A few folks made interesting comments on my last post about the potential of regional media outlets consolidating their resources. Cristy raised the idea of a Reuters-type arrangement for increasing the coverage of political news in Columbus. It’s interesting to note that there’s already a precedent for this: the state’s major newspapers formed a story-sharing [...]
Tagged Akron Beacon-Journal, Cincinnati, media, newspapersLance McAlister is the most popular sports radio talk show host in Cincinnati. We’re similar in many ways. We’re both white guys from the Cincinnati area who grew up cheering for the Reds and Bengals; we both called Bob Trumpy’s radio show as kids. I considered going into journalism, Lance had made a career of [...]
Tagged Cincinnati, colorblind racism, Lance McAlister, race, sportsSarah, of The Neutral Zone Trap, commented on a recent post, asking about rumors that Chrissie Hynde might open a VegiTerranean restaurant in Columbus. According to this morning’s Beacon-Journal, the rumor is true. This is good news for our friends in Columbus and Cincinnati, even if, selfishly, it would be nice to have it stay [...]
[This used to link to a Jeff Stahler editorial cartoon, but the image is now unavailable. Nice work, Gannett.] At 9:25 this New Year’s Eve morning, the last edition of the Cincinnati Post/Kentucky Post goes to press. For 127 years, The Post was known as the people’s paper: The Post stood up to the establishment, [...]
From a lead (!) story in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer: Three days before one of the year’s most publicized and controversial concerts arrives in Cincinnati, fans of Disney Channel star Hannah Montana are still smarting that tickets were next-to-impossible to get. No one – from the concert promoter to the fan club to Ticketmaster officials to [...]
- I’ve been remiss in not posting about the Jena 6 case (actually, I’ve been too busy, but I don’t know if that cancels out remissness). Much has been written about the case over the past few weeks, though what amazes me is how long this case took to reach the media and general public [...]
Race and class disparities in the American justice system are well documented. Race and class influence the way we’re viewed by the police, the crimes we’re suspected of, the treatment we receive by the police and the courts, the chances of conviction, the amount of time we spend in jail, and the general public’s views [...]
It’s shameful that hate-spewing windbag Ann “a cruise missile is more important than Head Start” Coulter is being brought in to speak at Xavier University in Cincinnati. It’s fine if some campus group wants to bring in a conservative speaker, but it would be preferable for a Jesuit institution of higher education to bring a [...]
Every time I plan to not have a gap in posting, I have…another gap in posting. I left last Thursday for New York City for the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, returning last night. (I’ll have more to say about the meeting later.) I didn’t have time to post from NYC, and even [...]