Newspaper consultant and NewsInc.’s David Cole from 1981. Was that Viewtron? And where DO laid-off journalists go. (Hint: they’re  happier in their new jobs .. if they have them.)

Former News Sentinel photographer Cathy Clarke was in News Sentinel on Tuesday celebrating her birthday. See Saul Young’s post on the new photo blog.  

For the ONA workshop on Friday (last day to register is Wednesday), we’re using the hashtag of #onanash (at the suggestion of @patrickbeeson) on Twitter. Follow the action.

Kurt Greenbaum takes a look at commenting guidelines at various news sites. I, too, like: If you don’t like the topic, go away. And “comment control on a blog is not ‘censorship.’

Some people do ask what will happen if local mainstream media goes away. Others are working on answers.

Dave Winer points to a 2005 blog post to remind us that a maxim of the Internet is: Now the fundamental law of the Internet seems to be the more you send them away the more they come back. It’s...

NewsTechZilla continues to develop as an interesting source of news and tech information for  journalists or those just interested in news content. Here are some of the latest posts: Three Rules That Have Evolved Community Blogs May be the Newspapers...

The Onion has a Knoxville datelined story today headlined: “Incompetent Staff Feels Underappreciated.” KNOXVILLE, TN–Taking a break from surfing the web, going out for multiple cups of coffee, and missing important work deadlines, employees at Winthrop Media complained once again...

ShermansTravel.com’s list the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as one of the “29 Places to Go in 2009.” Why go in 2009: With American travelers forecasted to plan more trips to national parks this year, the Great Smoky Mountains offer...

The ICONN conference at the University of Tennessee wrapped up Friday afternoon. Wasn’t able to attend as much as I would have liked, but here’s some links posted to Publish2. More ICONN Links