Jim Romenesko
July 8, 2011
3:24 pm
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Indianapolis alt-weekly NUVO is getting some complaints for this week's
"Sex Indiana-style" [NSFW image] issue that includes a photo of
Mr. Nude America. (Local TV news is all over the story, of course.) "I looked at the photo," says NUVO web editor Laura McPhee, "and my thought was we've never censored the female body when we reproduce artwork and I didn't see a need to censor it because it was a male." She adds that the paper never received complaints when images of nude females were published. One unhappy Hoosier is Krystal Johnston, whose 10-year-old daughter saw the paper. "I don't think it should be put out there for children to get a hold of," says the mom.
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Jim Romenesko
May 13, 2011
1:07 pm
Houston Press
Editor
Richard Connelly says he wanted to show that sex predators don't always look like slovenly fat guys in t-shirts, and "in an attempt to catch attention (and yes, eyeballs and clicks) I thought of
the 10 hottest female sex offenders." He chose "hottest," he says, "because it's a web-headline staple for such listicles." (The Huffington Post also realized the list was a traffic magnet, and
reported on it.) Connelly tells his readers:
I also wrote an over-the-top intro, trusting that the outrageous headline (Anything putting "hottest" near "sex offenders," I thought, would clearly show over-the-topness) would indicate this was fully intended to shock.
That's why I made the conscious decision to include the victims' ages: To show that "normal-looking" people, people you could pass any day on the street -- or who you might think are "hot" -- are capable of monstrous things.
Glamorizing or trivializing child rape? It did not cross my mind that I was doing that. It should have, it now seems clear.
The weekly got dozens of comments about the list, including this:
You should be fired. That list is disgusting and so is the author. There is nothing about child molestation that should be glorified. I cannot believe this got published and everyone involved should be fired. I pray to God your family never has to endure the messed up torture that is child rape. Sickening.
> Another apology: ESPN says post on Aaron Douglas's death "did not meet editorial standards"
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Jim Romenesko
Apr. 27, 2011
10:00 am
Chicago Tribune
This week's Reader will be bound by staples and feature a glossy cover, reports
Phil Rosenthal. "The goal is to make the Reader seem less disposable, more indispensable and more distinct in a crowded media marketplace that includes Time Out Chicago, Newcity and Chicago Tribune's RedEye," he writes. "It's hoped those who pick up the Reader to plan their weekend will feel greater compulsion to keep it on a coffee table into the next workweek." ||
Ron Reason looks at the Reader's new music section. ||
A feature from 1979: Chicago Reader -- a '70s success story.
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More alt-weekly news: Harry Siegel named Village Voice metro columnist
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Jim Romenesko
Apr. 19, 2011
3:45 pm
Romenesko Memos
Traffic to
David Cay Johnston's
piece took Willamette Week's site down for about three hours on Monday. || Editor
Mark Zusman's memo is after the jump.
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Jim Romenesko
Apr. 5, 2011
1:30 pm
Portland Business Journal
Hank Stern, who joined Willamette Week from the Oregonian in 2005, is taking an $80,000 a year communications job with Multnomah County. "It’s better pay, benefits and I respect what the county’s doing,” he says. “It made a hard decision a little bit easier.” || Stern denies his editor
blew up after hearing the news.
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 17, 2011
7:04 am
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mark Bartel had worked at City Pages for 29 years, starting as a receptionist. Village Voice Media gave no specific reason for the management change but said it was an "absolutely mutual" decision, reports
David Shaffer.
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 10, 2011
8:11 am
Washington City Paper
"When wealthy individuals can use the threat of lawsuit to sway coverage of their questionable actions - or to jeopardize the employment of a journalist who had the temerity to report on those actions - it’s dangerous for all of us," writes Washington City Paper editor
Michael Schaffer. "That’s true whether the wealthy individual in question is a CEO, a politician, or just the owner of a regionally prominent NFL franchise." || A decade ago,
Dan Snyder was
a free speech champion.
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Jim Romenesko
Jan. 27, 2011
7:49 am
Chicago Tribune
Nobody is saying why
Geoff Dougherty abruptly resigned on Wednesday. He was named interim editor in November after
Kiki Yablon resigned. Yablon was put in the top editorial spot last June following longtime editor
Alison True's dismissal. || Read the
comments on Chicago Reader's site.
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Jim Romenesko
Jan. 4, 2011
9:40 am
San Francisco Chronicle
Their feud began in 2004, when the the Bay Guardian accused SF Weekly of using cash infusions from its parent company to underwrite cut-rate ads in hopes of putting the Guardian out of business. The alt-weeklies didn't disclose settlement details. ||
SF Weekly and
Bay Guardian settlement stories.
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Jim Romenesko
Oct. 7, 2010
11:57 am
Minneapolis Star Tribune | MinnPost.com The freelance wine writer for Minneapolis-based City Pages asked "best wine bar" finalists to provide him with free food and wine for evaluation so he could consider them for a top 5 list. Managing editor
Matt Smith says he didn't know about
John Glas's letter, and that "it is definitely NOT our policy to ask for free food, and we put a stop to it when we found out." ||
More from
David Brauer.
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