Saturday afternoon, I got a rare opportunity (for me) to do some downtown sightseeing. If you’ve never walked around Detroit, do it — and make sure to look up while you do so.
Start at The Detroit News, and work your way down Lafayette toward Campus Martius. (more…)
If you’re a Tower Of Power fan, you’ll know that line from a song on their most recent CD, “In The Oakland Zone.” But it’s not just a TOP thang, it’s a DEJ thang, too. (”Squib Cakes,” anyone?) (more…)
Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Direct from St. Pete, it’s… it’s…
Here he is, to save the day, bringing you today’s missive from Poynter so you don’t have to look for yourself. “When news breaks,” says our Caped Crusader, “I fix it.” (more…)
Yip, more evidence newspapers need to reach out to younger readers, not just eat the seed corn.
Ashley Dinges, herself a young ‘un, says all is not lost. We have to reach out to young teens and pre-teens if we’re going to hook those people as readers when they’re older. The study she cites backs that up.
When someone says “all our readers are older,” feel free to backhand them. Repeatedly. There’s no more ignorant thing for a newsman or newswoman to say than that. It’s throwing up the white flag. Start reaching out to younger readers, and they’ll reach right back. Get ‘em while they’re young.
Coming to you from the newsroom of The Detroit News, here’s the latest blog entry… and the first one in a few days. (more…)
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