New daily news features for Inweekly
Daily Dose: Highlights is in the daily newspapers across the region. Not just Pensacola, but also Mobile and Fort Walton Beach. Read: ThursDaily Dose ….
Inc Magazine loves P’cola
The Pensacola area ranked 17 out of 20 on Inc. magazine’s list of “Top Midsize Cities” in its annual survey of the nation’s boomtowns. Here’s…
FCAT scores are in for third graders
Escambia County – Math scores are up 1%; Reading down 4% Santa Rosa County – highest reading scores in the state; tied for second highest…
IN Issue – 5/3/07
Check out this week’s issue Cover Story: Charter Schools In The Red Orlando Sentinel published a four-day series last month, examining the nearly 350 charter…
What is a conservative nowadays?
Every now and then, we get some comment to this blog that calls himself/herself a “conservative.” What is a conservative? What the core political beliefs…
Another daily cuts staff
Orlando SentinelĂ‚Â has announced that it will eliminate about two dozen jobs as it restructures the paper’s news gathering operation to place greater emphasis on…
Here’s a twist
There is actually a Democrat in the state House who dares to question the 2007-08 budget because of all the “turkeys” hidden in the bill….
More gambling – Instant Bingo passes
This Florida Legislature loves gambling – in one form or another. It has sent Gov. Crist a bill that legalizes instant bingo. What’s instant bingo?…
Former PNJ reporter gets Pres to hold his bags
The St. Pete Times’ political blog reports Michael Spooneybarger inadvertently had Pres. Bush pick up his bag during a recent trip to South Florida. Tampa…
Student paper ends remarkable news year
The Miami Herald had a story in its Sunday edition on the FAMU student newspaper that covered some major stories on its campus – On…
Letterman List
On Monday night (4/30), David Letterman made a list of ten signs your newspaper is in trouble: 10. Covers all news that happens within one…
City/county employees stats
Creative Loafing recently did a story about number of employees per 100,000 people in several Southern cities. It got me wondering how does Pensacola stack…
Video Slots may be coming to Florida
But not at Pensacola Greyhound Track. Under a bill that passed a House committee Monday, these parimutuel facilities would be allowed to have Class II…
State cuts out local government again
On Gov. Crist’s desk awaiting his signature is a new Cable franchise bill that gives telephone companies easier access to the cable TV market. Also…
2006 CAFR report is in
CAFR stands for “Comprehensive Audited Financial Report.” It’s available online at Escambia County Clerk of Courts site. Some interesting finds: Unreserved General Fund has jumped…
New Ice Pilot gets rave reviews
From Fayetteville, NC The Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that Head Coach John Marks has accepted a similar position…
Arrested for $25 of coke? Not $25,000…$25
Come on guys – when did we start arresting people for as little as $25 of coke? Front page coverage on the daily newspaper for…
Scarborough reports on newspapers audience ratings
The Scarborough Research group (not the local Scaboroughs) has released its annual audience ratings report for daily newspapers. The News Journal is in the #59…
MOBy advises high school grads
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien has advice for area high grads…which I find a little funny since I doubt more than a handful high school students…
Bigots have field day on pnj.com
As predicted the racists are getting in their dream comments on the daily newspaper’s web site with the arrest of Hugh King: Happypad: “local religious…
