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Just part of the E-Mail Generation
The generalional divide is IM/E-Mail — at least according to this AP Poll. We’ve been trying rather unsuccessfully to get a group of newsroom managers to use IM as a speedier way to communicate about breaking news internally. We’re in a business where minutes matter. Maybe this explains it. All the recalcitrants are over-40. IM…
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Lessons from a press baron of another era
Howard Weaver, vice president for news for McClatchy, writes here he finds “continued refreshment in the words of E.W. Scripps.” Writiing in 1903, Scripps advised an editor … Don’t be afraid of trying experiments. Whatever you feel right hard about, that do . . . Better an enthusiastic damn fool than perfectly correct and prosy…
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You gotta hear this …
Another self-promotion item: We started doing something in October that’s become one of the smartest and funniest regular pieces on our Web site. It’s our Big Dog Audio updates. We decided just this week to create an archive of these mid-day promos and updates here. Take the time to listen to a few and send…