20 hours ago by Julie Starr

John Temple, formerly editor and publisher of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News in Denver, the US, wrote a great post discussing the lessons he learned from the experience of the Rocky. (Thanks to Mirko for pointing me to it.) Temple talks a lot about missed opportunities and not understanding at ...

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2 days ago by jvaconsulting

According to the Associated Press, Denver-based broadcast station KBDI-TV is planning a nonprofit investigative news operation with a Web site and on-air program. KBDI-TV said this week it will launch the project when it raises an initial $400,000 in funding. An actual target launch date for the pro ...

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4 days ago

After the closure of the Rocky Mountain News earlier this year, groups featuring former staffers launched not one but two high-profile online news projects, neither of which revolutionized...

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5 days ago by dlitton

Scrambled. I’ve been meaning to do this cartoon for awhile now and finally got around to this very topical issue. In one of my many secret identities I do cartoons for the North Metro News here in Denver. They are always high school related and this just seemed like the right time to use this. I’m i ...

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9 days ago by dlitton

My kind of town… Starting this Saturday, October 31, I will be debuting a new weekly feature in the sports pages of The Chicago Tribune. The cartoon called “The Main Event” will be all about the Chicago sports scene. I’m more than excited to launch this new feature in such a terrific and award winni ...

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12 days ago

Predictably, the Denver Post accentuated the positive in its analysis of its circulation figures just out from the Audit Bureau of Circulation, reporting that the broadsheet has retained 86...

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14 days ago by Robert G. Picard

Many journalists pursuing new online initiatives are learning that good intentions are not enough for providing news. The latest group to do so is former Rocky Mountain News reporters who started rockymountainindependent.com this past summer using a membership payment and advertising model. The effo ...

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15 days ago by dlitton

A Drew Litton Calendar is Coming We’ve begun production on the first ever Drew Litton wall calendars. My wife, Marcia, is helping input the events and I’m working on choosing the images. We’re doing a super cool calendar with dates for all of the major sports events of 2010 plus cartoons for every m ...

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16 days ago by mihai

”O frumoasă nebunie: reapare CLUJEANUL tipărit!”. ”Viață! Cel mai curajos proiect jurnalistic: un ziar scos din economiile redacției”. ”… ziariștii clujeni sunt rezonabili: cer imposibilul!”. Cam așa sunau multe dintre titlurile blogurilor specializate pe media din România la începutul lunii iulie, ...

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17 days ago by John Temple

One of the perils of being the last editor of a deceased publication is that people want your help understanding why a 150-year-old civic institution could die. It's not always pleasant sifting around in the ashes. But the loss of the Rocky Mountain News has also given me a platform to talk to a lar ...

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