This week another major newspaper, The Rocky Mountain News, shut its doors and stopped its printing presses after 150 years of operations. It is just the latest in a long line of newspapers that have failed recently, and there will be many more to come. As a former reporter, and a journalism major in college, [...]
Archive for March 1st, 2009
The Death Spiral of Daily Newspapers
Posted in College, Reflections, Work, tagged Journalism, News media, newspapers on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gilbert Neal (Part I)
Posted in Family, Growing Up, tagged Family, Growing Up on March 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My grandfather, Gilbert Neal, was born 111 years ago today, on March 1, 1898. He always said he “blew in with the first of March.” His life story is the stuff of family legend. He was born to a poor family on a hardscrabble farm near Gilbertsville, Kentucky, and was named after the town. His [...]
Italian Journal, Day 3
Posted in Family, Healthcare Reform, Travel, World, tagged Family, Italian Journal, Italy, Rome, Travel, weather, World on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
June 11, 2003: Today is our last day in Rome, and we split up to do different things. Kish went shopping, and the boys and I headed off to see some of the famous churches . But first, breakfast at the Hotel Carriage — which means, for me, rivers of sweat as I try to [...]
