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    Esquire's "most gripping story you will read this year."

    I have three thoughts to add ... 1) A THANKS: I believe I read the story two days ago, and I'm still thinking of more friends, family and...
    Post by: el penguino, Apr 16, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    How many deskers?

    Number of pages and news/ad ratio varies wildly, to the point I sometimes doubt if a human makes such decisions. News section can be anywhere...
    Post by: el penguino, Mar 4, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    How many deskers?

    If a newsroom has six or eight news reporters, two sports reporters and two photographers, how many copy editors/designers should there be? I...
    Thread by: el penguino, Mar 4, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: Journalism topics only
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    How to reinvent journalism?

    This story from American Journalism Review examines several attempts to reinvent journalism, or at least tweak newsgathering operations to work...
    Thread by: el penguino, Sep 27, 2007, 50 replies, in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Cuts in Winston-Salem

    For those of us who might happen to work for Media General, how concerned should we be about this?
    Post by: el penguino, Nov 15, 2006 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Moving to Europe (???)

    A fellow alum from my school went to Europe after graduation and ended up building a pretty extensive business primarily by freelancing for...
    Post by: el penguino, Sep 18, 2006 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Shortest stint at a paper?

    I'll second the "what questions should we ask?" post. I'm inclined now, after a year at an eminently mediocre place, to ask something along the...
    Post by: el penguino, Jun 26, 2006 in forum: Journalism topics only