by Bob DeMay | May 27, 2009 | Industry News, Obituaries |
Our sympathy to the family and friends of Ray Owens, who worked with many of us in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He died last Thursday of a heart attack in Oregon, where he had recently moved. He was 48. His obituary follows…Ramón Mena OwensNov. 3, 1960-May 21,...
by Bob DeMay | May 27, 2009 | Industry News
Former Akron Beacon Journal photographer Ott Gangl reminds us all of how the unexpected can happen, especially when photographing sports.Gangl was covering the Cavs – Bulls playoff game when Michael Jordan hit the shot that Cleveland Cavaliers fans and...
by Bob DeMay | May 23, 2009 | Industry News |
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...
by Bob DeMay | May 22, 2009 | Industry News
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...
by Bob DeMay | May 22, 2009 | Industry News
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....
by Bob DeMay | May 18, 2009 | Industry News
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...
