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The Associated Press has named six news editors to oversee expanded multistate territories and has assigned four interim regional photo editors as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports.
An executive of The Hartford Courant says Editor Cliff Teutsch and Managing Editor Barbara Roessner are resigning and will be replaced by an interim editor.
The Associated Press named two editors to lead its new regional editing operations in the West and Central regions of the U.S.
The Associated Press has named two veteran editors to leadership positions in a new regional editing operation for the Eastern United States.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, once renowned for his jocular sessions with journalists, appeared irritable and at times sarcastic in an interview in which he defended running mate Sarah Palin's experience and campaign ads critical of rival Barack Obama.
The Associated Press has named two veteran editors to leadership positions in a new regional editing operation for the Southern United States.
The news-aggregation site Topix has developed software for filtering out spam and other junk from its message forums. To filter in the good postings, however, the site has turned to human volunteers.
BBC News - Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editorsOnline encyclopaedia Wikipedia "lost" 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of 2009, University research suggests.
Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive RevengeEarlier this week the Toronto Star announced, among other changes, that it was planning to outsource some one hundred in-house, union editing jobs.
Medical Editors Push for Pharma Ghostwriting CrackdownThe scientific integrity of medical research has been clouded in recent years by articles that were drafted by drug company-sponsored ghostwriters and then passed off as the work of independent academic authors.
Lohan offered new Playboy deal Playboy editors are so desperate to convince Lindsay Lohan to pose for the magazine, they've reportedly made the actress a new offer of $900,000.
Jeff Jarvis: Journalistic narcissismAt the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, Andrew Sullivan said, "Journalism has become too much about journalists."
Panel: Evolution of Journalism (DC)WHEN July 29, 2009 Doors open at 6:15 pm; panel begins at 7pm Meet the panelists at our cash bar reception, 8:30pm WHERE K Street Lounge Washington DC 20005
The Writer's Center has become one of the leading independent literary centers in the United States. www.writer.org 301-654-8664 Provides on-site and online workshops.
The Washington Times puts pictures of the President's children with an article about kids being murderedIn their never-ending effort to demonstrate how stuck in stupid they actually are, the editors at the Washington times went where no media outlet has gone before: tying the children of the President of the United States to societal tragedy. Disgusting.
Will 2009 Be The Year Of The Shadow Media?Several weeks ago, BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine shared a term in one of his predictions for 2009 that was intriguing because of how it describes a growing phenomenon in media today … the rise of the shadow media.
Catholic Writers to Hold Online Conference - Catholic OnlineMILAN, MI (NOVEMBER 1, 2008) - World Wide Web--Writers, editors, agents, and other publishing professionals from around the world are gearing up for the second annual Catholic Writers' Conference Online, which will be held February 2-9, 2009.
Robert Giroux, Editor, Publisher and Nurturer of Literary Giants, Is Dead at 94 Robert Giroux, an editor and publisher who introduced and nurtured some of the major authors of the 20th century and ultimately added his name to one of the nation's most distinguished publishing houses, died on Friday in Tinton Falls, N.J. He was 94.
Right, so you've got good job prospects? Think again |Anyone who keeps an eye on women's progress towards full equality will be well aware that the gains tend to be incremental - an inch here, a small step there - enough to keep a feminist motivated, while inwardly broiling with impatience.
Otto Fuerbringer, Former Time Editor, Dies at 97 The NYT reports: Otto Fuerbringer, the hard-driving, conservative-leaning managing editor of Time magazine during the political and social upheavals of the 1960s — a time of change for the magazine, too — died Monday at his retirement home in Fullerton, Calif. He was 97.
Obama alienates the editors For most voters, Barack Obama's shift away from public financing is not as big a deal as the mounting death toll in Iraq, surging gas prices---or even what they're going to make for dinner tonight.
The War Endures, but Where's the Media? Five years later, the United States remains at war in Iraq, but there are days when it would be hard to tell from a quick look at television news, newspapers and the Internet.
LexicographerDaniel Krieger (Oct. 31 2007). Shadows Erin McKean, a cutting-edge lexicographer who explores and expands the limits of the word horizon -- what's new, what's outdated, and what's acceptable.
Inside the Mind of an Anthology EditorWriting anthologies and contests are tricky business. Editors comb through vast amounts of submissions, and it's hard to know what they are thinking. Most recently, Stephen King and Zadie Smith both bemoaned the state of short story submissions.
Lying, Cheating and Stealing - how to spot plagiarists and fabulistsIn recent years, scandals of plagiarism and fabrication have blighted The New York Times, USA Today and The New Republic.
AS The Editors prepare for a tour of America and a return to Belfast early next year, bassist Russ Leetch took time out to talk exclusively to the Ulster Star about the band, their music and their upcoming tour.
Scott McClellan's Editor Hits Media Storm -- Promises 'Forthright' BookEarly last week, PublicAffairs posted the contents of its spring 2008 catalog on the Web, the first step in the publicity roll-out of books to be published between March and August. One book, Scott McClellan's account of his experiences as press secretary to President George W.
Cream for Vim If you are put off from using Vim because of its seemingly cryptic commands, then this project is for you. Cream for vim makes vim as easy to use as any other text editor without losing any of its powerful features.
98% newspaper mistakes in US newspapers go uncorrected Almost half of the articles published by daily newspapers in the US contain one or more factual errors, and less than two per cent end up being corrected.
Oakland journalist shot dead in streetIn what police called a targeted killing, longtime Bay Area journalist Chauncey Bailey was ambushed and fatally shot Thursday morning at 14th and Alice streets in downtown as he walked to the Oakland Post, where he recently had been named editor.
But hey, it's what the readers wantThe "most read" lists on news websites seem to tell us some bracing things about what really interests people. Could this become a substitute for the editor's judgement?
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