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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Buffet says community papers have good future

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Warren Buffet in a letter published by the  Gwinnet (GA) Daily Post says Community nespapers have a good future.  Thanks to Dick McBane who...
Monday, May 28, 2012

A note from Dick McBane

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    All is well with us here in Lilburn, Ga., assuming that we disregard the usual aches and pains of growing older. My wife and I will b...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Times-Picayune goes to 3 days a week

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Times-Picayune publisher Ashton Phelps Jr. has confirmed that the newspaper will cease daily publication, moving to three days a week in ...

David Knox, John Higgins leaving BJ

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Posted on the BJ newroom bulletin board: It is with mixed emotions that I share the news that John Higgins will be leaving us in Aug...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

A note on government jobs

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Noted in the May 24 issue of  The Week Magazine: In the 23 years that Democrats have occupied the White House since John F. Kennedy ...

Newspaper Guild to rally in Canton.

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Bernie Lunzer, president of the Newspaper Guild-CWA,  will be the featured speaker at a rally at 4:30 p.m. today at the South Plaza in do...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

'Shits’ happens in downsized newsrooms

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“We’re all horribly embarrassed” by this typo in Saturday’s Register Citizen, says Emily Olson , managing editor of the Torrington, CT-...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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That "Pubic" problem -- again.

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The University of Texas at Austin's public affairs assistant dean has issued an apology after a commencement listing for the prog...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

New CEO takes over at McClatchy

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With a few swift sentences, The McClatchy Co.'s top management officially changed hands Wednesday. During the annual s...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Montague reports on hospital visit

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I was quick-step wheelchaired into City Hospital ER about 8 p.m. Friday and walked out   the front door about 1 p.m. Monday after 65 eventf...

Walking Wi-Fi: a well-equipped cardiac kid

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 In the crook of each elbow is a stuck-in, well-taped-down IV attachment. One is for your nitroglycerine drip.  The other is  for all m...

Pruitt leaves McClatchy, new veep named

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The McClatchy Co. announced today that Elaine Lintecum who has worked in the company's finance department for 24 years has been promote...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

10 ways to protect your money

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The April/May 2012 issue of AARP magazine has an interesting article by financial planner Allan Roth of CBS'  "Money Watch....

Email address link is at left above

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The link to the email addresses is now  at the top left just above Share This Blog.

Beacon Journal staff wins awards

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Beacon Journal staff report ...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Report on Montague's heart attack

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A report from Larry Froelich on Charles Montague heart attack:   Did you know Montague suffered a heart attack Friday and is in the car...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Courtroom scene fabricated

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Not only did the London Daily Mail get the Amanda Knox verdict wrong, it made up the courtroom scene when the "verdict" was "...

How Obama same-sex marriage support treated

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How news sites treated Obama support of same-sex marriage. See Screen Shots

BJ mailroom retiree Ron Edwards dies

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Ronald W. "Ron" Edwards, 70, went to be with the Lord on May 8, 2012. Ron was born on January 3, 1942, to the late Emory and Albe...