Author: Jack Lail

  • Newspaper becomes the story in comment case

    Some of the coverage of the federal subpoena for information about a commenter on the Knoxnews.com Web site. Jack McElroy: KNS turns commenter info over to FBI Say Uncle: Saying dumb things on the internet The Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press: Death threats spur release of web commenter’s identity

  • Living a “Gutenberg Moment”

    On Sunday, I caught up with an excellent podcast with former MarketWatch CEO founder Larry Kramer that was posted in late September. Kramer is a reporter turned editor turned entrepreneur who still loves journalism and believes content is king. He is interviewed by Gregory Galant on the VentureVoice blog. Since focus of Galent’s site is…

  • Newsroom cuts hurt economic health of newspapers

    Interesting budget season reading (emphasis added is mine) from Editor and Publisher: This summer, Esther Thorson, dean of graduate studies and research at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, as well as Shrihari Sridhar and Murali Mantrala from Missouri’s Trulaske College of Business, presented research taken from the extensive confidential financial data compiled in…