Archive for January 27th, 2008

Dispatches

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Josh Berger has joined the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville as a staff reporter…More on Sam Hall, who recently resigned as publisher of The Demopolis Times in Alabama: We’re told he’s joined the campaign staff of former Congressman Ronnie Shows, who earlier joined the fray to succeed retiring Congressman Chip PickeringTunica Times publisher Brooks Taylor was the speaker at the local Rotary Club recently.

AMW: After Mid-Winter

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Newspapers are beginning to report their wins following the annual Better Newspaper Contest-Ad Division results were announced Saturday in Jackson.

  • The Natchez Democrat touts its 21 wins, including a first place for Advertising Excellence.
  • The Hattiesburg American took a lucky 13 home.

Centenarian still reading hometown paper

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

From the Longmont (CO) Daily Times-Call: No one can confirm whether this curiosity and willingness to change helped him reach the milestone. But Ernest Clark’s marathon life story sparkles with moments when he realized he could learn to be a better man.

The latest example began a couple of years ago when the Mississippi native — who moved to Longmont in August — wandered into the Winston County Journal newsroom in Louisville, Miss.

Clark’s parents took out a subscription 114 years earlier when the paper launched, and he grew up reading it. Though his career was split between public education and aviation, Clark wanted in his golden years to try journalism.

“After a hundred years of livin’, you don’t have much trouble (coming up with story ideas),” he said, chuckling.

Ole Miss DOJ adds blog

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The Department of Journalism has added a new blog to its Website.