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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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It looks like it might be a good job. A print journalism job. Titled. Overseas. Maybe a real salary. The sort of job any of the thousands of print journos thrown out of the business in the past couple of years might find attractive. The ad is for a pair of openings at the China […]

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Espn.com is pretty much the go-to Web site for sports fans. We all know this. Yahoo.com may do some business, attract some eyeballs, and so do cnnsi.com and cbssportsline.com … but espn.com is the gold standard of the industry. But the site is doing its best to tarnish that reputation … and drive at least […]

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I rarely comment on items that have appeared in newspapers. I figure you may already have read it and have your own ideas. But … I was struck, a few days ago, by how the same section (Friday) of the same newspaper (the Los Angeles Times) could have one column so spot-on valuable and fun […]

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