Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
It was tough to hear the person who was at the front of the meeting room at the Quincy Marriott last Wednesday.
My colleague to the left was reading a newspaper on the sly, and the shuffle of pages made it difficult to hear the speaker who was attempting to address us. It wasn’t much better to my right, where a fellow journalist was tapping away at the miniaturized keyboard on his Blackberry, answering e-mail and … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 26th, 2007 No Comments »
… in our Halloween Costume Contest.
You can help pick two winners.
For the adult contest, go here.
For the children’s contest, go here.
Voting ends at midnight Sunday.
It may be the most enjoyable vote you make all year.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2007 No Comments »
I spent most of today at the New England New Media Association fall conference at the Quincy Marriott. The daylong discussion centered around how to bring the same sense of community to the Web that we traditionally have done in the print edition.
As it often happens at these events, things got a little odd when the roomful of journalists sat down for lunch. A colleague from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and I were chatting … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
This week’s column talks about The Salem News rules for the use of anonymous sources.
The column was inspired by a Julie Manganis story about a Salem mother’s struggle to find counseling for her daughter, who was sexually abused for almost six years.
Let us know what you think
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
This week’s column covers several topics, including last week’s bomb threat at Peabody High School and why The Salem News wrote about it on the front page. Let me know what you think.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007 No Comments »
News of deep losses in two of the city of Salem Retirement Board’s three venture capital funds, as outlined in Chris Cassidy’s story Monday shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been following the issue in recent months.
For a deeper look at the debate over the best way to fund public employee retirements, check out the Web version of our three day series.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
My column this week focuses on the return of front-page ads to The Salem News. I say return because ads like the one above ran in the old (pre-1900) Salem Evening News for years. I’m curious to know what readers think, especially now that the ads have been running for a few days. Let us know.
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News that the two Boston firefighters had alcohol or cocaine in their systems when they died fighting a fire in a West Roxbury restaurant infuriated citizens and media alike earlier this week.
Newspaper readers and television news watchers were incensed the media reported the leaked results of the autopsy findings for Paul J. Cahill, 55, and Warren J. Payne, 53. Why smear the good name of two heroes who died trying to protect the public? Why … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
I talked in my Salem News column today about Deval Patrick’s new homeland security plan and how such plans are often used as an excuse to keep public information from the public.
Almost a year after the Danversport explosion, North Shore residents, for example, still have no idea of the number of chemical plants in their neighborhoods. They don’t know whether the plants have been inspected or what those inspections revealed.
To us, that’s information people … continued »
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