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Feb. 9: What it’s like to sit in on a news meeting held in Afrikaans

From time to time, folks ask me what it was like working for months at a time in South African newspapers. It was a lot like working in U.S. newspapers, really. Except much of the time, everyone spoke Afrikaans. So attending planning meetings can be like going to a meeting in the U.S. in which they’re discussing, say, programming. Or [...]

Feb. 7: New use for Twitter: Pleading for mercy from Bostonians (1)

You just have to feel sorry for Nestlé tonight. Earlier today, the Associated Press reports, thousands of Butterfinger candy bars — 900 lbs. of them — were dumped in Copley Square in Boston. With a giant note: Photo: Pawngo.com — Wes Welker is a receiver for the New England Patriots. He led the league in receptions this year. But he [...]

Feb. 7: A look at the Washington Post’s huge political earmark story (3)

The big story today in Washington D.C.: The Washington Post launched the next big segment of its ongoing series in which they examine the personal finances of all 535 of our legislators in the House and the Senate. Today’s topic was huge: Earmarks. We used to hear a lot about “pork barrel” politics. That meant when a Congressperson or a [...]

Feb. 5: An inside view of today’s Super Bowl from the Indianapolis Star

Scott Goldman – director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star – is on duty at the Super Bowl today. And he’s tweeting like mad. Around 3 p.m. EST, he tweeted: An hour later, he had found the Star‘s seats. He tweeted: Here is the view from those seats: Scott refers to Star sportswriter Phillip Wilson, who’s livechatting from [...]

Feb. 4: Save yourself some time Sunday

Don’t bother to watch the Super Bowl tomorrow night. The New York Giants’ official web site has already announced the Giants won. Or, at least, it did. Until someone apparently realized they had hit a wrong button and they took the page down. Read the whole story at Mashable. Thanks to David Sheets for tweeting about this tonight. — Back [...]

Feb. 3: The Associated Press needed a copy editor for its Super Bowl interactive

Tonight, I spotted this note from the Associated Press on Twitter. Ah, great! An interactive look at Super Bowl history. That would be a fun read tonight. So I gave it a look-see. That particular link the AP offered sent me to the web site of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where I settled in for a look at 45 years [...]

Feb. 3: Jon Fisch and Kevin Fujii — laid off last month by Seattle Times — are hired by MSN.com

Jon Fisch — laid off a month ago by the Seattle Times — writes via Facebook: Want a follow-up to your post about the Times laying us all off? Both Kevin Fujii and I have been hired by MSN.com. Kevin as a photo editor. I’ll be working as a content editor. Kevin started a few weeks ago. I start next [...]

Feb. 2: That premature Donald Trump + Newt Gingrich story? The NY Post has been there and done that. (2)

By now, you’ve probably seen this: A number of outlets today posted a story about inside sources telling them that Donald Trump planned to endorse Newt Gingrich as the Republican candidate for president. A little later, however, the story took a 180-degree turn. It’s Mitt Romney Trump intends to endorse, the story said. As of this afternoon, the Fox News [...]

Feb. 2: Inside the special Super Bowl section wrapped around today’s Indianapolis Star (2)

Earlier today, we took a look at great Super Bowl advance pages from Luke Knox of the Boston Globe. Now it’s time to check out a bit of the 24-page special section wrapping today’s Indianapolis Star. Director of digital and visuals Scott Goldman tells us: Design director Phil Mahoney gets the kudos for the cover design and most of the [...]

Feb. 2: Who’s plagiarizing Wikipedia? Why, it’s KTVI-TV, Fox2Now of St. Louis (2)

Speaking of the late Coach Charlie Spoonhour, how does a big-time TV station like Fox2Now in St. Louis pay tribute to a beloved icon like Spoonhour? By plagiarizing from Wikipedia, of course. That was the online KTVI-TV report, captured at 9:21 p.m. CST last night by Aaron Manfull, journalism advisor at Francis Howell North High School in St. Louis and [...]

