Mississippi mentioned only in passing here, but the entry on this Swiss blog on the rise (return? reemergence?) of Refrigerator Journalism is worth the read:
“As we take our weekly look at what newspapers are doing to fit into the new business models pressed upon them by publishers, a new term has popped up – refrigerator journalism – that reminds editors that a newspaper can never be too local…”
From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Speculation that Toyota Motor Corp. might build Prius hybrids in the Bay Area appeared to unravel Thursday when the company announced plans to start Prius production at a Toyota plant already under construction in Mississippi.”
Journal Publishing Co., publisher of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, has acquired the Southern Sentinel in Ripley and the Southern Advocate in Ashland.
The Sentinel, published twice weekly, has served Ripley and Tippah County since 1879 and the Advocate, published weekly, has served Ashland and Benton County since 1904.
“I’m excited about the change,” said Tim Watson, publisher for both newspapers. “We have a talented staff, as evidenced by the 27 editorial awards the Sentinel and Advocate won in this year’s Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, and the 30 MPA advertising awards the two papers won this year.”
The deal comes two years after the Ripley, Ashland and now-defunct Southaven Press were sold to Family Publishing Group. Specifics of the transaction were not disclosed in the DJ article.
J.D. Schwalm, whose photographs spoke thousands of words to readers of The Clarion-Ledger over the past 24 years, died late Thursday afternoon at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland after a 15-month battle with cancer. He was 53.
The newspaper’s editorial board memorialized the photographer in Saturday’s edition: “Schwalm was an old-school journalist who was absolutely fearless in pursuit of a story. But what made his photographs unforgettable was Schwalm’s reliable decency and humanity.”
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