tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post113310946983951948..comments2023-10-17T07:36:16.777-04:00Comments on NA Confidential: To Heck with the Sunday Tribune's editorial page.The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-1133138175188017122005-11-27T19:36:00.000-05:002005-11-27T19:36:00.000-05:00one could spend the day pondering the Doctor's Plo...one could spend the day pondering the Doctor's Plot, if one were inclined. . .jon faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375593165985428533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-1133116222672492312005-11-27T13:30:00.000-05:002005-11-27T13:30:00.000-05:00If nothing else, the proliferation of local blogs ...If nothing else, the proliferation of local blogs indicates that there are writers of talent lurking beneath the newspaper's traditional radar.<BR/><BR/>That sort of thing wouldn't be obvious to the stunted talents of previous 'Bune editors like Curt Vincent and Eddie LaDuke. Perhaps a change is in the offing. <BR/><BR/>I see no reason why even the smallest of local papers can't have an editorial board or something approximating it, and produce the majority of editorial content, columns and opinions from local sources.<BR/><BR/>The current, reformist management of the Tribune is headed in the right direction, and have made all the right noises, but Heckian claptrap like today's is very depressing.<BR/><BR/>Internet sources and news surely will become more important even than it is now, but there are a couple of generations who simply aren't going to become savvy to these. <BR/><BR/>They'll still read a newspaper, and if there's any hope for them to competently exercise the capabilities of choice that some among us persist in naively imaging they can be taught to do, the improved newspaper might be helpful for something other than advertisements.The New Albanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-1133113706802463672005-11-27T12:48:00.000-05:002005-11-27T12:48:00.000-05:00How interesting. I noticed the same thing in my E...How interesting. I noticed the same thing in my Evening News. The guy I've been working with, Jim Nichols, is not listed in his usual spot as Associate Editor. But I'm not sure if Sunday's edition would be different for any reason, but I don't think so. He did tell me the last time I submitted my column that he "had a new boss" and I needed to submit my column to both of them.<BR/><BR/>But I'm trying to understand what you want from them. It's not particularly a rule, is it, for a newspaper to write their own editorials? Don't many of them, especially in small markets, hire out and let others, syndicated or not, write opinions? And now that newspapers such as our local ones are owned by bigger companies they would be less likely to have specific editorials from the local editors who are really only managing for the bigger entity, right?<BR/><BR/>And have you ever approached them and offered to write a column of your own? It sounds like that is what you would like to do.<BR/><BR/>Or do you want to start your own local paper? Or do you think the wave of the future is internet communications and you simply would like for all the 'bune readers to come and get their news from this blog? <BR/><BR/>The internet does seem to be taking over for paper news doesn't it?Debbie H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02209691050549648880noreply@blogger.com