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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Donna Furman, widow of Larry, dies

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Donna (Snyder) Furman BARBERTON - Donna Furman (nee Snyder), 82, died on Thursday, April 26, 2012. She was our beloved mother, grandmoth...
Friday, April 27, 2012

A Primo reunion: BJ Features

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It was the 1980s all over again when eight former BJ Features Department members reunited today at Primo's Deli on Vernon Odom Boulev...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

For most of us, reporting is not the worst job

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A survey ranking journalist as the fifth-worst job to have in 2012 has been getting a lot of attention, in case you haven’t noticed. The re...
Friday, April 20, 2012

BJ pension underfunded; should we worry?

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BJ Alums blog got this email from Guild retiree Charlene Nevada: Charlene's email: John, Can you (or someone) enlighten us about...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Kavanagh posts new CNN blog feature

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Jim Kavanagh, former BJ copy desk chief now at CNN,is posting a new feature "CNN daily mash up."   Check it out
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

$1.3 million for McClatchy VP, the axe for hundreds

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While McClatchy is jettisoning hundreds of reporters and other employees, it paid McClatchy vice president Anders Gyllenhaal, overseer of th...
Monday, April 16, 2012

See front pages on Titanic disaster

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See the front pages on the Titanic disaster, including one from Youngstown Vindicator.

Mark Dawidziak is raising the Dickens again

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Former Beacon Journal television critic Mark Dawidziak will be resurrecting his in-costume and in-character portrayal of author Charles ...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Award-winning headlines announced

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The award-winning headlines announced at the ACES convention make you think twice:     “What goes online, stays online,” Jason Bennett, The...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Only four jobs worse than reporter?

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Would you believe there are just four job worse than being a newspapers reporter? CareerCast.com ranked 200 jobs from best to worst based o...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Tribute lunch for Gene McClellan

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The late BJ printer Gene McClellan's two daughters, son and two grandsons joined Gene's former co-workers at the BJ for the mont...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

2 beach buddies leads to a health-care settlment

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Retired Beacon Journal printer Gina White, wife of former Composing honcho Dave White, explains how the ball got rolling that led to the BJ ...
Sunday, April 08, 2012

Gene McClellan memorial lunch Wednesday

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Retired printer Gene McClellan, 73, who died March 19, was the most faithful attendee at the BJ retirees lunch at 1 p.m. the second Wednesda...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Gannett offers buyouts

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By Andrew Beaujon   Gannett Blog This February Gannett said it woul...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Sherrod Brown sidesteps the issue

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COMMENTARY By John Olesky (BJ 1969-96) In a March 14 commentary on the BJ Alums blog I wrote how Aetna Medicare/Beacon Journal sidestepped t...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Rites for Nicholas Reswow, Olga's father, set Friday

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Nicholas Reswow was a man who loved his family and the new country that he made his home more than 60 years ago. He died Monday at his Detro...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Philly newspapers sold for $55 million

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A group of powerful business leaders announced Monday they have closed a deal to purchase Philadelphia's two larges...

BJ retirees at Gene McClellan reception

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 Tom Moore, Dave Cummings and John Olesky It seemed fitting that the post-funeral reception for retired printer Gene McClellan felt like...

Olga Reswow's father dies

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Nicholas Reswow, father of Beacon Journal copy editor Olga Reswow, died this morning at his Detroit home. He would have been 94 on May 1....

Photo album of Gene McClellan at Papa Joe's

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To see 22 pictures in an online photo album of Gene McClellan and fellow retirees at the monthly BJ retirees lunches at Papa Joe's over ...