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    Newspapers as ice cream - or how to torture a metaphor started by dkiesow
    I spent the morning at a workshop in Worcester, MA focused on reader comments and the law - and for some reason started thinking about ice cream on the way home.

    The session was organized by an informal group of New England media lawyers (shout out to Rob Bertsche and Rick Gagliuso)
    Associated Press Newspaper Cancellations: Just Can’t Quit the AP started by dkiesow
    Technically, no one has quit the AP yet. Their current contract contains a two-year notice period. But, a number of papers have given their notice (7% this year vs 4% last year according to AP) and last month the Spokesman-Review indicated they plan to try and break the two-year clause.%
    Its not the layoffs, its the hires started by dkiesow
    Journalists seemingly like nothing better than to ruminate over the decline of our industry. Romanesko is often little but layoff and buyout notices. Fading to Black documents much of the same. It is almost all we talk about and sure the bad news is true and close to home. A former colleague reminde
    Why I got into journalism started by dkiesow
    Hint: at the time it probably had something to do with telling stories.

    This comes to mind as I spent the week moving the paper's blogs from the LifeType platform to WordPress Multiple User (WPMU) the same platform that powers wordpress.com. The project was a whole lot of fun as we had
    Why I got into journalism started by dkiesow
    Hint: at the time it probably had something to do with telling stories.

    This comes to mind as I spent the week moving the paper's blogs from the LifeType platform to WordPress Multiple User (WPMU) the same platform that powers wordpress.com. The project was a whole lot of fun as w
    Selling the news without pandering started by dkiesow
    We had a made-for-TV story come along yesterday. A mother stops at the local Dunkin Donuts with her two kids and 17-year old brother and leaves them in the car. While she is inside the brother gets out and opens the trunk to pull out items he needed for work.

    Meanwhile a man walks across the %5
    Looking for multimedia judges started by dkiesow
    The New England Associated Press News Editors Association (NEAPNEA) is holding a multimedia contest and conference this September in Concord, NH.  Region One of the National Press Photographers Association will be helping sponsor the event and will be providing a speaker or two.

    So -
    Looking for multimedia judges started by dkiesow
    The New England Associated Press News Editors Association (NEAPNEA) is holding a multimedia contest and conference this September in Concord, NH.  Region One of the National Press Photographers Association will be helping sponsor the event and will be providing a speaker or two.

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    Stupid is as stupid does started by dkiesow
    Why Newspapers shouldn't allow comments

    In which the writer pulls memorable comments from the NYT site such as this as proof of her thesis:
    "if he wasn't a reporter for the new york times, would we be reading this?"

    "Monetizing your shameful past is disgusting. Haven't
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