NBC Montana reporter becomes involved in her own story
Our reporter Whitney Bermes passed this link on to me this morning. I think it’s a good opportunity for us to talk for a few… Read More »NBC Montana reporter becomes involved in her own story
Journalism Stuff
Six days a week
The Chronicle’s fellow Pioneer-owned paper, the Herald Journal in Logan, Utah, announced this week that it will stop printing a paper on Mondays.
KTRV suspends news operations
Boise broadcaster KTRV has suspended its news operations, effective today, reports KTVB.
Lee Enterprises files for bankruptcy
The news is hardly unexpected for a newspaper company carrying so much debt, but anyway. Lee Enterprises today cheerfully announced that it had agreements from… Read More »Lee Enterprises files for bankruptcy
F-bomb appears in Greenville News story
Somehow, the F-word got typed into an AP sports story in the Greenville (S.C.) News today. Whoops.
Mugshots: to publish or not to publish
A suggestion has recently come forward at the newspaper to publish the mugshots of people booked into the Gallatin County jail on our website. Herein I discuss the ethical quandary that comes with that idea.
Irate soccer fans “cheesed off” about Twin Cities storm coverage
Soccer fans in Minnesota were peeved over the weekend when a Twin Cities television station cut away from a championship soccer game to broadcast a tornado warning for a area south of the metroplex.
Montana political blog under new management
The past week has seen a change in management at the Montana politics blog Left in the West.
News site in upstate New York has uniquely awful approach to its website
A newspaper in upstate New York has an interesting approach to trying to get readers to pay for online articles.
You’re not getting the whole story
The Chronicle has added a message banner to the top of our homepage encouraging readers to pay for the news. This post explains why we had to add it.