Well that was a lot about nothing, no?
A Web site, Fire John Yoo is tracking all the news of the now dying coverage of John Yoo, who wrote controversial legal notices on torture during the Bush administration, and the virtriol surrounding his being retained as an op-ed columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
There were protests across [...]

All you need to make a journalist is pressure and time.
Those same elements can disrupt a writer. Under pressure and no longer feeling the same need to impress someone can make even the most capable of scribes turn a phrase that shouldn’t be turned anymore.
Hell, I may be one cliche away from a lifetime achievement [...]

I’m betting that a revenue model for newspapers will develop in the coming years -whether it be as a nonprofit or whether online advertising can be revolutionized. Many general interest newspapers will be lost, but a tier will remain for at least some time, I think.
But, gosh, I wish more newspapers would make the most [...]

It’s the attitudes that got them into this mess – newspaper executives thinking the party would never stop, but newspapers need to combine an appreciation and interest in learning the future with the confidence of being the most powerful news sources in the world.
Too many just seem to be running scared.

Last month I mentioned the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Harrisburg bureau Commonwealth Confidential blog didn’t own its own name in a Web search.
Well, a Google search today shows that they got it right now. Why’d it take so long and what else can we learn?

Let those links live.
For most newspapers, I bet, this is an issue with their content management system, but this is getting serious.
Two of my best clips ever for the Philadelphia Inquirer, including one among my favorite stories I’ve ever written, are no longer available online – even though the links are still live for a [...]

Philadelphia was long a breeding ground for some of the most meaningful metro columnists in the country.
Some say the newspaper columnist is dying, but it isn’t dead.
So who’s the next columnist of record in one of the oldest newspaper cities in the world?

The history of the Philadelphia Inquirer mirrors the path of all the big gray ladies in the United States.
While putting together suggestions for the Inquirer months ago, I came across some interesting reading on the third oldest newspaper in the country, which is nearing its 180th birthday. Follow it and the path of your own [...]

Why does a Google search of “Commonwealth Confidential,” the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Harrisburg state capital bureau blog, yield no direct results, but rather links to some of their posts?
Because they haven’t reached out to the blogosphere and received in return the currency of the Internet – incoming links.
This isn’t something I put on the Inquirer Harrisburg [...]

I owe Philly.com an apology.
I got heavy traffic on a recent post of mine in which I complimented the video product  (particularly Philadelphia Business Today) but regarded it as incomplete in many ways. I haven’t shifted much on my analysis, but I have learned I put the wrong address on the post. Find out where [...]