Tag Archives: newspapers

I love my old friend’s photo blog

By Steve | Published: August 14, 2010
I’ve kept track of Essdras Suarez via his Facebook posts. Until today, however, I hadn’t followed the link to his photo blog. What a treat. A Boston Globe photographer, he pulls a broad range of assignments: from cupcake food shot to Haiti earthquake relief. It’s impressive: he captures exquisite moments, whether firing away on the [...]
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What are reporters good for?

By Steve | Published: September 7, 2009
I bet all of us who make the jump from newspapers to PR ask, just before making the plunge: “When will they figure out I don’t know what I’m doing?” And I bet all of us quickly discover that we had severely underestimated the skills we developed in journalism. The realization may come when the [...]
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Newspapers just don’t listen

By Steve | Published: August 26, 2009
“I’m embarassed to say this,” the 30-something working mom told the focus group. “But as I’m pushing the kids out the door in the morning, I see that newspaper all wrapped in plastic and I pick it up and set it on the pile of other newspapers wrapped in plastic in the hallway. Eventually, I [...]
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What news content will we pay for?

By Steve | Published: May 13, 2009
In a post earlier this week, I wrote about a conversation I had with digital music guru Jim Griffin, in which we got on a tangent about print journalism in the digital world. Jim’s idea of aggregating digital music, charging a micro-price and divvying the pool of money among artists and labels could translate to [...]
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Story of the week: Mystery makes the newspaper

By Steve | Published: May 3, 2009
As the man’s eyes wandered across the red-rock country of southeastern Utah, he first saw a weather-beaten saddle jammed in a canyon wall crevice and then, behind it, bleached bones sticking out from the earth — the keys to unlocking one of the West’s enduring mysteries. Thus began an excellent tale spun by Kevin Vaughan [...]
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