Archive for July 26th, 2006

Former Neshoba Democrat Editor In New Book

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Hewitt Clarke, author of “The East End Tea Room,” a tome on the Civil Rights Era, will sign copies of the book Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at Dancing Rabbit Press Gallery in Neshoba County. The book includes interviews with Stanley Dearman, former Neshoba Democrat editor and publisher and a member of the MPA Hall of Fame.

Trying to Keep Federal ‘Bricks’ in Greenville

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Delta Democrat Times editor Ross Reily writes in a recent column: “…As we editorialized on Sunday, it would be counterproductive for Cleveland to enter the federal building sweepstakes, a mission that, if achieved, would take away a vital cog in Greenville.”

He references a recent DDT editorial chastizing talk about moving the courthouse to Cleveland.

Checking What’s Fresh on Newsstands

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

“When I go visit the newsstand, my mind is racing: ‘What new idea has been executed today?’ ” says Samir Husni, aka “Mr. Magazine,” a journalism professor at the University of Mississippi who publishes a yearly guide to magazines.

The good professor figures in this Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch report on how new successes in the magazine medium are highly-specialized, while wide-interest titles are losing readership.

And here is Dr. Husni in The New York Sun speaking on the plethora of titles geared toward women.

Well, Shazam! Here is the ubiquitous Dr. Husni talking about the attraction of new titles and the Internet to Baby Boomers in a Wall Street Journal article.