Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Howard Weaver, vice president of news at The McClatchy Co., which owns The Bee, blogged not long ago that the gatekeeper role of editors has been diminished by the accessibility and speed of so much news and commentary elsewhere. Rather than rue this change, Weaver suggested that editors and reporters seize the opportunity to connect with readers even to the extent of enlisting...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Etaoin Shrdlu "Times are tough, but they won't be tough forever," Howard Weaver writes on the day that McClatchy cut its workforce by another 10%. "We have important, essential work to do, and we need to be about it every day. ...We are building a new structure that reflects the realities of today's media environment. A great deal of impressive change has already occurred, though it...
Random Mumblings (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Howard Weaver, McClatchy VP for News, and Rich Boehne, CEO of E.W. Scripps, both say good storytelling is the future for newspapers. Weaver was speaking Tuesday at the APME convention in Las Vegas. Boehne spoke Saturday at the Society of...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Etaoin Shrdlu "I believe I'd fire any reporter who wasted a chance to question Gov. Sarah Palin by asking a single question about pregnancies, DUIs or thuggish boyfriends," writes McClatchy vice president/news Howard Weaver .
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... of someone..." || Update on McClatchy news veep's Palin column: It brings in dozens of , and a by Howard Weaver.
