Former Indianapolis Star biz editor Vickie Elmer has another story in the Washington Post on a timely subject: keeping it together even when your job sucks. (Sound like something we all know about?)
Elmer, who lives in Ann Arbor, Mich, says she writes a "mix of stories ... -" [...]
That's the box Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard put himself in Thursday, when he held a private shindig at the exclusive Skyline Club for community/biz leaders. On the plate? The red-hot water the Capital Improvement Board is immersed in, due to its financial shortfalls.
Ballard, like everyone else in [...]
No, not sex, you silly heads. Besides, that story has been diddled to death.
This first time refers to pregnancy, labor and delivery -- especially the latter. That's when the culmination of 8 or so months of relative discomfort (as the doctors say) and various surprises, sometimes joyous, sometimes [...]
First Gannett launched INTake at the Indianapolis Star -- the hip version of features, with a lot of young staffers who were so dedicated some actually slept on the office floor, to keep up with the pace.
Then INTake, which had a pretty strong identity and branding, morphed [...]
Don't let your children grow up to be newspaper people.
Reader and friend Tom Henderson sent a link to a cool web site, Paper Cuts, in which journalist/graphic designer Erica Smith keeps count of jobs lost in the newspaper industry --- that is all jobs, from carrier to' [...]
OK, we all know Gov. Mitch Daniels did not have a good week when it came to getting his legislative agenda met at the Statehouse.
But maybe he was a tad distracted by his recent move.
Indiana's First Family officially has moved out of their Geist home and into [...]
This is from a friend's online journal about the death of a loved one. The point here is the exorbitant cost of obituaries in the Indianapolis Star -- en especially egregious practice, since it comes at a time in life when families are vulnerable.
Wrote my friend:
"The obituary" [...]
Blog reader Dan K. Foreman sent the following email:
"I enjoy your rants against Gannett and the Indy Star. Now I have my own. By 8 a.m., my paper had not arrived so I called to inform the Star and get a redelivery.
"They informed me that their new [...]
The Star's political columnist Matt Tully says it sucks pond scum to be a Hoosier these days. The reason? Our throwback Legislature, which is as paralyzed as a possum at high noon on the track during race day.
Tully enumerates the many failings of this legislative session, then observes: [...]
With Indianapolis Public Schools rif'ing 300 teachers and no budget in sight at the Statehouse, the five minutes or so I heard of Kevin Teasley, the charter-school guy, being interviewed by Abdul on his 1430-AM radio show Tuesday rang central.
Teasley, CEO of the 21st Century Charter School' [...]
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Former Indianapolis Star political editor and Dem spokesman Terry Burns has a new blog -- "new," although it was launched at the end of March. I'm a little slow, but I do thank Terry for letting readers of this blog know.
Here's the pitch from his first post' [...]
An Indianapolis Star insider says there actually were "several reporters" at the Society of Professional Journalists awards banquet Friday.
OK, so maybe it was not a full house, although the Star received 19 or so first place prizes.
Best guess on why some did not attend, from the insider: [...]
A friend/contact sent the following information about an upcoming confab on mortgage issues to be held this Saturday. This relates particularly to the rapid growth in Hamilton County.
Here's the info:
"FORUM ON MORTGAGES AND FORECLOSURE TO BE HELD IN NOBLESVILLE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Susan Barta (317) 517-3127
April 24, 2009
FISHERS – Hamilton" [...]
The Indianapolis Star's business section has a story this morning, "Newspaper Circulation Slips," with up-to-date circ figures (232,381 Monday-Friday, down 9 percent; 201,797 Saturday, down 7.4 percent; and 311,322 Sunday, down 4 percent.
Despite these dips (attributed to readers' preference for the web) The Star continues to fare very' [...]
Gary Welsh of Advance Indiana sent an email last night, clarifying information in the Forbes article that was posted here. Welsh's concern is that Forbes indicated the city of Indianapolis loaned money to the Colts, While the city contributed to a jackpot of $100,000,000, it was the National Football' [...]
A wise reader of this blog found this telling graph from an article in Forbes in 2008.
"A decrepit stadium can be replaced. In 2005 Marion County and the state agreed to finance all but $100 million of a new $719 million retractable-roof stadium for the Colts. Lucas" [...]
