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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

71 newspapers sold last year

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Investors bought 71 newspapers last year. Find out why.   Read New York Times story .
Monday, January 30, 2012

Headless body in topless bar: How paper checked

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NBC New York Editors would have let the facts get in the way of the most famous tabloid headline in history, “Headless Body in Topless Ba...

Endless era ends

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By John Olesky (BJ 1969-96)   Former Beacon Journal printer Bill Gorrell started it all in 1971, when he purchased the 37-room Siesta Plaza ...

Linda Torson retires after 42 years at BJ

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Click here to see other photos Linda (Wiliams) Torson retired from information technology at the Beacon Journal and  retirees and fol...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Olga Reswow dismissed from hospital

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Olga Reswow, who was injured in an auto accident December 30, was dismissed from Aron City Hospital on Friday.  She is in a wheelchair with...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Video of Fran Murphey's 50th anniversary party

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Here’s a 37-minute video of Fran Murphey's 50th anniversary at the Beacon Journal. The video was shot by Roger Mezger in the newsr...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Mother of BJ’s Carol Biliczky dies

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Rose Mary Biliczky died Thursday, Jan. 19, at Hospice of Medina County of complications from a broken hip. She was 94. Rose and her twin br...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Check out BJ memorabilia on eBay

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Check out the Beacon Journal memorabilia on eBay.   Click here . For instance, you can buy this press photo of Mickey Porter, Beacon ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tim Smith to retire at Kent State on June 1

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Timothy D. Smith, professor of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University, is retiring June 1. Smith joined ...

Among the first IT support guys

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Marv Katz called our attention to this video

PD readers confused by witholding comic strip

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By JULIE MOSS The Plain Dealer decided not to publish a Non Sequitur comic Friday that depicts a bunny looking at a police lineup of oth...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Tom Moore derailed at Scenic Railroad

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This from a facebook post by Tom Giffen: Tom Moore reports that he is not 20 years old any more, and he celebrated by doing a face plan...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Extensive Firestone Park history

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Clarice Finley Lewis came up with an extensive "History of Firestone Park" for the 20th anniversary of the Firestone Park Citizens...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Aetna ideas for relieving stress

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Aetna Medicare Insurance emailed these suggestions for relieving stress: Exercise takes your mind off stress. Even 20 minutes a day of runni...

Sarah Gibson Blanding: A Geoffrey Gevault pofile

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Geoffrey Gevault, a former business editor at the Beacon Journal who organized the  Young Writers Project in Vermont in 2002, writes this...

Stewart named content veep for Scripps

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EVANSVILLE — Mizell Stewart III, who has been editor of the Evansville (IN) Courier & Press since 2007, will soon take a new job with t...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Pat Dougherty certifiable Best Man

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BJ Engraving retiree Pat Dougherty will be the best man at the wedding of his grandson, the father of two of Pat's grandchildren. Pat ...

On the survivial of newspapers

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Newspapers that survive "may be in towns under 100,000 in population, where the hyperlocal news, high school sports, etc., loyal local ...
Monday, January 09, 2012

Another way to avoid the Rx donut hole

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Use the Giant Eagle discount generic prescriptions, which cost $10 for a 90-day supply. It doesn't go through Aetna and it doesn't c...

10 ways to reinvent journalism

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Ten things journalists can do to reinvent journalism. Check the list