The Shot – The Sequel

With apologies to Gary Harwood I’m tired of seeing him taking Michael Jordan’s picture after “the shot”  at the Coliseum in Richfield. Of course as a  Cleveland sports fan the scene is burned into my brain after all these years. Perhaps...

Who is that man in the pink boxers

Even the headline on the New York Times’ Lens blog pokes a little fun at the situation. Behind the Scenes: Man in the Pink Boxers. Its worth a click, not often we get humor from the front lines of the battle field. The  humor supplied from the lens of AP...

Plain Dealer newsroom opts for paycut over layoffs

Newspaper Guild covered employees at the The Plain Dealer have ratified an agreement that calls for economic concessions as a way to stave off further staff reductions. The one-year agreement calls for a an 8.1% pay reductions as well as 11 days of unpaid furlough....

Vacation catch up

A week away from home, work and newspapers is gone in a flash. Having been forced to take two unpaid weeks off this year working at a Gannett property Matt Detrich asked me what kind of vacation I was on. My reply – the old fashion kind – paid. We...

Portsmouth to drop Monday edition

Another newspaper has jumped on the bandwagon of dropping an edition to lower costs. This time it’s here in Ohio where the The Portsmouth Daily Times is will no longer print a Monday edition of the newspaper as of May 11.Full story

Pulitzer photographer and subject meet again

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer John Filo and his subject, Mary Vecchio, were reunited Monday at Kent State University during the annual May 4 commemoration on campus. The reunion was only the third time they have been together since the Pulitzer image was made,...