tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post3716652710627510168..comments2024-03-04T12:34:21.190-05:00Comments on Toronto Sun Family: 1971 - 2021: Niagara -1Toronto Sun Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371905107394425335noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-50118744016281907822009-10-11T15:16:22.462-04:002009-10-11T15:16:22.462-04:00Regionalization wouldn't work at weeklies. Tha...Regionalization wouldn't work at weeklies. That won't stop them from ramming it through, however. <br />Who cares what readers want?<br />Who cares communities want?<br />Who cares about the staff's knowledge of their own communities and papers?<br />It's all about how to cut costs and how to print a rag under the banner of a once-proud newspaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-50829881226754598312009-10-10T12:22:34.970-04:002009-10-10T12:22:34.970-04:00So how would regionalisation work for weeklies? Wo...So how would regionalisation work for weeklies? Would it be similar to what happened to dailies where they can only put local content on certain pages? I don't see how these small communities would approve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-45426039689151180612009-10-10T09:13:42.851-04:002009-10-10T09:13:42.851-04:00That survey pops up periodically on many Ontario w...That survey pops up periodically on many Ontario websites.<br />I tried to take it to say the local content of the newspapers was good, but stopped when they insisted on asking which design looked better. As there was no option which said "I like the look of my community paper as it is, leave it alone", I simply closed the window. I'm not going to give these corporate suits any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-38875635646687970092009-10-10T03:06:12.088-04:002009-10-10T03:06:12.088-04:00Timmins is the model: Two reporters, two editors a...Timmins is the model: Two reporters, two editors and a one-man sports department to cover a city of 50,000 and land that extends 900 km north.<br /><br />That's the future of our newsrooms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-81683717803250168422009-10-10T02:46:54.735-04:002009-10-10T02:46:54.735-04:00I had a feeling newsroom regionalisation was going...I had a feeling newsroom regionalisation was going to happen soon. Our publisher had to put together a spreadsheet of every free and paid freelancer we had and the publisher counted every story and photo each reporter did in four weeks. I figured it was a way to weed people out for when our pagination gets regionalized...just not sure when and I hope I'm gone before it happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-2687217699700041182009-10-09T21:30:22.110-04:002009-10-09T21:30:22.110-04:00You wait until newsroom regionalisation begins in ...You wait until newsroom regionalisation begins in 2010. You think there's a dearth of staffers now?... You 'aint seen nothin' yet, folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-73023777533556502052009-10-09T16:33:15.206-04:002009-10-09T16:33:15.206-04:00Uhhh... yes, there are in fact no-man departments ...Uhhh... yes, there are in fact no-man departments in the chain and worse, nobody appears to care. Oh wait, our readers care but they apparently don't matterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-15177958376534617842009-10-09T15:24:31.593-04:002009-10-09T15:24:31.593-04:00The 6:30 p.m. deadline doomed poor Dan.
How can a ...The 6:30 p.m. deadline doomed poor Dan.<br />How can a newspaper with an Ontario Hockey League team even pretend to cover its OHL team with a deadline like that?<br />I feel awful for that newspaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-11307853091406730172009-10-09T00:08:22.186-04:002009-10-09T00:08:22.186-04:00The Falls sports department is a one-man departmen...The Falls sports department is a one-man department - no one to replace him there at allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-46278944252349829982009-10-08T23:45:52.187-04:002009-10-08T23:45:52.187-04:00That ad is on the western websites as well. It'...That ad is on the western websites as well. It's a survey on where readers want to see their paper go. It gives you 3 choices for a front cover and 3 for the inside pages. None of them are spectacular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-47330229561310936492009-10-08T23:07:36.627-04:002009-10-08T23:07:36.627-04:00Typical.
I know of another sport editor (see: dem...Typical.<br /><br />I know of another sport editor (see: demoralized yet smart) who is preparing to leave the industry completely at a sister newspaper.<br /><br />How sad.<br /><br />Can you imagine what would happen if a newspaper paid their workers well, provided a great working environment for them to thrive in creatively, and produced a beautiful product by investing in suitable technologiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-50589227855980109802009-10-08T19:39:44.727-04:002009-10-08T19:39:44.727-04:00Noticed this on The Peterborough Examiner website,...Noticed this on The Peterborough Examiner website, don't see it on others, a popup add which takes you to a reader survey:<br /><br />https://www.yournewsviews.ca/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-24486598107587271462009-10-08T17:49:31.621-04:002009-10-08T17:49:31.621-04:00OK, so I'm confused - is Niagara Falls a one-m...OK, so I'm confused - is Niagara Falls a one-man department (i.e. sports editor/reporter) or a two-man department (i.e. editor AND reporter)? <br />If it's the latter, well, his position might not be replaced. <br /><br />If it's the former, then yeah, he'll be replaced. No doubt about it. And I'm pretty sure he didn't leave because he was worried about his job being cut. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-88884345446374687492009-10-08T17:32:47.098-04:002009-10-08T17:32:47.098-04:00I'm sure they won't replace him. We lost o...I'm sure they won't replace him. We lost our sports reporter back in February and we were told there was no money to replace him. We also have no money for freelancers either. I just wonder where that reporter's salary went? Probably in PKP's pocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-84742519283439347712009-10-08T14:56:54.791-04:002009-10-08T14:56:54.791-04:00And so it continues... and I bet the position won&...And so it continues... and I bet the position won't be replaced either, leaving another paper scrambling and pissing off readers.<br /><br />Smart move on the reporter, get out while you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-32363304469549385722009-10-08T14:51:05.177-04:002009-10-08T14:51:05.177-04:00Wonder if they'll fill the hole left by sports...Wonder if they'll fill the hole left by sports reporter/editor Dan Dakin, seeing as he is the sports department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com