The Greenwood Commonwealth has taken the wraps off a spiffy new Web design. Meanwhile, Jenny Humphryes is back in the saddle as managing editor after a two-year hiatus elsewhere and the paper has brought on board Tennessee grad Charlie Smith as a new reporter.
The Hattiesburg American reported earlier this week that the sex columnist for the Student Printz newspaper at USM was canned after a debate over referencing the likes of Brittany, Lindsey and Paris while commenting on sexually-transmitted diseases.
The now-free-agent sex columnist Glory Fink went ahead and posted the unedited column on her Website. That’s libelous, editor Ashley Bryan wrote in her SP column. But the editor vows the sex column will return. Meanwhile, SP readers can keep their gray cells engaged mulling hard-hitting editorial pieces such as “Don’t bed your bud.”
The “Pillow Talk” column began as a regular feature in the Printz last year and immediately stirred controversy. And more controversy. And even more controversy. And yet even more controversy.
The Madison County Herald has softened its approach on weekends, explains managing editor Annie Oeth in a recent column. The paper has switched to tabloid on Saturdays and is taking somewhat of a magazine approach with expanded features and photos.
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