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Posted July 02, 2009


The St. Paul Pioneer Press laid off nine newsroom employees and two more in advertising sales and production today, according to a report by the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. This latest round of layoffs leaves the newspaper with 131 newsroom staffers and 74 in advertising. Layoffs at the Pioneer Press earlier this year claimed about a dozen staffers and saw the imposition of five unpaid furlough days. Source: E&P. Posted July 02, 2009, 6:23 AM PDT.


After seven months of being held hostage by the Taliban, David Rohde returned to The New York Times today and to perhaps the most sustained ovation ever heard in the paper’s newsroom. Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, escaped from his captors two weeks ago, along with Tahir Ludin, an Afghan reporter who had served as his interpreter and escort. Source: New York Times. Posted July 02, 2009, 6:11 AM PDT.
Posted June 30, 2009


Traditional television news organizations found themselves getting handily beaten last week–in some case by hours–by a celebrity gossip Website. But just because TMZ was first–and right–in reporting the news of Michael Jackson’s death doesn’t mean that news organizations will be any more inclined to give the site credit on the next big celebrity scoop. Source: Broadcasting & Cable. Posted June 30, 2009, 6:06 AM PDT.
Posted June 29, 2009


NBC News earned five Murrow awards, including the award for Overall Excellence. CBS Evening News received the award for network newscast. 60 Minutes was honored in three categories: Hard News Feature, Feature Reporting and Investigative Reporting. In network radio, CBS News Radio won five awards, including its third consecutive award for Overall Excellence. The award for newscast went to ABC News Radio. Source: RTNDA. Posted June 29, 2009, 12:26 PM PDT.


A reader wrote to Salon seeking advice: "I spent the last four and a half years studying print journalism in college and watching vacantly as the newspaper/magazine industry crumbled before my eyes. The decline never bothered me. I always figured I had what it takes to get a job even in an extremely competitive market. Now, six months after graduating, my parents still pay my cellphone bill and I am working full-time making ice cream." Source: Salon.com. Posted June 29, 2009, 6:10 AM PDT.


Last weekend, a news reporter and anchor at two New York TV stations anchored the late sports reports on respective their stations. Unintentionally or not, the use of news personnel to do sports on rival stations on a weekend night said something about the state of TV sportscasting. Source: Buffalo News. Posted June 29, 2009, 6:00 AM PDT.
Posted June 26, 2009


Katie Couric was riding high last fall after she interviewed Sarah Palin. Couric, whose show had languished in third place, appeared to be poised for a renaissance. But it hasn't panned out that way. While Couric's show has picked up more viewers, the Palin interview proved to be a high-water mark, a shooting star, for the nightly newscast. Source: Marketwatch. Posted June 26, 2009, 6:13 AM PDT.


Tom Shales writes: "ABC's coverage of Michael Jackson was the best, if only because it seemed to have access to the largest cache of archival material, with NBC being second-best and CBS unfortunately relying on such lowbrow syndicated tabloid fare as Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition." Source: Washington Post. Posted June 26, 2009, 6:05 AM PDT.
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