tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post9148833981385027530..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Newspaper association ad campaign: "Newspapers are for old people"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-13095364039729901742009-04-20T18:16:00.000-07:002009-04-20T18:16:00.000-07:00I loved this woman in TITANIC. I thought she dies...I loved this woman in TITANIC. I thought she dies at the end- but she is still alive reading public notices in newspapers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-86561509200623871602009-04-09T09:25:00.000-07:002009-04-09T09:25:00.000-07:008:08...I heard that Pruitt, et al, believe this si...8:08...I heard that Pruitt, et al, believe this situation to be related to the recession, and not the decline of the news biz. <BR/><BR/>That whooshing sound? The clue bus, passing them by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-33483510369660797772009-04-09T07:16:00.000-07:002009-04-09T07:16:00.000-07:00Point is, public notices should be capable of bein...Point is, public notices should be capable of being accessed by all segment of society. If NCPA is fighting to keep the goverment from taking over publishing public notices (online or in paper) good for them!!!<BR/><BR/>Public notices MUST be published by an independent forum. Don't trust your government to keep you informed!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-5198126253859503182009-04-08T08:30:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:30:00.000-07:00Omigosh! Another scathing blog post!Omigosh! Another scathing blog post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-22955679144625838642009-04-08T08:08:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:08:00.000-07:00Newspapers are so toast. They couldn't figure out...Newspapers are so toast. They couldn't figure out the internet for 20 years, and we expect them to now?<BR/><BR/>More evidence of their decline:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thedigitalists.com/2009/04/08/are-newspapers-done-for/" REL="nofollow">http://thedigitalists.com/2009/04/08/are-newspapers-done-for/</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-81882868357062051612009-04-07T18:10:00.000-07:002009-04-07T18:10:00.000-07:00I have seen this same ad on a few sites now, and i...I have seen this same ad on a few sites now, and in each case the comments are disparaging for the ad’s age discrimination. Exploiting old people as technophobic is stupid. Typical liberals, trot out the poor old souls for the cameras. Good grief, who’s idea was something like this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-11207436398013092342009-04-07T16:55:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:55:00.000-07:00Dear Arby, your online information source for unem...Dear Arby, your online information source for unemployed journalists.<BR/><BR/>Dear Arby,<BR/><BR/>I am a 55 years old. I have a masters degree in journalism from Columbia and have 25 years experience as a reporter, feature writer and editor. <BR/><BR/>I am starting a new job tomorrow. My question is, do I have to call my 19 year old boss at McDonalds "Sir"?<BR/><BR/>Supersize in Kansas City<BR/><BR/>Dear Supersize,<BR/><BR/>Yes.<BR/><BR/>ArbyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-20742171542640161682009-04-07T16:38:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:38:00.000-07:00The pay is getting less, and the hours of work mor...The pay is getting less, and the hours of work more, you just know top journalists are panting for these local poverty level jobs.<BR/><BR/>--------------------------------<BR/>Meanwhile I just hired a new stewardess for my boat, STCW-95 certified, Bartender Certificate, Internationally recognized Wine expert, Dining, Floral and Silver Service, Interior design and Sub Pilot Certified. <BR/> She's 21 years old, starting at 55,000 for probationary year with a 30% increase upon completion. <BR/><BR/>Guess who picked the right career path?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-63216842796756461902009-04-07T14:35:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:35:00.000-07:00Communities are no longer reliant on just the loca...Communities are no longer reliant on just the local newspaper for news. A journalist I know took a job at $19,500 last year. He is expected to attend every meeting of anything, write most everything that is not copy and pasted, and sees his family, almost never. The only thing keeping him there is the awful job market. I dare say, he will look for another field of work once the economy improves. Who wants a job that pays so little to work a 60+ hour week? The pay is getting less, and the hours of work more, you just know top journalists are panting for these local poverty level jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-51247765278209323112009-04-07T13:51:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:51:00.000-07:00The critical role journalists play in a modern dem...The critical role journalists play in a modern democracy can not be overstated.<BR/><BR/>"The first lady of the United States of America had an amazing, whirlwind week. She traveled through multiple European countries, met heads of state, attended official dinners and concerts, sat with the sick, gave inspiring speeches to children, embraced the Queen, AND she wore many, many different outfits. Lots and lots of people wrote about those outfits—some folks were extraordinarily angry about her sartorial choices. Others raved and wept and basically declared that Mrs. Obama was the best thing that's ever happened to fashion. So, what does it all mean? Why is it important?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-32309361301949717182009-04-07T13:38:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:38:00.000-07:00"'cmon Andy, let me have my bullet.""...Well O.K. ..."'cmon Andy, let me have my bullet."<BR/>"...Well O.K. Barney."<BR/>...Bang...<BR/>"Awww Barney, you shot yourself in the foot"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-41612569117945230122009-04-07T12:31:00.000-07:002009-04-07T12:31:00.000-07:00Stick a fork in the commie Globe!Globe to raise pr...Stick a fork in the commie Globe!<BR/><BR/>Globe to raise prices to $1.50 daily ‘to remain viable’<BR/><BR/>The Boston Globe is raising its prices in an effort “to remain viable,” according to a memo to its distributor obtained by the Herald. <BR/><BR/>Effective May 4, the cover price of the beleaguered broadsheet delivered outside of Greater Boston Monday through Saturday will increase to $1.50 - a 50-cent increase. <BR/><BR/>The price of the Sunday Globe will increase to $3.50 in Eastern Massachusetts and $4 everywhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-56517570728246172132009-04-07T11:15:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:15:00.000-07:00Someone ought to inform the Newspaper Ass., that a...Someone ought to inform the Newspaper Ass., that age 60 is the new age 50 in fitness. I would relate the news to my grandparents that they are old fogies, but they are in Florida biking thirty miles this morning. Talk about being old hat, YOUR age is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-65881115030206786752009-04-07T11:12:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:12:00.000-07:00"Local bloggers already offer local news up to the...