1960s rock icon Gracie Slick famously used the term "drunk mouth" in referencing her own alcoholic behavior. The incident that inspired the phrase involved her getting trashed/juiced during a fight with a boyfriend, while he was driving on a winding California road. When the cops finally came, the boyfriend [...]
Congratulations to Indianapolis Star reporter Tim Evans, one of the finest guys at the newspaper, who was rightfully honored at Friday's Society of Professional Journalists banquet. The hard-working Evans was named Journalist of the Year for his extensive work on behalf of children, including his coverage of the death [...]
Tim Maloney, senior policy adviser for the Hoosier Environmental Council was, like his colleagues, always willing to take the time to explain to journalists and others key issues that affect the state's well-being.
Now HEC is beating its drums for public transit, a resource Indiana sorely needs. As with [...]
Bill Sherwood, an acquaintance and a therapist, noted that the most instructive lessons on alcoholism and its effect on family life were not to be found in any social sciences text, but in Thomas Wolfe's novel, "Look Homeward Angel."
In the same light, Konrad Marshall's front page story in [...]
Media critic Michael Wolff -- who heads a website called Newser and often writes for Vanity Fair about newspaers et al -- predicted Monday in a panel discussion with the heads of Craigslist and Air America that 80 percent of all newspapers will be toast in 18 months.
Here [...]
Friends such as Lalita Amos, Tom Henderson and this correspondent, Greg Wright, remind us that we are deep in the middle of a revolution when it comes to media -- and we are in Kindle territory. (Nod to Lalita; still have to see how the Kindle kindles...)
Wright is [...]
As reader Tom Henderson said of this story, omg.
Newspapers, the latest industry cast as pitiful financial victims, are being rushed to the government's bedside by Sen. John Kerry and other well-meaning (I am certain) politicians.
Here's the lead from the Huffington Post Monday:
"Sen. John Kerry is wading" [...]
With the Indianapolis Star, the New York Times and the Criterion (the weekly Catholic newspaper for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis) still running articles and fiery letters to the editor about President Obama speaking at the University of Notre Dame, let's agree: this topic remains a lightning rod.
I was [...]
Thanks to a reader, friend and former Indianapolis Star writer who sent the following info about a confab organized by the Writerss Center -- this is especially good news, because last I had heard, the center was in financial hot water.
But this sounds like a healthy and vigorous [...]
Here is some encouraging news from former Indianapolis Star reporter Joe Gelarden, who covered just about everything, working out of the city room for many years. He retired to blissful Maine, but when it comes to newspapers, the cure did not quite take:
"I have flunked retirement," says Joe.
"And here’s the thing – Gannett is making money! The company made 34 cents a share -- $77.4 million – last quarter.
"Yes, it’s down significantly from the same time a year ago, but THEY’RE MAKING MONEY.
"So essentially, they’re asking the Guild to take pay cuts so the" [...]
In the mid-1980s, when I was active in the Indianapolis Star Newspaper Guild, we once ran a campaign to drum up membership in the newsroom and elsewhere.
"JOIN THE GUILD AND NOBODY GETS HURT" was the slogan on one of many signs we posted. (George McLaren gets credit for [...]
A friend who visited a prison in the Terre Haute area yesterday had the great good fortune to meet up with Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger, spiritual head of the diocese of Evansville and formerly a right-hand man to Archbishops in this arch diocese of Indianapolis.
My friend, a liberal liberal [...]
First, regarding Saturday's Indianapolis Star, an astute observer notes:
"Is it me, or were there FOUR good LOCAL stories on today's front page? Police shooting, IPS school in disarray, unemployment story, and Vonnegut stories.
"It is sad that something like that makes me surprised."
I agree -- four strong" [...]
The Star's feature desk has repeated the popular (with me) Carolyn Hax column today -- I again got to read about the woman impatient with the boyfriend, etc. The column is the exact same one that ran last week. Ho hum.
At least they got Billy Graham right, I [...]
Just like the simple bacteria on Earth that overcame alien invaders in "War of the Worlds," technology -- for now -- will kill any regional copy desk for Gannett in Indiana.
So say those in the know.
The problem in Indiana is that the papers owned by Gannett [...]
A blog reader forwarded the following email, from a Denver attorney who is asking for support for the new on-line publication by former reporters of the Rocky Mountain News.
The price is 16 cents a day, or about $1.25 a week.
This would be a good effort to get behind. [...]
