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Granted, it’s journalism
My greatest fear with the challenges that newspapers face is the lack oflengthy, rigorous investigative reporting. I doubt that the nextWoodward and Bernstein will be Twitter users: “OMG, R. Nixon’s flunkiesbroke into Wtrgte Htl.” Somebody has to pay for this kind of reporting, andif the public won’t, I hope foundations do. — Guy Kawasaki One…
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Forfeiting the Fourth Estate
By one estimate, a third of all US newspapers could be bankrupt by the summer. Last November, a study presented to US newspaper executives found that only one major publishing company, EW Scripps, was on a sound financial footing. And since November, the economic crisis has only deepened. But, one might ask, if a swathe…
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Baseball season has begun
Baseball is called a sport of summer, but for high school (and college) teams, it starts in February. Bearden High School had a scrimmage Saturday with Catholic High. At least it was sunny, if a bit nippy in the wind.Update: By the time my night shift was ending, Knoxville was having a nasty mix of…