<I>"Local bloggers already offer local news up to the minute, no need to wait a few days."<BR/><BR/>This just in: No they don't.<BR/><BR/>No blogger bothers to actually go to the council meetings, school board work sessions,... That's why professional newsgathering is irreplacable.</I><BR/><BR/>Definitely agree with you there. Professional newsgathering is irreplacable. Unfotunately, MNI is decimating the ranks of the professional newsgatherers. <BR/><BR/><I>I don't blame the bloggers. I mean, who would do all the scut work for free?</I><BR/><BR/>The problem is MNI and most of the rest of the newspaper industry is giving away their content for free. Instead, MNI and other papers should charge for the content, at least respect their subscribers by charging something for online content. Free is idiotic. It is the content that is worthwhile. But, MNI management just does not understand that. <BR/><BR/>Walt-in-DurhamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-90621232008063304422009-04-07T10:54:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:54:00.000-07:00We don't have a teachers' union either, but for so...We don't have a teachers' union either, but for some reason, the teachers didn't want students to buy school supplies at Wal*Mart. Odd that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73161044811795623212009-04-07T10:15:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:15:00.000-07:00Dab the froth off your mouth.Dab the froth off your mouth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-53402082468011039082009-04-07T10:00:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:00:00.000-07:00Simple cut and paste? Maybe so, but no one's doing...Simple cut and paste? Maybe so, but no one's doing it. Terribly sorry for insulting the cut-and-paste community. <BR/>-------------<BR/>The cut and paste community and the local newspaper is one and the same. You can always tell as the story starts with AP-<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>As for shilling for the teachers' union? We don't have one. <BR/>-------------<BR/>Yes you do, it's called the NEA. Stop lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-58742338088599367252009-04-07T09:54:00.000-07:002009-04-07T09:54:00.000-07:00Simple cut and paste? Maybe so, but no one's doing...Simple cut and paste? Maybe so, but no one's doing it. Terribly sorry for insulting the cut-and-paste community. <BR/><BR/>As for shilling for the teachers' union? We don't have one. <BR/><BR/>I suppose there are people who find great plots and hidden agendas in the most mundane community coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-38267964822315007422009-04-07T08:59:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:59:00.000-07:00I especially like the reporter that covers the sch...I especially like the reporter that covers the school board meetings. Being a shill for the teachers’ union is hard work. Real hard work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-47849236834059459332009-04-07T08:55:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:55:00.000-07:00Should the Internet Replace Newspapers for Public ...Should the Internet Replace Newspapers for Public Notices?<BR/><BR/>"In thousands of planning and zoning laws across the nation, official announcements are required to be published in the local newspaper of "general circulation." In an era of newspaper decline and expanding diversity of media, are these laws becoming obsolete? Furthermore, should we be concerned with newspapers at all if a newer, more universally accessible medium is available: the Internet?" <BR/><BR/>http://www.planetizen.com/node/35272<BR/>------<BR/>Dozens of articles such as this were written last year, as usual, the dead tree media is behind the times. Way, way, ‘back in the day.’Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-50439167075923445562009-04-07T08:46:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:46:00.000-07:00"They don't do restaurant sanitation ratings."Get ..."They don't do restaurant sanitation ratings."<BR/><BR/>Get real, that is a simple cut and paste. Now, you have insulted everyone! Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-37760488639569993962009-04-07T08:34:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:34:00.000-07:00I'm not deriding bloggers. They're fine for opinio...I'm not deriding bloggers. They're fine for opinion and sometimes news burbles out on blogs. I'm sure you can cite a few examples. <BR/><BR/>But in my city no blog has any methodical coverage of anything. If a house is broken into in my subdivision, no blog will report that. They don't do restaurant sanitation ratings. They don't go to the police station to scan the crime reports. <BR/><BR/>They just don't show up for most stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-43076775004817023622009-04-07T08:29:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:29:00.000-07:00"This ‘juster in‘: Yes they do, how many examples ..."This ‘juster in‘: Yes they do, how many examples do you want?"<BR/><BR/>--------------------------------<BR/><BR/>Some blogger might have the biggest local news (probably with a link to a newspaper), but I guarantee you that there is no blog that will report as much local news as any run-of-the-mill newspaper. <BR/><BR/>Show me one "example" of a blogger who reported the police standoff with Jeffrey Walker, the sentencing of Donald Glenn Adams, the sentencing of Nicholas Steven Hays and the identification of Shannon Case's body. And that's only a tiny fraction of the local news from yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-21230322340702936612009-04-07T08:06:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:06:00.000-07:00"Local bloggers already offer local news up to the..."Local bloggers already offer local news up to the minute, no need to wait a few days."<BR/><BR/>"This just in: No they don't."<BR/>---<BR/>This ‘juster in‘: Yes they do, how many examples do you want?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-22879984557460112092009-04-07T08:00:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:00:00.000-07:00"Local bloggers already offer local news up to the..."Local bloggers already offer local news up to the minute, no need to wait a few days."<BR/><BR/>This just in: No they don't. <BR/><BR/>No blogger bothers to actually go to the council meetings, school board work sessions, magistrates' offices, or even the state legislature. There's nothing stopping them. They just don't want to do the hard work of doing rounds and building sources. Covering a beat right requires more than 40 hours a week.<BR/><BR/>I don't blame the bloggers. I mean, who would do all the scut work for free? That's why professional newsgathering is irreplacable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com