In Putnam County, we saw a magnificent eagle feeding on a deer carcass one bright and frosty Christmas morn. Then there were the young bulls that occasionally broke out of the nearby farmer's fence and wandered over to our quarry, munching on the grass and staring sullenly at the [...]
Jolene Ketzenberger did a good roundup today in a Page 1 story in the Indianapolis Star about the inroads Hoosier farmers are making selling local products to big-name restaurants. ("The New Farmers Markets").
She included Greg Gunthrop, a pig farmer in Northern Indiana, whose first client was a ritzy [...]
As has been reported on Gannetblog, changes are afoot regarding key copy editing jobs in the G-empire.
For months now, I've heard rumors that the Indianapolis Star would become a hub center for copy editing --- collapsing operations at smaller papers around Indiana as well as possibly consolidating work' [...]
This is from newsman Rich Gotshall, recalling one of the best and most beloved characters at the Indianapolis Star, the late John "Jack" Ackelmire:
"One night decades ago, Jack Acklemire, a longtime copy editor, leaned over to me when I was working the slot (now, there's a term that" [...]
This is from former newsman and blogger Jim Hall:
"When I was working for a small, rural daily newspaper," says Hall. "a woman came into the office with a 25th wedding anniversary announcement and a photo.
"The Family Editor (that's what they called them....in the 1980s) could be seen from [...]
Thanks to readers who sent the link to Roger Ebert's wonderful piece, "The Best Damn Job in the Whole World," lamenting and celebrating what it was like to work for a newspaper. It was published in the Chicagoo Sun-Times Friday.
Here is the lead graph, as a taste:
"One" [...]
If you're having trouble reporting that your paper is later or MIA, the reason may be the elimination of eight more people at the Indianapolis Star's Call Center and Recruitment sales area.
What about the pledge that the Star would only furlough workers in the second quarter?
Never forget:' [...]
At a family funeral Friday in Louisville, the Yankees got a laugh out of the sign plastered on the glass door at the Highlands Funeral Home:
"NO FIREARMS ALLOWED ON PREMISES."
One kinfolk explained that this will probably be the norm in the nation soon enough -- Kentucky already [...]
Starting with the assumption that we all want the Colts and Pacers to remain in Indy, a quick look at the deal brokered and offered by Sen. Luke Kenley yesterday raises more red flags than a 10-car pileup at the Speedway.
First, there was the quote from the Star, [...]
Starting with the assumption that we all want the Colts and Pacers to remain in Indy, a quick look at the deal brokered and offered by Sen. Luke Kenley yesterday raises more red flags than a 10-car pileup at the Speedway.
First, there was the quote from the Star, [...]
Here is the latest from the Inkling, the Guild newsletter for the Indianapolis Star union members:
"All,
"The membership of Indy News Guild 34070 voted overwhelmingly Tuesday and Wednesday to approve the 2nd quarter furlough, a one-week stint of unpaid time off. The voting turnout was over 80% and the "yes" votes [...]
Here is the latest from the Inkling, the Guild newsletter:
"All,
"The membership of Indy News Guild 34070 voted overwhelmingly Tuesday and Wednesday to approve the 2nd quarter furlough, a one-week stint of unpaid time off. The voting turnout was over 80% and the "yes" votes occurred in landslide fashion. We were [...]
Here is the latest from the Inkling, the Guild newsletter for the Indianapolis Star union members:
"All,
"The membership of Indy News Guild 34070 voted overwhelmingly Tuesday and Wednesday to approve the 2nd quarter furlough, a one-week stint of unpaid time off. The voting turnout was over 80% and the "yes" votes [...]
April 1 -- kind of a lazy day, news-wise -- except of course for that biggie story on Don Marsh. He's in hot water, again. This round it's because the company that bought his financially-troubled grocery chain in 2006 now alleges in a lawsuit that he blew company funds [...]
April 1 -- kind of a lazy day, news-wise -- except of course for that biggie story on Don Marsh. He's in hot water, again. This round it's because the company that bought his financially-troubled grocery chain in 2006 now alleges in a lawsuit that he blew company funds [...]
You know it's hard times when a great newspaper town like Chicago has a paper on the skids -- that would be, today, the Sun-Times, which filed for Chapter 11.
Here are some key pieces to this puzzle, from the Sun-Times' letter to its readers today:
"The petition was'" [...]
You know it's hard times when a great newspaper town like Chicago has a paper on the skids -- that would be, today, the Sun-Times, which filed for Chapter 11.
