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JRC shuts down 16 Ct. papers

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by sporting_guista, Dec 22, 2008.

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  1. sporting_guista

    sporting_guista Member

    Ugly. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/12/register_closes.php
     
    sporting_guista, Dec 22, 2008
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  2. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    From the comments

     
    JayFarrar, Dec 22, 2008
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  3. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Twenty-one to the unemployment line.

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    They need to update that sign.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Dec 22, 2008
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  4. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Unbelievable... or it would be if it wasn't JRC...
    Bob couldn't take it with him, but he's hellbent on taking others with him.
     
    slappy4428, Dec 22, 2008
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  5. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    The spirit of Bob Jelenic lives on!
     
    forever_town, Dec 22, 2008
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  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Terrible. Makes my stomach ache.
     
    BYH, Dec 22, 2008
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  7. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    The good news is The New Haven Independent seems like it's still going strong. Paul Bass, the newspaper's editor and the article's author, is one of the better reporters in the state of Connecticut and a terrific guy.
     
    cranberry, Dec 22, 2008
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  8. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    An interesting article about the burgenoning independent dot-com press:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/business/media/18voice.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
     
    BYH, Dec 22, 2008
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  9. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    21 people at 16 papers. Ye gods.
     
    deskslave, Dec 22, 2008
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  10. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Step 2.5: Scream at sports editor and fire him over mispelling little Johnny Buttfuck's name in the youth hockey write-up.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Dec 23, 2008
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  11. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    I wonder sometimes why reporters don't take over local news operations themselves more often. You can build a terrific local news Web site at the fraction of the cost of a print publication and its a model that can be replicated across the country.
     
    cranberry, Dec 23, 2008
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  12. jfs1000

    jfs1000 Member

    And how are you supposed to make a mortgage? take vacation? the problem isn't lack of people wanting to do the job. But, it requires either having a wealthy spouse, or even another job and you do it part-time.

    Would a local website bring in more than $30,000 a year?
     
    jfs1000, Dec 23, 2008
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