Denver editors to reporters: Please don’t caucus

Colorado will be one of more than 20 taking part in ‘Super Tuesday’ this year – the closest thing the U.S. has to a national primary election. And if Denver-area newspaper management has its way, then NONE of their reporters will be taking part in what could be the most pivotal ‘Super Tuesdays’ in recent memory [...]

News roundup – 01.30.08

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Here’s the lowdown on what the three major networks thought was news on January 30th, 2008 … (listed in the order stories were presented):
NBC Nightly News: John Edwards is out, Rudy Giuliani quits and support John McCain, Snow slams China, Fed reserve drop’s fund rate for the second time in a week, feature on real [...]

Does the suspect have a name?

Naming suspects.
It’s a dicey game.
Some brutal crime occurs somewhere in the city. A person (or persons) is found dead. Police had few leads and witnesses can only give a rough description of the person believed to have committed the aforementioned crime – but that suspect or ‘person of interest’ is nowhere to be found.
Eventually, word gets out of [...]

News on the ‘Internets’ is blowing up

A record number of folks got their news from the ‘Internets’ last year.
The Newspaper Association of America has released new numbers that indicate more people are also spending more time reading their news online. This is not shocking – but the numbers are worth looking at …
Online growth maybe the last hope for newspaper [...]

Newspaper industry cutbacks widespread

2007 was a rough year for those who work in the newspaper business.
And the first month of 2008 has started out with another wave of layoffs …
Cutbacks are gutting newsrooms across the board. The Chicago Tribune is looking to cut its newsroom by almost 20 percent. The LA Times has canned its third editor [...]

The dreaded ‘R’ word: recession

Recession is a big word to throw around.
Analysts say that just the concern of an economic recession is enough of a pressure consumers to pull back on spending and cause investors to hedge their bets. Thus, the worry of an event can become a step toward realizing/causing the dreaded event to become reality.
It bears repeating: [...]

Teens: The news is scary, stressful, boring

This just in: teens don’t give a crap about the news (especially of the local flavor), they are easy prey for catchy headlines (regardless of topic relevance) and topical news reminds teens that the world outside suburban developments can be dangerous…
Northwestern University has recently released a new study on the ‘online news experiences of teenagers [...]

Nelson Muntz on the newspaper biz

And now, a thought on the current newspaper industry from the ‘I Ching’ of our society … The Simpsons
The ‘E. Pluribus Wiggum’ episode had this little piece of wisdom regarding the media’s election primary coverage…
“What about the media? They’re not covering the issues – they just want to declare a front runner and go back [...]

Time Magazine: the news of 2007

Time Magazine recently posted several news-related ‘top 10′ lists, including the year’s top stories, underreported stories and Time.com’s most popular articles.
You can check out Time’s lists here.
Compare and contrast the ‘most popular’ list with the ‘underreported stories’ list only if you want to depress yourself.

Encouraging news for the evening news

Tabloid news didn’t make it to the evening news, according to a new report.
The new 2007 Tyndall Report, which picks apart and analyzes TV news, reports that the War in Iraq was the top story across the three main network evening news programs. This included stories on the Petraeus report in September, the summer troop [...]