Thursday Edition 2/4/10
REPORTING FROM IOWA: In Des Moines for the Midwest Newspaper Summit, I joined a tour of the Des Moines Register newsroom last night, imagining what that space — viewed in a quiet post-deadline hour —...
View ArticleLove gone bad: Endless, joyless foreplay links newspapers and her people
A touching contemporary tribute to the life of a newspapman showed up Monday, via Romenesko. Mimi Johnson describes her husband Steve Buttry‘s other love — the newspaper business — and the truth in the...
View ArticleTisha B’Av: National day of Jewish mourning
Today is, essentially, a national day of mourning for the Jewish people. It’s the ninth day of Av on the Jewish calendar — “Tisha B’Av.” Some Jews will fast, more will simply pause to remember the many...
View ArticleNever miss a promotional opportunity…
Never miss a promotional opportunity… This is precious. Raygun — which calls itself “The Greatest Store in the Universe” — is a grass-rooted shop in Des Moines’ East Village (mostly T-shirts lauding or...
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