today that include the closing of the Ann Arbor News, the opening of a hybrid online-print product that invites…
Michigan newspapers in Flint, Bay City, Saginaw combine, go to 3x week
http://www.mlive.com/flintforward/index.ssf/overview/ #booth
Resume-building sites, blogging advice can help... →
Patrick Thornton of Beat Blogging passes along 10 Great Social Sites for Resume Building “We’re all probably going to lose our jobs anyway (especially journalists), so you might as well polish…
Ann Arbor News editor Petykiewicz to retire →
The Ann Arbor News, another Advance Publication, followed up the short announcement on its editor’s pending retirement with a longer article today. It’s a run through of Ed Petykiewicz career at…
Dreamers can help publishers keep offering luxury... →
I started my morning by reading a print edition of a newspaper, currently delivered seven days a week to my home. That reminded me how much I agree with John Blossom that it is a “luxury to…
Blog Post: Be a JWJ (journalist with job)
http://tinyurl.com/d567jk
Ignoring rules never pays off →
I recently was a rulebreaker and lived to regret it. 1) I forgot the rule to criticize in private and praise in public. 2) I forgot the rule to never write when upset 3) I forgot the rule to…
Oregonian Blogger: 'Enjoy weekend' →
A 35-year-old who usually blogs about fitness in Oregon learned through a weekly newspaper that the Oregonian also is in line for news on Monday. The paper reported: “The Oregonian told staff…
Sweet! Twitter Litter →
FriendFeed sometimes serves as my “web newspaper.” It’s the place I can go when I have some spare time and can just “turn the pages” and stop on the articles that capture my eye. Someone on…
Slow-jamming the news - highlight of Fallon →
If only I could get all my news this way …… Actually, I don’t really want all of it that way, but this is one segment that Jimmy Fallon could keep on his show. And so far, there aren’t many…
Watching Newhouse spiral painful →
A memo left in a shared conference room led to Editor and Publisher reports that the ‘Star-Ledger’ Appears to be Planning Unpaid Furloughs. The article, posted Friday afternoon, also mentions…
RT @louisgray Post: Being Transparent is Fine, But Please Use Smart Filtering http://burnurl.com/2W0KRQ … telling all too much for anyone
RT @millertm Star-Ledger planning unpaid furloughs? http://tinyurl.com/cvj6xm #booth
If Congress can tax AIG now, what next? →
I don’t agree with the massive bonuses awarded the AIG folks. I would like to think each one who received one would do the right thing and return it.
However, it scares me that Congress can create…
Blogging 'kvetch:' Tough noogies and self-help for... →
The Ink-drained Kvetch ruined a meal but pulled together an interesting set of links of Tough noogies and self-help for journalists. I’d say head over there and read the post - and not just…
Life is better when you make friens with thick-skinned people
Story, I remember :) RT @koci To live without story is to live without air
Why can’t I remember to cool down, then write? @louisgray @gapingvoid and others … I apologize for forgetting what village meant to teach
Blog Post: Do we want Congress acting on past? http://tinyurl.com/dzfzj7
A most unusual St. Patrick's Day →
For many years, March 17 has been a day I celebrate with great joy. It is a family tradition. It a tradition of friends. But not this year. I will try to be happy, wishing the luck of the Irish to…
Quick update on eyes, chemo treatments ... →
Just a quick note so folks know I am alive, just climbing a few challenges that sometimes makes it hard to post. So the good news - the theory that I am ruining my eyes by spending hours a day (in…