Here are some key pieces to this puzzle, from the Sun-Times' letter to its readers today:
"The petition was'" [...]
At a time when newspapers are enduring the biggest crisis of their existence -- the Chicago Sun-Times is the latest to file for bankruptcy protection -- Dennis Ryerson, exec editor of the Star, writes a Sunday column about how high "readership" is in the Indianapolis market.
On Sunday, he [...]
At a time when newspapers are enduring the biggest crisis of their existence -- the Chicago Sun-Times is the latest to file for bankruptcy protection -- Dennis Ryerson, exec editor of the Star, writes a Sunday column about how high "readership" is in the Indianapolis market.
On Sunday, he [...]
In Monday's Inkling, Guild members are advised that voting is Wednesday on Gannett's "request" (ha) for more furloughs (in the second quarter).
Here is a portion of Guild prez Tom Spalding's message to membership:
"....You may be asking, or thinking, about the Indy News Guild’s position on the second-quarter" [...]
Do the Colts have the same deal with corporate sponsors as the Pacers -- and does that wealthy team, therefore, also load its contracts with all sorts of goodies, such as exotic trips, alcohol, six-day vacations, etc?
That's the word on the street.
Seems an obvious story for the [...]
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Thanks to Ms. Cynical for pointing out the blog commentary on Eye on Indianapolis, which writes today about media, the Pacers and the shortfalls in today's reporting in The Star's Behind Closed Doors. The headline is "Throw the bums out". Here's some of what this blog has to [...]
From FT.com (Financial Times online, on Monday), "When Newspapers Fold":
"A Moody’s analysis of six large operators in November found all but Gannett had debts above four times their earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. In Tribune’s case, the multiple was 12.3. 'A number of these newspaper'" [...]
The Cottage Home Neighborhood, tucked away east of College and south of 10th Street on the Near Eastside, has always been a favorite place. The small homes, many built by German/Irish craftsman newly arrived in Indianapolis before the turn of the century, are charming, homey and distinct. Plus [...]
is adopting some of the strong-arm techniques of the Gannett chain by instituting furloughs for employees of its newspapers.
The chain is Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., based in Birmingham, Ala. In Indiana, it operates -- not very well -- 11 newspapers in Terre Haute, Anderson, Kokomo, Lebanon, Goshen, Greensburg, [...]
The Indianapolis Business Journal's Scott Olson wrote a story, published Friday, about Gannett's efforts to cut employee pay at the Indianapolis Star by 15 percent.
Here is an excerpt:
"A cut in pay would be the second concession Star employees have had to accept just this year.
"The union [...]
Former Star reporter and current Star gardening columnist Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp keeps digging up the dirt; her latest venture is a blog called Hoosier Gardener, That's also the name of her Saturday column in the newspaper's features section.
The blog's mission is to provide "an informed, yet'" [...]
This insight is from a former Star reporter/editor and also a Guild leader:
"Unless something's changed, the reason they (Guild members) won't strike is that pre-Gannett, we agreed to a no strike/no lockout clause. I didn't like it, but I went along -- mainly because, knowing the membership and" [...]
This is a statement from the Guild at the Indianapolis Star:
"March 12, 2009
To all,
The Indianapolis News Guild is sad to inform you that Gannett is now
seeking to cut the pay of newsroom and building services employees by 15 percent. The lawyer for the company provided us with a one-page
A friend/reader wonders:
"don't know what it means for sure but for the last week and a half my usa today paper has come inside the same plastic bag as my indpls star.
"do we laud gannett for reducing the number of landfill-clogging plastic
bags, even tho it meant' [...]
Here is an explanation from Indianapolis Newspapers Guild president Vic Ryckaert, about the contract proposals from management at the Indianapolis Star (based on concerns expressed here -- the management goal of pitting younger employees against veterans):
"The elimination of seniority is a facet of its contract proposal, but it's'" [...]
Indianapolis Newspaper Guild vice president Vic Ryckaert explains the union's concerns regarding management's contract proposals, in regards to the seniority clause and "same as" clause:
"The elimination of seniority is a facet of its contract proposal, but it's not the most heinous. That honor (dishonor?) goes to their 'same" [...]
Those are the bright red signs available from the leadership of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild, which returns to the table this Wednesday and Thursday with management.
More insights to come on what is at stake here,
Read all about it in the Inkling.
