Editor: Are you guys really considering a pushing 40 blog? Young Reporter: I wouldn’t read that. What would you guys write about? … Seriously, what would you write about that’s interesting?
Newsroom conversations Archives
Yes, according to the Newspaper Association of America, which has begun a consumer marketing campaign that extols the virtues of newspapers. An article in the New York Times reports that the campaign’s ads will show informed people are more alluring. “Smart is sexy” is the tagline. My colleagues and
I sit next to longtime business reporter Sean Adkins. He loves the Jets, his iPhone and computer-assisted reporting. This morning, he downloaded a free (this is important because he said he wouldn’t pay for such a thing) tazer app on his phone and wanted to try it out — on
There are some days on this job where you sit back and shake your head at what you’ve just heard. Yesterday was one of them. I was finishing up a round of candidate interviews for the upcoming election, and my last call was to the always candid Toni Smith. Smith,
A conversation during a meeting with the living staff… Southpaw: When I was a kid I lined up all of my action figures. Assistant Features Editor: You still do. Southpaw silently hangs his head.