Sunday, November 25, 2007

How lazy is too lazy?

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At the outset we'll say that we don't think this is plagiarism per se. But. Still. The Times-Tribune's Christopher J. Kelly wrot...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Son of Wilkes-Barre goes on to fame in media and academia

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There should be a Northeastern Pennsylvania Journalism Hall of Fame for people who got out. Former Scranton Times reporter Jane Jacobs could...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Times Leader sets world record for self-aggrandizement

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Jesus. Where do you start? There's the relentless reminding of readers that the Times Leader loves Wilkes-Barre so much that it's g...
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Times Shamrock weekly drops racy back-of-paper escort ads

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Orlando Weekly, the Florida alt-weekly owned by the Lynetts, has dropped the "escort" ads from the back of the paper. Three Orland...

The Citizens' Voice is looking for a sports writer

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You, too, could be covering Wyoming Seminary field hockey and the occasional King's College wrestling match. The CV is advertising on jo...
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Electric City is looking for an editor

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Times Shamrock's Electric City is looking for a new editor after Matt Smith took a promotion overseeing Times Shamrock's weekly and ...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Charlie Weiss is dead

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We're embarrassed to have missed this, but Wilkes-Barre homeless man Charlie Weiss died in early October at a Hazleton nursing home. Cha...
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Only in NEPA: Folks confuse Stacy Brown with Al Roker

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We've been meaning to pass this along, but Electric City noted a couple weeks ago that during the Office convention people had a hard ti...
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Frank Andrews Shimkus: "I can't even get a pencil"

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Former WYOU news director and current state representative Frank Andrews Shimkus denies to Electric City (!) that he's living in sin wit...
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Welcome Charles Schillinger to the Times-Tribune

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The York Newspaper Company has completed their recent trade with the Times-Tribune of Scranton by sending reporter Charles Schillinger to th...
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Chris Kelly talks with a guy who showed up at the newspaper to talk about a piece of wood that looks like E.T.

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"Journalists wait their entire careers for a story like this to stroll through the front door," Kelly writes." Since there we...
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Connor: Merry Christmas, you broken-down old Public Square

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More from Times Leaderr Publisher Richard Connor who writes -- again -- about the newspaper giving away 100 grand to local charities. Kudos.
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Times-Tribune doing something or other with Zillow.com

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We've been getting Google news alerts about this for days. Something about T-T house ads going on Zillow. Yawn.
Friday, November 16, 2007

U. of Scranton j-prof's blog on Merrill flap picked up by Romenesko

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Matthew Reavy, who teaches journalism at Da U, blogged about the John Merrill flap this week, and his thoughts were posted on Jim Romenesko...

Times-Tribune looking for a Web producer

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Ed Pikulski of the Scranton Times-Tribune is advertising for an "online content producer." Hiring is immediate. E-mail EPikulski@t...
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Monday, November 12, 2007

Times Shamrock employees on undercover video

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The Orlando Sentinel has video of Times Shamrock employees at Orlando Weekly talking about alleged prostitution ads. Not exactly the Pentago...
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Frank Andrews Shumkus and Gabrielle Prutisto make it official

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Former WYOU reporters Frank Shimkus -- who went by a fake name, Frank Andrews, much of his working life -- and Gabrielle Prutisto spent $370...
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Connor gets Jann Wenner, Ulysses S. Grant and Public Square all into one piece

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Times Leader Publisher Richard Connor talks about the newspaper's scheme to give money to charity and also about George W. Bush. Word.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Open election thread: Who carried the coverage?

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Comment here about election coverage both Tuesday on the Web and on Wednesday in print and online. Kudos to The Times-Tribune for monitoring...
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Who wants to buy The Morning Call?

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Romenesko is reporting that The Morning Call is reporting that the New Yorker is reporting that someone wants to buy the Allentown newspaper...
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