Front Page Friday: The Daily Union
It is that time of the week again. It is time to look at my favorite newspaper front page of the week. As always, I […]
Month: April 2010
Western Plains superintendent set to leave
Western Plains Unified School District No. 106 superintendent (and high school principal and teacher) Kerry Lacock is leaving The Bobcat Nation. He has taken a […]
Woman blogs the end of her life
On March 27, Eva Dien Brine Markvoort, of Vancouver, Canada, died after battling cystic fibrosis. She was 25 years old. Itself, her death isn’t that […]
‘Man on street’ feature gets high school paper in trouble
Across the country, newspapers use special features to help involve readers and the community the publication serves. One such feature is a “man on the […]
Start-up competitor to WaPo gets a name
The Washington, D.C., start-up news website with its sights clearly set on The Washington Post and its local news coverage being brought online by Politico.com […]
Front Page Friday: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It is that time of the week again. It is time to look at my favorite newspaper front page of the week. As always, I […]
Digital First, Print Last is focus of Ben Franklin Project
The Journal Register Company’s Ben Franklin Project is an opportunity to re-imagine the newsgathering process with the focus on Digital First and Print Last. Using […]
Police raid student newspaper office
“At least half a dozen police officers and the Rockingham County commonwealth’s attorney raided the offices of James Madison University’s student newspaper Friday, confiscating hundreds […]
Supreme Court: What’s the difference ‘between email and a pager?’
There is a court case being heard by the United States Supreme Court concerning “the California SWAT officer who sued the city of Ontario for […]
Man drops off own obit to paper
If you don’t check your mail often, let this be a lesson to you because the contents of your Post Office box might be very […]
Today marks 15-year anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. He used an explosive-filled Ryder truck parked […]
WaPo competitor getting stronger
In October 2009, I wrote about a Washington, D.C., start-up news website with its sights clearly set on The Washington Post and its local news […]