Monthly Archives: November 2020

It’s always ‘beer-o-clock’ at my old newspaper

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Saw this on Google maps Street View:

Google Maps

This is the former home of the Estes-Park Trail-Gazette, or as we used to fondly call it, the Estes-Park Elk-Head Gazette:

I believe they’re dropped the elk head from the web edition, but I do see it pop up every once in a while. The Flag was designed by Terry Licence, our publisher,

Anyway, the old sod is now the home of The Barrel, a craft beer & wine eatery.

In the first photo, the newsroom and production department was on the right side of the building, where the awnings are located.

Double doors are “new” meaning they were not there when I worked at the newspaper.

The door on the far right was glass and I sat right in front of it for many years. In the summer, I would prop it open with my trash can to catch a breeze. I recall getting pissed off at people who walk by and throw their trash in it!

COVID-19 reality check

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Such a sad, sad time. I would not have liked to have had to copy edit 10 pages of obituaries.

Colleen Kelly on Twitter: Senior Digital Editor @StarTribune ~ News, audience engagement and social media strategy

And the results are not quite in

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Big events call for big hedlines! Newspapers did not disappoint this morning. Some clever heds are out there, but can Newspapers sustain as the vote count drags on for days, weeks or, and I really hope not, months?

As always, images are copyrighted by the Newspapers and are from my good friends over at the Newseum. Head on over to see them all.

Nailbiter or nail-biter? You decide.

And from our overseas Newspapers

Everybody’s favorite Newspaper editor (at least in the Spider-verse)

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Tough, gruff, and loud, J. Jonah Jameson is a force to be reckoned with in the boardroom and on the front pages of the Daily Bugle.

As the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Jameson is a perennial thorn in the side for both Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

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Happy Election Day!

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As always, Front Page images are property of each of these Newspapers. Thanks to be good friends over at the Newseum for the images.

Stay turned for tomorrow edition of Election Night Front Pages.

And in the future, I’m sure I’ll have some before (he wins) and after (He really lost) Front Pages.

Traditional coverage, for the most part

Some fear mongering …

Nice graphics!

From our overseas friends:

This is why I don’t like advertising on Front Pages (because it looks like the Newspaper is endorsing a candidate on a news page)