A new newspaper in Nova Scotia is returning two newspaper traditions: afternoon publication and paper boys. According to an article in the Globe and Mail the newspaper is targeting readers who “are up and going pretty early and don’t have a lot of time in the morning to read… the [...]
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September, 2006
Backpack journalists in TV news
One-man bands used to be the rage television newsrooms, but with equipment getting smaller they are putting the camcorder and computerized video editing system in a backpack and putting the videographer out on the road. KTHV channel 11 in Little Rock hired a backpack journalist in June and now has [...]
We don’t fit in. It’s ok.
I know you probably haven’t seen this, but Veggie Tales is now airing during NBC’s Saturday morning kids show block. NBC’s Program Standards has required them to edit out any reference to God or the Bible to put the show on air. At the same time, NBC is promoting airing [...]
DMN steps back from national to regional
With the finalization of their newsroom buyout program today, the Dallas Morning News announced that 111 newsrooms employees were participating in its voluntary severance program. A number that equals almost 20 percent of their newsroom employees. There are reports that all the staffers in some departments took the buyout. So [...]