I work at a newspaper that appears to have seven guys named Paul in its newsroom. Seven.
And what makes things, uh, interesting … is that at the moment three of those seven Pauls work within three yards of each other. One of them is directly behind me and another faces him on the other side […]

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My friend and former colleague Steve Dilbeck now blogs about the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times.
I would like to read Steve’s blog. I would also like to read a blog about the Dodgers.
The trouble?
None of the latimes.com blogs will load. Zero. Sports, politics, news. None can be called up.
The people who run the website […]

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Another rough year for the economy. The world economy, the national, the state …
People losing jobs. Unemployment of, what, 12.5 percent in California? Something like 10 percent in the nation? Even higher, when you include people who have stopped looking for work and the scads of people not fully employed.
U.S. print journalism is still in […]

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We are spending the day today … and Friday … traveling to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for, yes, jobs.
Journalism jobs. Print journalism jobs.
We hardly believe it, either, but after the events of the past 10 weeks, this all seems  like one irresistible tide of fate. Just when we were unhappily preparing to […]

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A real “man bites dog” story. News, that is.
David T. Bristow, former San Bernardino Sun sports staffer, was sworn in Friday as a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. Central District Court.
Yes. Our David Bristow, former Sun agate clerk and the guy who covered, home and road, the historic first season of the San Bernardino […]

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Services for Jim Long,  former San Bernardino Sun and Victorville Daily Press sports writer who died last week at age 46, will be held Friday, Oct. 9, his wife, Judith Pfeffer, said in an e-mail.
Here is the information:
“The graveside (outdoor) service celebrating the life of Jim Long will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 […]

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The Los Angeles Kings’ move, last week, to hire Rich Hammond as their own newspaper-style reporter continues to make news … this time in the Planet’s Paper of Record, the New York Times.
This is good for Rich Hammond. Not only is his mug now up on the NYT Web site (and yours and mine are […]

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If you look at the comments received from my previous post, about the L.A. Kings hiring their own beat reporter … I am informed that this goes on practically everywhere (!) in these United States. Happens all the time.
However, I would suggest that most of the examples cited fall far short in scope and sheer […]

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This is a milestone in sports journalism. And could be the start of a trend.
The Los Angeles Kings announced today that they have hired Rich Hammond of the Los Angeles Daily News … to cover their team.
Not to work as a publicist. Not to write press releases. To cover the team the way a newspaper […]

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I was at a soccer practice not long ago, and the subject turned (as it so often does in any spare moment at any sports venue), to the print journalism implosion. And all the people who have been fired or will be soon.
We were talking about those still getting paid, and how nerve-racking it had […]

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