If you’re going to get the flu this season, let me recommend the following: • One bottle of NyQuil — all of that practice with shots will come in handy • One couch or bed strategically placed in front of a TV with Nick at Night and Comedy Central reruns; • At least five smooshable [...]

It wasn’t bad enough that my laptop stopped working earlier this week, and I still haven’t heard what’s wrong with it. Now, the flu of death, which I have so named after it has wiped out half of the newsroom (no actual deaths), is trying to get me too. It’s pure evil, I tell you. [...]

Source: Ad Age DataCenter, Bureau of Labor Statistics Advertising Age points out that U.S. media employment has hit a 15-year low, and the biggest loser has been the newspaper industry (PDF). The big problem is newspapers, which account for half (82,800) of media jobs lost since 2000. One in four newspaper jobs have disappeared since [...]

I’m disappointed that this is “professional” journalism and not the local college station. CBS News adds “Fast Draw” to explain those pesky complicated stories. The things you can do with a white board! I’m all for trying new things. And for using animation to tell stories. And I do love white boards. But this … [...]

Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell is joining Facebook after, of course, declaring she would never do such a thing. Now, she says, “with what’s happening to newspapers these days — lost ad revenues and layoffs — the handwriting is on the wall.” News flash: • Facebook will not save your job. • MySpace will not save [...]