10.26.08     Tags: , ,     Filed under: Blogging, Maps, Reflections, Work

Hanging on despite Spokesman-Review layoffs

It’s been a strange five weeks. It began with a relaxing Montana getaway and culminated Friday night with toasting two dozen laid-off colleagues at the billiards hall down the street from the newsroom.

Rewind. On Oct. 1, eviscerating cuts were announced at [...]

07.04.08     Tags: , , , , , ,     Filed under: Industry, Reflections

Blowing up the newsroom

Since I entered grad school, I’ve been staring down the barrel of a shotgun loaded with questions:

How can newspapers reverse falling readership and ad revenues?
How can they compete effectively with other news providers on the Internet?
How should newspaper journalists change their [...]

06.24.08     Tags: , , , , , ,     Filed under: Great multimedia, Industry, Maps

Sobering maps of newspaper cuts

This via cyberjournalist: An interactive map of newspaper layoffs and buyouts this year at graphicdesignr.net. The listed total is more than 4,880. You can also find one for 2007, which includes the cuts at my newspaper, The Spokesman-Review.

Two points: First, this [...]