[...]The word is that Gannett, which has a long and undistinguished career of ruining newspapers, now wants to break the back of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild.
Management intends to propose during contract negotiations that the seniority clause go bye-bye -- the only safeguard older, veteran reporters have. In effect, [...]
The axe continues to fall on media and media-related concerns. Here is a statement from Emmis Company, which owns/runs radio and magazines around the nation:
"Facing the ongoing challenges of a struggling media sector and turbulent economy, earlier today Emmis took a series of steps to better position it" [...]
This is fresh off the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild's website, regarding the current tense relations between the union membership and management. Commentary will come in a future post.
"To all members:
The Guild is holding a membership meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the Musicians Hall. We urge all members" [...]
It is 7:19 a.m., and the Indianapolis Star has not arrived. It's not on my sidewalk, nor on the walks of the neighbors (where it lies neglected all day, all the more shocking since it is wrapped in day-glo orange as if to say URGENT!!! PICK ME UP...but they [...]
Dream Spoofers -- don't ask -- have come up with a hilarious video/takeoff of The Office, with Gannett's Regional Toning Center in Indianapolis and its employees as the setting and the sullen stars.
The subject is the furloughs imposed by Gannett. Watch it, and your faith will soar for' [...]
For several months now, some readers have sent emails speculating on the financial health of the Indianapolis Star: how sound is it?
We all know Gannett is feeling pain in the marketplace, in part, as one readers suggests, "because they have required a 20 percent return
so as to" [...]
Word is getting out with former Star employees, and some current ones, that Gannett wants the family of former Star photo editor Paul "Bix" Smith to pay for his obit to run in the paper. That's causing some consternation.
Here is what ran in Jonesboro, Ark.
"Paul H. ‘Bix’" [...]
Former Star reporter Joe Gelarden, now living in Maine, shares this news:
"The grapevine of ex-Star folks passed on the news that former Star
Photo Editor and all around good guy, Paul "Bix" Smith has died.
"Back in the 60's Bix scored a national scoop when he found the 'kneeling [...]
Here is the text from the Inkling, the newsletter of the Indianapolis Newspapers Guild:
"Subject: E-INKLING Contract negotiations update
"Feb. 25, 2009
"The Indianapolis News Guild’s bargaining committee this afternoon concluded our latest set of meetings with representatives of Gannett regarding our attempts to come to an agreement on a new" [...]
Here is the text from the Inkling, the newsletter of the Indianapolis Newspapers Guild:
"Subject: E-INKLING Contract negotiations update
"Feb. 25, 2009
"The Indianapolis News Guild’s bargaining committee this afternoon concluded our latest set of meetings with representatives of Gannett regarding our attempts to come to an agreement on a new" [...]
Here is the story from the Poynter website from last night:
"Today the Rocky Mountain News, long the leading voice in Denver, becomes a victim of changing times in our industry and huge economic challenges," Scripps CEO Rich Boehne said in a prepared statement. " Scripps says it will" [...]
Christopher Lloyd, former film critic/assistant arts and entertainment editor and writer for the Indianapolis Star, has news, posted today on his blog Captain Critic:
"Today, a group of six Hoosier film critics is announcing the formation of the Indianapolis Film Journalists Association. The IFJA is made up of writers," [...]
This is from the Indianapolis Star's mid-day biz report, sent by a reader:
"Hearst's S.F. Chronicle facing dire cuts"
"Hearst Corp. is threatening to sell or close the San Francisco Chronicle unless it can push through more job cuts.
"The publisher, already trying to sell the Seattle Post- Intelligencer, [...]
Years ago, a good friend, very active in the community, told me why she no longer read the newspaper: it was always doom and gloom. "The paper never tells positive stories, or if it does, it does not do enough..." said my friend, who was successfully and motivated.
I [...]
Years ago, a good friend, very active in the community, told me why she no longer read the newspaper: it was always doom and gloom. "The paper never tells positive stories, or if it does, it does not do enough..." said my friend, who was successfully and motivated.
I [...]
This has been all over the wires. Here is a story from The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet:
"Bankruptcy
"Philadelphia Inquirer Files for Chap. 11
"The recession continues to hasten the death of newspapers: The Philadelphia Inquirer filed today for Chapter 11 the day after the Journal Register, publisher of the New" [...]
The red-haired former Marion County sheriff was in the deli pick-up line at Shapiro's on South Meridian last week, and as always, he's good for a story or two.
