Romenesko

Romenesko Letters
"I feel the need to defend my employer's honor," writes Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Spiegel. "I'm not sure where [Washington Post reporter Frank Ahrens] gets the idea that the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are 'the big three' of American newspaper journalism." LAT, he notes, has the second largest newsroom in the country. UPDATED with Ahrens' response. || JOHN MAGGS: One thing Aherns didn't mention is that newsroom cuts everywhere may add up to more prizes for the Big Papers, but the more significant effect will be less competititon and poorer quality in the reporting.