"In total, more than 250 newspapers participated. It is, we believe, the most systematic effort yet to examine the changing nature of the resources in American newspaper newsrooms at a critical time. It is an attempt to document and quantify cutbacks and innovations that have generally been known only anecdotally."
- Kevin Hessel
from Bookmarklet
"Failure to build community is one of the many reasons so many newspapers are in so much trouble right now. Yeah, the Internet this and the economy that and television blah blah blah, but don't overlook "failure to lead." Far too many newspapers have either intentionally abandoned or simply lost interest and wandered away from the mission."
- Kevin Hessel
from Bookmarklet
Some don't even realize it is the mission.
- David Cohn
Constructive advice from a smart guy who knows a thing or two about newspapers.
- John Hassell
from Bookmarklet
It's funny how many of these things we're already trying at my paper. Problem in most cases is we've been afraid to give those areas 100% effort. I'm passing this link along to the bosses and marking it in my "yet another supporting argument" category.
- Kevin Hessel