Times-Tribune beating the FOI drum

Kudos to the Times-Tribune of Scranton for leaning on city and state officials for information and access. Most notably, the newspaper wrote last week about how reporter Dave Falchek was denied access to a preliminary hearing.

Ken Knelly back in Scranton

A rumble had come up earlier in the year, but the July 1 Times-Tribune (sorry, it was on the towns page) noted that former biz and metro editor Ken Knelly was back in town to work as the chief PR man at Baptist Bible College in the Abingtons. The item didn't mention why he was back in NEPA barely a year after leaving the Times to be the senior editor for business and government at The State in Columbia, S.C.

Borys Krawczeniuk story makes The Drudge Report

MUST CREDIT NEPAMEDIA: Borys Krawczeniuk's Scranton Times-Tribune story about the prisoner who had her baby at the Lackawanna County Prison -- and the guard who used her finger nails to cut the umbilical cord -- made the Drudge Report. Not exactly top billing, but still noteworthy. Kudos.

Ouch: Scranton Times punk'd -- twice

Times-Tribune police reporter writes in a Sunday column about Art Franklin, a fictional character who has appeared in the paper twice in the last year. The first time was in November, when a Scranton firefighter gave the fake name to reporter Dave Falchek. But more recently -- and more damning -- a letter from Art Franklin was published on the editorial page on June 15. "Last Friday, The Times-Tribune mistakenly printed a letter to the editor from (guess who?) Art Franklin," Kemeny writes. In other words, the paper doesn't verify the identity of writers of letters to the editor. Nice.

Some blogger takes issue with John Cole altering a cartoon

Some guy didn't like Times-Tribune cartoonist John Cole's piece about anti-immigration picketers and also didn't like that Cole altered the cartoon before it was reprinted in the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Chris Kelly has hard time coming up with this week's column

"Tired of reading lame spoofs of pulp novels and other examples of self-indulgent navel-gazing? Then help a hard-luck ink-slinger get his groove back."

Cop who leaked to Scranton Times-Tribune sent to prison

The state AG's investigator who gave information to the newspaper -- information that got the newspaper into an ongoing defamation suit -- will do two weeks at the Dauphin County Prison. Only The Times-Tribune's Mike Race was at James Kolojejchick's sentencing on Monday in Harrisburg.

Ain't no party like an Office party... organized by Times-Shamrock

Coincidentally, news of this upcoming office convention appears in the Times-Tribune of Scranton. Tim Holmes, manager of Times-Shamrock's community newspaper operation is heading up plans for the party.

Two Times-Tribune reporters tell their tale of doing stand-up in New York

A fun little first-person story from Scranton reporters Roger DuPuis II and Matthew Kemeny.

The T-T's Dave Falchek boozes with the reform Jews up at Lake Scranton

This is a week old, but still priceless stuff. L’Chaim, indeed.

Times-Tribune awards for flood coverage, other work

The Scranton paper won state awards for flood coverage, the paper's Web site, and reporter Dave Falchek's business work. Kudos.

The Times-Tribune adds another blog, this one by Chad Jennings

Jennings will blog about the AAA baseball team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Best of luck.

The T-T's Dave Falchek calls out the state on faulty data

It was the Times-Tribune and Falchek that discovered NEPA's unemployment numbers weren't as bad as portrayed, the T-T reported Tuesday. Kudos.

Times-Shamrock interactive media boss named president of Irish group

Matthew Haggerty, a member of the family that owns the Times-Tribune, will be the next president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. The keynote speaker -- a shocker -- is Bob Casey.

Scranton Times-Tribune cartoonist invites readers to his blog

Cartoonist John Cole's blog has had three comments in two weeks, but it is among the most interesting and insightful in northeastern Pennsylvania. Check it out.

CORRECTED: Four Times-Tribune staffers win AP Sports Editors awards

Scranton Times-Tribune sports staffers Donnie Collins, Joby Fawcett, Mark Coons and Scott Walsh all were recognized for their work. Kudos.

(The post originally stated these were APME awards. They were AP Sports Editors. Apologies.)

Philadelphia Magazine mentions Josh McAullife, takes shot at Electric City

The magazine wrote a sendup of Scranton's love of The Office. Good reading all around. "Wanna-be hip weekly Electric City?" Meow! McAullife, of the Times-Tribune, also rates a mention.

God is dead: The TL cites the Scranton Times in a staff edit

We missed this on Thursday, but the institutional voice of the Times Leader cited in support of its staff editorial... the Times-Tribune of Scranton. Does this mean that TL plans to publish a Scranton edition are on hold?

Clutch work from the T-T's Jason Farmer at fatal Scranton fire

Great work at a sad scene.

Roger DuPuis II of the Times-Tribune also writes about his snow tales

DuPuis walked from his South Scranton home to the paper and barely made it, he reports in Thursday's paper.