He is no longer writing his memoir, a project he promised when he retired as sheriff six years ago. "Nah," [...]
Regarding possible efforts of the Capitol Improvement Board to ask investors to forgive debt incurred in the building of Circle Centre Mall, former Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut has a little bit to add.
This is important, since, as Hudnut points out, some of us are still trying to understand the relationship [...]
The first lesson regarding the incensed "pet" chimpanzee that viciously attacked a woman visitor at its owner's home and "ripped off her face" is: Dysfunctional elderly women should stick to cats. Or, anybody who lives with a chimpanzee in her home, and is not a (famous) anthropologist or a [...]
Regarding possible efforts of the Capitol Improvement Board to ask investors to forgive debt incurred in the building of Circle Centre Mall, former Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut has a little bit to add.
This is important, since, as Hudnut points out, some of us are still trying to understand [...]
Idiot that I am, I never applied to the University of Missouri in Columbia for journalism school. I had some high-falutin idea that -- what? -- I had to be on the East Coast or the University of Chicago (reject, although they took me for a summer session).
Had [...]
In the swirl of confusion and chaos that now characterize journalism comes Michael Fancher, a fellow at the Missouri School of Journalism who will lead a series of forums on whether journalists need "a new creed" or not.
Fancher, formerly an editor at the Seattle Times, is well versed [...]
Cory Shouten of Indianapolis Business Journal broke a hot oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave story Saturday, about the debt owed the city (in the form of the Capital Improvement Board et al) by, among others, the Indianapolis Star.
Here's the lead to Shouten's story that was published Saturday:
"A group of mostly local" [...]
Despite furloughs, the specter of advertorial work and threats of job loss, talent at the Indianapolis Star continues to shine brightly.
Two stories qualify for Church of the Newspaper consideration: Konrad Marshall's wonderful and yet disturbing profile yesterday of the Anderson woman who married 23 times, and Robert King's' [...]
Indianapolis Business Journal published a story Feb. 3 by Chip Cutter about the sale of the Hamaker pharmacy building and the changes anticipated at 49th and Penn in Meridian-Kessler.
Here's the essence, with thanks to IBJ for sending the link:
"A prominent Meridian-Kessler building at the corner of 49th and Pennsylvania" [...]
Look for Patachou's to expand its space at 49th and Penn. The restaurant will run its catering business out of that location, which is where Patachou's got its start.
Say goodbye to Meridian Heights Dry Cleaners, in business at that location for 70 years, and D and Z Gifts, [...]
As a fan of small business and local products, I was one of many who mourned the closing of Hamaker Pharmacy a year or so ago. The drug store was a corner landmark at 49th and Pennsylvania in the Meridian Kessler neighborhood.
I've also reported in the past on' [...]
At a time when newspapers around the nation are cutting back or in danger of closing entirely, a new Southside paper is emerging on the streets of Indianapolis.
The backstory? After greedy Gannett killed off two of its smaller community papers last year, the South Side Spotlight and the [...]
Following is the latest email from the Indianapolis Star's newspaper Guild. The gist of it is, Gannett wants the right to assign reporters to write advertising copy. This is a violation of a free press and First Amendment rights. It's unprecedented for any credible newspaper to have such expectations.
In [...]
Friend Tom Henderson, who loves the interweb and knows it like a
dear friend, has compiled a list of websites for journalists/writers seeking work online.
Here they are:
[jobs.minonline.com]
[jobs.paidcontent.org]
[www.monster.com]
[www.careerbuilder.com]
[www.gannett.com]
[www.mediabistro.com]
With gratitude to Tom, managing director of ExtremeLabs, Inc.
[...]Here is some clarification from a Star insider about the furlough system Gannett is initiating, in an effort to save jobs:
Employees on furlough can park in the garage, but they cannot go in the Star building.
Employees can go to the Credit Union, but they cannot go into [...]
Here is an internal memo from the Indianapolis Star regarding furlough protocol. The message seems to be: do nothing, in anticipation of doing nothing sometime in the future...
"When you are off for furlough days you are not working for the Star,We can't be calling you and you should'" [...]
Poynter Online has a good story about a Minneapolis TV reporter, known for his skilled story-telling, who visited a senior center and talked to folks about their memories of the Depression.
The reporter is Boyd Huppert of KARE-11 TV in Minneapolis, and here's one quote that is revelatory:
"What" [...]
