Sometimes I just don’t understand why public records cost so much when the public wants to get a copy of them.
We recently asked for a copy of a Kirkwood police arrest report. There was a conviction so there’s no question…
Jack Shafer’s latest “Press Box” column on Slate.com praises the Drudge Report.
The article, titled “Don’t count Drudge out. His demise is overreported once again,” chronicles Drudge’s “rise and fall” through the years — at least in the eyes of other print…
Here’s a link to the Newseum’s display of newspaper front pages from across the county.
Almost all tried to capture the historic nature in a few simple words:
“In Our Lifetime.”
“A Nation Changed.”
“Change has come.”
“Obama Wins”
“OBAMA”
“Obama’s Nation”
“Historic Victory”
“Mr. President”
The Huntsville Times of…
Tuesday was a historic day for our country, and the Post-Dispatch needed a headline this morning that captured the significance of the election of America’s first black president.
We considered dozens of headlines suggested by copy editors and other staffers at…
Dave Marner, managing editor of the Gasconade County Republican in Owensville, Mo., sent us an email touting a story on “60 minutes.”
“60 Minutes” this past Sunday examined the tale of Bill A. Jakob, who was arrested after fooling authorities and…
Today
A caller today told me the Post-Dispatch missed the point with our main headline today — “Fear rushes in” — on the markets story .
He said a better headline would have been “Politics as usual”
A 778-point drop in the market…
Hackers invaded Gov. Sarah Palin’s e-mail account this week. The next few graphs are from a computerworld.com article on the intrusion:
“A group of hackers that hit the Church of Scientology’s site earlier this year have apparently cracked the Yahoo Mail account…
The Louisville Courier-Journal has become the latest paper to drop its “public editor.” The Post-Dispatch dropped its readers’ advocate position seven years ago.
Louisville’s Pam Platt wrote a farewell column Sunday. The Courier-Journal 40 years ago became the nation’s first newspaper to…
Reporter Christine Byers wrote a moving narrative in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch of fellow firefighters’ support for Ryan Hummert, the firefighter who was shot and killed on duty July 21 in Maplewood. If you missed it, take a few minutes to read…
A caller last night strongly objected to photos of grieving relatives on Wednesday’s front page and Metro cover. She called the photos intrusive and disrespectful.
Each photo accompanied stories related to two deaths that drew heavy media coverage the past few…
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