INweekly: Tuesday dailies

TuesDaily Dose One more day of Memorial stories. PNJ tackles legislative session on taxes. Daily News has Crestview wreck. Mobile has more on steel plant.

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Daily steals “Best of ” program

Since 2000, the IN has held an annual Best of the Coast issue – where readers vote for the best restaurants, services, etc along the…

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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…

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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…

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Debate over moderation of web comments

Our local daily has caught heat for not moderating the comments that are posted on its web site (pnj.com). It has become a haven for…

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Has daily axed local columns?

Last column by Mark O’Brien is dated April 16. Last column by Carl Wernicke – April 15 Last column by Reggie Dogan – April 14…

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Daily editor says he knows best

Just months after he asked his readers to tell him what makes a good newspaper, PNJ executive editor Richard Schneider tells them they’re wrong. The…

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PNJ watch – four days and counting

The PNJ has still not reported anything about Escambia County firefighters…which was covered by every other news outlet in the area – except WCOA (surprise?)….

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PNJ ignores Firefighter story

Oh well…..another opportunity to be a watchdog slips by

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Dailies are killing the golden goose

Mother Jones takes a look at newspaper chains: “It’s not the Internet that’s killing newspapers. It’s the equity-chasing investors and their friends at the FCC…

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PNJ Sunday Paper Review

Woke up early with too much time on hands: At the crossroads – Washington bureau chief Larry Wheeler writes of the gov’t red tape involved…

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Racists takeover PNJ website

Today the daily newspaper ran a positive article on the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce naming Pat Brown as its Business Person of…

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