It would be difficult, says Christiane Amanpour, for an ambitious correspondent to duplicate her impressive career track these days, simply because networks refuse to spend the necessary dollars to properly cover the world. That’s because the people at the top care more about the bottom line than the news product.
“Network leaders don’t want to spend […]

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Is the African-American point of view under-represented in the mainstream media in Louisville?
That’s not his main point, but it’s something that’s implied in Phillip Bailey’s post on The SOULution, a resource for some really intelligent thought on African-American issues.
Bailey points out that consumer choices for those issues, in terms of mainstream media, are limited to […]

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Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent, will be in Louisville next week, and you can join her for lunch.
She’ll discuss journalism, politics and world events with area journalists in an event sponsored by the Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. That’s a pretty big deal.
The award-winning reporter will appear in an informal setting […]

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Buzz Bissinger is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights and an excellent writer. He’s also a jerk who can’t come to grips with the future of media, as evidenced by last week’s tirade on Bob Costas’ show on HBO. Bissinger used plenty of profanity in attacking Will Leitch, the 32-year-old founder of the […]

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This is what society has been reduced to: commentary about the mind blowing earthquake that was felt in Louisville and other areas of the state posted on YouTube.

The end is nigh, people! The end timers are right. Yer all gonna die. Just check WHAS11’s website for details. They even claim […]

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When the city’s journalism awards come out next year, I expect Stephen George’s lengthy examination of the Sojourn Church to be at the top of the list of prize-winners.

In this week’s cover story, George tries to square all the good (community activism, cleaning up areas of the city, hip music, energetic leadership) with the bad […]

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There was little news to cover yesterday until an airplane crashed in the front yard of a home on Valletta Road near Bowman Field. Seemed a simple assignment for news teams. Go to the site, interview witnesses, try to find out what happened.
You’d think every media outlet would obtain the same information, but WHAS’ Joe […]

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On Tuesday night, the Kentucky Associated Press handed out its awards for Broadcasting Excellence. The competition is divided into two categories — one for Louisville and Lexington, and one for everybody else.
As awards shows go, this one doesn’t get much notice. In fact, you don’t hear much about them unless the winners bring it up […]

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Journalists, and others, interested in the intricacies of open records and open meetings and how to cover them are invited to the Courier-Journal Wednesday for a talk on the topic from two experts — attorneys Jon Fleischaker and Jim Adams.
The event is sponsored by the local Society of Professional Journalists chapter, and it’s free to […]

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Leaner, Thinner C-J: It’s a subtle change, but you should notice the C-J’s margins have thinned, preparing you, or those of you who still read the print version of the paper, for a move to a smaller-size newspaper.
Gamble on Gambling: No, there’s no reason to think gaming in Kentucky is going to move forward in […]

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In the ongoing race to see who can most exploit the weather for dollars as often as possible, it looks like the Courier-Journal has gotten the one-up on WHAS11 news.
How? Well, by exploiting the reporter being exploited by the television station that is exploiting the weather. The Great, Giant, Scary, Awful Flood of […]

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Rick wrote about it last week in LEO.
Now the Courier-Journal’s new look is live and I think it sucks. Drab colors, doesn’t at all feel like a newspaper, difficult to find breaking news as it’s all subdued under a pastel “LATEST HEADLINES” section - and speaking of headlines, only the headlines of stories (the […]

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Did you notice somebody’s got a chip on his/her shoulder over there at Velocity, the C-J-owned faux weekly? Oops. I just called them a “faux” weekly. Maybe the V.V. will get mentioned in the “Losers” section of the paper next week.
A sorry attempt at clever writing has backfired on the V-Boys and Girls with the […]

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This isn’t going to be one of those “I hate recruiting news” posts, though I can assure you I’m not that interested in the big news of the day in college basketball around here — that a 6-5 guard from Rhode Island named Mike Marra has committed to Louisville. For 2009.
Apparently, though, it’s significant-enough news […]

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This morning, the C-J launched The Sportswriter’s Almanac, a project in which sports columnist Eric Crawford vows to produce an audio podcast every day. Wow. Remember when it used to be enough to simply write a column for the paper?
Crawford told the story of how he passed on the original opportunity to write about Patrick […]

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This morning, David Hawpe writes in the C-J about a letter he received from an unnamed high school junior, apparently an intelligent young man caught in a First Amendment quandary. He wants to expose some poor management decisions at his unnamed school, but fears some sort of reprisal if his name is exposed. So he […]

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Warning: This post is about the demise of newspapering. You know, that thing you used to have delivered to your front porch every morning.
Actually, figuring you might have some time on your hands today, I’m sending you to my favorite magazine, Esquire, which has published a brilliantly written piece by David Simon, formerly a reporter […]

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Two years ago, more than 80 people working in the broadcast industry signed a letter to the General Assembly asking for support of legislation to end the practice of using non-compete clauses for broadcast personnel. The letter included a who’s who of on-air talent, including anchors, reporters, and meteorologists from every major local TV station.
The […]

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Ryan Alessi wrote a detailed story about the money infamous 527 group Bluegrass Freedom Fund raised in 2007. The story didn’t mention the names of any staff members or affiliates, which surprised us quite a bit as they’re relevant to the story. BFF is headed by Achim Bergmann– Bruce Lunsford’s main advisor […]

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Yesterday, WHAS-TV started promoting a “special report” on restaurant sanitation that it plans to air tonight (Thursday) on its 6 p.m. newscast. That got the attention of our pal Steve Coomes, the editor of our new food and dining blog — Ville Voice Eats. So, without further adieu, we invite you to go and read […]

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