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02.19.2009 12:16 pm

Media critic Mike Miner says there’s hope for newspapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Media critic Mike Miner says folks in the newspaper industry should hold on, there’s reason for hope.

Miner writes in a Chicago Reader article today:

…The Internet pelts us with news; a good newspaper arranges it in our heads.

Sooner or later, when the foreign…

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02.13.2009 10:08 am

Documentary on Missouri newspapers airs tonight

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gail Pennington’s TV pick of the night is “Dollhouse,” debuting tonight at 8 p.m. on Fox (Channel 2).

If you’re seeking more serious fare, right after that, KETC (Channel 9) will show “Trustees for the Public: 200 Years of Missouri Newspapers” at 9 p.m.…

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12.22.2008 2:37 pm

Newspaper industry journal says lost jobs is year’s top story

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editor & Publisher says the massive job cuts at newspapers across the county is the top newspaper industry story of 2008.

Here’s what Joe Strupp of E&P, a newspaper industry journal, has to say about No. 1 on its Top Ten list:

“1.…

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12.19.2008 2:48 pm

Oregon paper halts Monday edition

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Herald and News in Klamath Falls, Oregon, will stop producing a Monday paper, the Romenesko media newsletter reports.  Citing the economy, Publisher Heidi Wright says the width of the other days’ papers will be reduced by an inch.

In a “note…

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12.03.2008 4:41 pm

Writer says newspapers should report more about suicides

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A blogger for Philly.com thinks it’s time for newspapers to change their policies on reporting about suicides. Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News notes that a suicide there received press coverage only because of its spectacular nature:

Chapgar’s suicide only received coverage in…

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11.26.2008 11:21 am

Study ranks topics covered by the media

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A study of media coverage of health care found that it’s the 8th biggest topic, getting 3.6 percent of all coverage. The report — by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism – notes that “this is more than…

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08.30.2008 10:32 am

P-D editor talks newspapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Listen to Post-Dispatch Editor Arnie Robbins’ comments on KMOX’s Charlie Brennan show last Friday and let us know what you think.

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