I got to do one of my favorite things on Monday: Sleuthing. A couple of weeks ago, I researched and created an interactive timeline on the ownership history of the St. Louis Rams. A man from New York found that timeline and e-mailed me last week: If you are the RAMS historian, I’ve got a [...]
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivered his annual State of the State address on Jan. 20. About a week before, Flash genius Brian Williamson, political editor Christopher Ave and I brainstormed a few ideas to cover the State of the State and the State of the Union for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The biggest, grandest idea [...]
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Among the doom a gloom media news lately (the newspaper layoff count has passed 14,000, and newspaper circulation is down just about everywhere), there may be some positive signs as well. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where I also work, is hiring four people: A business health care reporter A data specialist An investigative reporter And [...]
The Post-Dispatch has launched a new ad campaign: “Turn up the moxie.” Moxie has become the most popular word in the newsroom. Something doesn’t work? Not enough moxie. Something does work? You’ve got moxie! There are moxie balloons, moxie signs, moxie paint, moxie banners and daily moxie e-mails. There’s a lot of moxie. So my [...]
Many newspapers are forcing employees to take unpaid time off, selling it as an option to avoid layoffs. Newspapers aren’t the only companies using furloughs: Toyota, Arizona State University and the state of California are also using this tactic to try to save money. But that doesn’t make it right. Furloughs are ineffective, inefficient and [...]
