So last time I posted about Peter Parker, a.k.a. The Amazing Spider-Man, getting laid off from his photo job for altering a photograph. That brings us to today’s topic: journalistic ethics.
(We in the business agree that’s a contradiction in terms, but hear me out.)
I’ve come to the conclusion, and have said before, there’s very little [...]
Sorry, Pete, but I’m with J. Jonah Jameson on this one. You may never work in this town again.
Ah, Media Day! Let’s have a media day here, and invite Joe Public to see how WE do business.
“News” covers so many things: Car wrecks. City council decisions. Kids who can blow up balloons with their noses.
I am still writing about memorable stories A-Z in my going-on-15 years here at the Democrat-Herald. I kind of got stuck because the only good ‘N’ story that comes to mind is one I wrote in December 1999, and I can no longer find the original.
I was a huge fan of the old sci-fi series “Babylon 5.” One of my assignments today reminds me of one of the episodes, in which the representatives from various worlds on the space station are invited to present something that represents their religious culture. The commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, of Earth, has no idea what [...]
A couple of people have commented that no one should be able to be photographed at a school without permission, and that it’s the newspaper’s job to get such permission before shooting. With all due respect, that’s not true.
Continuing with favorite story memories from the last 14 years, A-Z: M is for mud and moonshine.
Continuing with favorite story memories from the last 14 years A-Z: L is for Lucas, Lourdes and lightning.