Feb. 2: How newspapers played the Facebook IPO on page one today (2)

Just a few papers had fun today with the announcement that Facebook is about ready for an Initial Public Offering — or IPO — of stock. This is expected to raise $5 billion or more for the company. — DAILY NEWS Palo Alto, Calif. Circulation: 18,500 The paper in Palo Alto led today with a picture of tourists standing beside [...]

Feb. 1: Interesting then-and-now contrast today by the Quincy, Ill., Herald-Whig

So, did you see that interesting A1 centerpiece in today’s Herald-Whig of Quincy, Ill? Of course you didn’t. Because it wasn’t in the Newseum this morning: It’s an afternoon paper. It’s in there now, though. Click for a larger look. The big story today: The contrast between last year’s cold, bitter, snowy winter and this year. Herald-Whig editorial production coordinator [...]

Jan. 31: A recap of the Poynter chat today with Scott Goldman

The live chat I hosted this afternoon at Poytner.org — with guest Scott Goldman, director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star — went over pretty well. I was worried that we might not get enough great questions. I needn’t have worried. The crowd had fabulous questions. And Scott provided terrific answers. Poynter has asked me to contribute to [...]

Jan. 31: Truly horrible juxtaposition today on the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun web site (2)

Surely you remember that horrific crash on Interstate 75 in Florida this weekend. Yesterday, we looked at page-one coverage of the accident — which claimed 10 lives and injured 20 more. Toronto Globe & Mail financial columnist David Milstead today directed my attention to ongoing coverage on the home page of the 29,024-circulation Gainesville (Fla.) Sun. A number of angles [...]

Jan. 25: A look at today’s State of the Union pages (1)

Here’s a look at some of today’s most notable State of the Union front pages. And a few not-so-notable ones as well… — WASHINGTON POST Washington, D.C. Circulation: 507,465 Not surprisingly, the Washington Post did a fabulous job with how it presented today’s State of the Union coverage. You get the feeling they’ve done this before. The lead picture — [...]

Jan. 24: It’s not an error, but it sure looks like one

Malcolm McDowell Woods of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee spotted this beauty today at the web site of the Guardian newspaper of London. Note the text in the little grey box beneath the picture: Josiah “Jeb” Barlett was never president of the United States, of course. He was a fictional president on the old West Wing TV show, played by Martin [...]

Jan. 23: Don’t just sit there and snooze during tonight’s debate. Play ‘Presidential Bingo.’

I can’t promise you tonight’s GOP debate (begins 9 p.m EST on NBC) will have quite the fireworks that we saw Thursday in South Carolina. Come to think of it, I can’t even guarantee you’ll stay awake for the whole thing. That’s why you need some added entertainment incentive. In addition to taking a drink every time Newt Gingrich gets [...]

Jan. 22: No, this is NOT a real front page from the Washington Post (17)

Have you seen this? It’s been making the rounds today. At first, it looks like a surreal juxtaposition — the kind I’ve been writing about lately (here and here). That looks nothing like the Washington Post you’ll find at the Newseum today. Most folks passing it around are claiming it’s an earlier edition. No, it’s not an earlier edition. It’s [...]

Jan. 22: A quick look at a few Joe Paterno front pages (3)

By now, you know Joe Paterno — longtime football coach at Penn State and somewhat tarnished, suddenly, by the child rape scandal that made news in November — has passed away. If you didn’t see it, this was the home page at the CBS Sports web site for a few minutes last night, before Paterno died: I’m not going to [...]

Jan. 21: For your consideration…

So, what does a frontrunning presidential candidate do on primary day in South Carolina? Laundry, evidently. That’s Mitt and Ann Romney doing a load of clothes this afternoon. It was tweeted by their son, Tagg Romney. Within five minutes of polls closing, about half of the major networks had declared Newt Gingrich the winner of the state’s Republican primary. The [...]

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