How would you design the Tuesday front?

Assuming you are not on the Gulf Coast or Alaska, you have two huge stories tomorrow morning (plus anything major locally).

What would your A-1 look like?

This is honest curiosity.

I am going to ask me friends who are not in Journalism, too.

 

I'm not going to have a Tuesday front. We're a five-day a week paper, Tues.-Sat. mornings. Because our publisher wants everyone to get Labor Day off as the company policy says they're entitled to, we're not in tonight and there's no Tuesday paper.

I have a juco football game from Saturday that has to wait until Wednesday to see print because of this. Same thing happened Memorial Day weekend. All the state track stuff had to wait until Wednesday.

Fourth of July, we worked the 3rd on the paper for the 5th. Which means our weekender on July 5 had no references about what happened July 4. That had to wait unti the following Tuesday.

I did work today...on the local high school team's story for the football preview tab, which prints Thursday.

 

I'd devote the sports front to Ocho Cinco, but that's just me.

 

My paper's so hyperlocal we probably would have nothing on Gustav or Palin.

However, if I were designing an A1 for a paper with some national focus, I'd focus on Gustav. The Republican national convention would get second billing.

 

Gustav would be the dominant package. I might strip Palin across the top, though.

 

What did your publisher's family members and/or friends do yesterday?

 

Beats the hell out of me. They live in another town across the state line.

 

Doesn't matter. It's still front-page news.

 

When you say Palin, what Palin story are you talking about?

If I were a woman (shaddup, Slappy, or I'll bitch-slap ya), I would be absolutely offended at the coverage in the last 24-48 hours on her daughter being pregnant. My paper put it on the front page, and I'm pissed.

Tell me, if Biden's teenage son were to have knocked up his girlfriend, would that be on the front page?

And all this crap about a woman being distracted from being able to do a job because her child is pregnant? What kind of horseshit is that? When is the last time a man was asked questioned about the ability to do a job when one of his kids were preggers?

The moveon.org blogosphere should be ashamed of itself, with the network anchors and reporters coming in a close second.

I will give Obamanation props, though, when he said he was born of an 18-year-old mom. Right there is the end of story.

So move on, moveon.

 

I already said my peace: The Republican National Convention. The fact Sarah Palin is in line to be officially nominated to be the second female vice presidential candidate and the first GOP running mate is historic.

 

I hate when politics gets involved.

The McCain camp released it as news, and her spokeman said it was released directly to counter the Internet rumors about her son.

I think it's legitimate news.

 

Fournier fan boy?
I don't think I'd go that far.
Childhood friend who lived around the block? Yes.
Comes from a hard-working, excellent family in Detroit? Double yes.
But a fan? I am no fan of any drive-by media scribe (except you, Slappy) ... especially Olberman. What a slime he's become on PMSNBC.