Entries from lucasgrindley.com blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'Bad Ideas'

Ignoring and undermining the public's right to know

Peter Scheer used a full-page column in PRESSTIME to seriously suggest a 24-hour embargo for all news online. That way, he says, demand for newspapers will increase. Our thanks to Scheer (who is, ironically, the executive director for the California...

Cutting sports agate means cutting readers

The way to save newspapers isn’t by offering less coverage. The latest example is sports agate, eliminated this time from The Hartford Courant in response to budget cuts. As you know, fans love agate. Isn’t “fan” the root of fanatic?...

And the winner is . . . a waste of time

Howard Owens released a list of online awards for newspaper sites, as judged by a sophisticated panel of one, and asked for some feedback. So, I’ve decided to finally admit . . . I don’t like the TimesCast from Roanoke.com....

Times Select makes money, not sense

First, I have to disclose that I’m a Times Select subscriber despite having vowed never to sign up when they built that paid wall. But, heck, they gave me Times Select for free with my subscription to the weekend paper....