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Nip/Tuck for newsrooms
BuzzMachine Jeff Jarvis proposes how he would reallocate resources in a newsroom with a staff of a 100 with a 30 percent cut to a staff of 70. I found this more than mildly interesting since I work in a newsroom of just over 100. I’m glad Jarvis says his chart is “utter bullshit” because…
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A perscription for stellar rankings
Tennessee ranks No.1 in morphine and codeine use, No. 2 in hydrocodone, No. 3 in oxvcodone, No. 4 in meperidine, and No. 6 in fentanvl, according to this info-packed, but easy to understand map from the Rob Curley crew at the Las Vegas Sun. I’m sure these stellar rankings are included in the state’s economic…
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Front Page Follies coming up
University of Tennessee journalism professor Jim Stovall says in an email that an especially good show is coming together for the East Tennessee SPJ’s Front Page Follies on July 19, a fast-approaching Saturday night. Stovall says: There has been plenty to spoof this year, and the show is hilarious. I know because I am in…