From bad to worse at the Star Tribune

These are troubled times for workers in all sectors in today’s economy, but they may have gotten much worse for some former employees at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Several employees who opted for buyouts last summer are now being told they may not get their...

Perenic wins E&P Photo of the Week

Barbara Perenic of the Springfield News-Sun scored a win with a high school wrestling picture that was selected as Photo of the Week by Editor & Publisher.If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Bite ‘Em was the headline over the photo on the E&P Web...

News agencies clash with Obama administration

The honeymoon between the press and Barack Obama’s new administration seems to have been a brief affair. Photographers were denied access to Obama in his first day in the Oval office, a tradition photo op. The White House later released photos taken by White...

Inaugural overload

The party is over and now we move on. Quite a day for the journalists and editors handling the inauguration of Barack Obama.  Days like this on the picture desk are quite nerve racking. Not only are you dealing with the local photos of the day, but scanning the...

All Obama all the time

Perhaps subdued somewhat by the economy, but local newspapers and broadcast stations all seem to have staff on the ground in Washington D.C. today for the inauguration of Barack Obama. Special sections and historic front pages will make Wednesday newspapers collector...

Beacon Journal gives AP two-year notice

Playing catch up with a few items that fell through the cracks during the holiday season by me, and went unreported in traditional media outlets.The Akron Beacon Journal joined The Columbus Dispatch giving the Associated Press its required two-year notice to cancel...