Tag Archives: local news

Post Problems, Polling Poppycock

A variety of views. A potpourri of posits. Today’s C-suite Blueprint entry encompasses a range of thoughts, mostly related to journalism and how it affects us all. Here’s hoping that news consumers will find something enlightening and insightful in these musings. Post Toasties I hope my reporter friends and colleagues will forgive me, but it’s […]

Reviving Local News

The Washington Post ran a somewhat curious opinion column by its former executive editor Len Downie last week. His op-ed was headlined “The rebirth of local news depends on all of us” (gift article). Yet nowhere does he suggest what steps readers and viewers can take to stem the dearth of meaningful local coverage. He […]

Good Night and Good Luck

Legendary broadcast newsman Edward R. Murrow ended his broadcasts by wishing listeners, “Good night and good luck.” Sadly, that is now my message to TV newsrooms. I’m all but giving up on television news. It’s not that I’ll never watch again. But it has ceased to be an integral part of my day. My common […]