Speaking of newspaper litter… On Thursday mornings, we used to find the “community” edition of the Tampa Tribune at the bottom of our driveway. We didn’t ask for it, it just showed up. The small tab with what newspaper journalists call “chicken dinner news” was not really given to you out of concern for community, but [...]
Newspapers are good at "do as I say, not as I do."
By all accounts, retired Tampa Tribune publisher H. Doyle Harvill was a hard-nosed, old-school journalist. He died on Thursday at the age of 80.
Janet Coats is leaving the Tampa Tribune effective Dec. 18.
Circulation figures are in, and like newspapers nationwide, the number of daily subscribers are dropping like rocks. According to the story at the Business Journal, the St. Pete Times lost more than 10% of its subscribers in the past year, while the Tampa Tribune is down almost 19% for daily subscriptions. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune lost most than [...]
In the case of child abuse and neglect, instead of sensationalizing how terrible boyfriends are, the focus ought to be on helping parents understand what it means to be a parent.
The St. Pete Times reports that many businesses have not yet paid their property taxes, leading to a record number and amount of delinquencies: A record number of property tax bills remain unpaid across the Tampa Bay area this year, one more casualty of tough economic times. In April, 114,000 properties had overdue bills totaling $332.1 million [...]
Over at st.petersblog, Casey found a couple of former Creative Loafing staffers. First, Alex Pickett has begun blogging at Will Report for Food: Tales of an unemployed journalist. A recent posts wonders why no journalist will ask SP Police Chief Chuck Harmon the tough questions. Wade Tatangelo found a gig at the St. Pete Times, but is [...]
I got mail! At 11:23pm Tuesday, I got an email with an interesting subject line: “Tell Tampa Bay What You Think.” “I do that at Sticks of Fire,” I thought to myself. But I opened the email, anyway, and learned that I was going to be invited to be on an exclusive panel! Join the Tampa Bay Media Advisory [...]
