Props to Mr. Mercedes

Kudos to the props team behind the Mr. Mercedes TV series for this flash of the very fictional Bridgton Post.

Love the tabloid headline! Whoever wrote this may have a career on a copy desk somewhere out in the real world.

Funny that the Post has s LATE CITY FINAL. Not too many papers have a multiple editions these days. I guess that in TV land, anything’s possible for a small-town newspaper.

Mr. Mercedes is an excellent book written by Stephen King. I’m glad to see the TV series is following in its footsteps.

Patron Saint of Newspapers?

Google Patron Saint of Newspapers and the results include Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe, St. Francis de Sales, Paul the Apostle (all good Catholic saints) and even Warren Buffett  shows up!

But here’s one guy that doesn’t show up:

You can’t think of Superman without thinking of Clark Kent and you can’t think of Clark Kent without thinking about The Daily Planet.

For my money, there ought to be a small statue of Supes on top of every Jurno’s monitor.

Superman depicts strength, bravery, courage, inner-peace, justice and helpfulness. He’s someone that you can rely or depend upon. To wit:

New life for an old newspaper building

Back in the day, the building housed The Atlanta Constitution. Today, there are trees growing on the roof and terraces. Tomorrow, it may be home to apartments, commercial space and restaurants.
 Michael Kahn, Curbed Atlanta

Developers have finally going to revive the old newspaper building that has been empty since the early Seventies. Located directly across the street from the MARTA Five Points station, it has the potential for greatness for downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first moved across the tracks to their “new” building and has since left that building, in 2010,  for new (leased) digs in Dunwoody, Ga.

Plans call for the building to house 67,000 square feet of loft office space, 2,500 square feet of ground floor retail, and a rooftop restaurant. An adjoining residential building will be constructed, with 112 residential units and 142 parking spaces.

Atlanta Curbed has the scoop on this story.

 

Newspaper clichés are still funny

Spotted in today’s funny pages: Liō.

How many newspaper clichés can you spot? I’m surprised the editor is not smoking a cigar! Still, it’s funny thanks to cartoonist Mark Tatulli.

 

Front Page kudos, part 2

I hope there was not a lot of debate in the newsroom when someone suggested this cover. A real no-brainer. Let’s do it!

Great job!!

Front Page kudos!

Kudos to The Register Guard for blowing out the Front Page with a stellar eclipse photo.

They also put out a mighty fine special commemorative section full of photos, a real keepsake that I’m sure sold a lot of copies. Also, I can guarantee that these will end up in people’s attics to be dredged up decades from now by yet-to-be born generations who will be amazed at the coverage.

Let’s see you do that Internets!

Great job!

End of the Voice

 

Sad news here. Apparently The Village Voice is going to kill their dead-tree issue.

Read more about it here in The New York Times.

Sad. So many memories of reading this and feeling like I was in the cool crowd.

A summer “Whiteout” in Minnesota

This week, more than 200 newspapers across the state of Minnesota will publish no news on their front pages. This “Whiteout” is taking place during Minnesota Newspaper Week, Aug. 13-19, a part of the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s yearlong celebration of its 150th Anniversary.

Read more about it here.

So you think you’re so smart?

Shall we play a game?

If you’re up on your fictional newspapers, head over to this site to play the game!

Or click the Give Up link and it will auto-fill the answers.

We need newspaper!

 

You don’t often see this — a plea for newspapers. Well, at lest the animals still appreciated newspapers