By Denny Wilkins As a citizen of the United States of America, you can criticize your government as intelligently, as profanely, or as stupidly as you wish. You can call the president of the nation an unintelligent, uninspiring, and incompetent… Read More ›
By David Kassnoff The evolution of newspapers may involve a return to the partnered relationships of years gone by. In Rochester, NY, public broadcaster WXXI recently added City Newspaper, a 48-year-old alternative weekly, to its subsidiary, Rochester Area Media Partners…. Read More ›
By Lee Coppola Hmmm, I wonder what’s in my past that might provide fodder for the journalism police. Better yet, the journalists’ police. After all, that’s what they are, the band of right-wing sleuths who reportedly have been digging up… Read More ›
By Natalie Forster I always knew I wanted to write. I remember 8-year-old me sitting on my kitchen floor, drawing children’s books about my two cats as superheroes. “The Adventures of Socks and Patches” were commonplace in my family… Read More ›
By Michael Shapiro GateHouse and Gannett are merging, and barring any regulatory hurdles (which is unlikely), will become the largest chain of local newspapers in the United States. The deal has been greeted with a degree of measured trepidation and… Read More ›
By Richard Lee During the years I served as a deputy communication director in the New Jersey governor’s office, we dealt with more than a fair share of negative stories. Some were complete surprises that came out of the blue… Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards Sometime ago, the New York Times sent a glossy brochure to its loyal subscribers which was a remarkable and expensive defense of how the newspaper comprises its editions and the various department that it uses. It… Read More ›
By Richard Lee Fifty years ago, when several hundred thousand music fans descended on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York, for the Woodstock Music and Art Festival, Queen was nearly a year away from its first performance, Elton… Read More ›
By Lee Coppola His bib overalls were stained with oil, as were his fingers. His breath, at 11 o’clock in the morning, had a hint of alcohol. He was an over-the-road truck driver and he had just returned home to… Read More ›
By Michael Shapiro There is very little argument over the fact that the news industry has, in recent years, endured unrelenting turmoil. There have been no shortage of headlines heralding the end-of-days for news as we know it as more… Read More ›
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