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5 things I think I think about today's St. Pete Times
The absolute, hands-down best story in today’s Times is about my good friend Siobhan Harley, who became a US citizen just one day after quarterbacking Bob Buckhorn’s campaign to a decisive victory. It...
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5 things I think about today's St. Pete Times (4/18)
The good folks at First Avenue South are holding their collective breaths today until thePulitzerPrizes are announced later today. Don’t look for the Times to win any first-place trophies, says this...
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5 things I think I think about today's St. Pete Times
First of all congratulations to Eric Deggans for being named a finalist for a Sunshine State Award. I’m not exactly sure why more Times reporters and staff aren’t finalists. It’s almost as if the Times...
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5 things I think I think about today’s St. Pete Times and other media
A sincere thank-you to the Times‘ Adam Smith for attending Friday’s Quorum. We all got what we wanted out of his attendance: he was able to interview controversial US Senate candidate Col. Mike...
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5 things I think I think about today's St. Pete Times and other media
The Times editorial board’s inability to grasp local politics
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Five things I think I think about today's St. Petersburg Times and other media
Glenn Marson, the editorial page editor for The Ledger, in a Sunday column in that paper, offers one of the most heart-felt, yet damning criticisms of the Times‘ re-branding. Marson’s bona fides on...
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Thank the good Lord! Ernest Hooper to become Times' Brandon bureau chief...
What wonderful news to end the year! Tampa Bay Times
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5 things I think I think about today’s Tampa Bay Times
Today is a big day for Tampa Bay’s media community: Journalists from four continents converge today on the Tampa Bay Times Forum for their first look at the view they will have of the Republican...
View ArticleThis is what passes for the lead metro column in today’s Tampa Bay Times…
This is what passes for insightful commentary from Ernest Hooper, the lead metro columnist in today’s Tampa Bay Times. Last paragraph (before his ridiculous sign-off of “That’s all I’m saying” — as if...
View Article5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times
I was ghastly ill over the weekend (why do I always get sick in May?), so today’s edition is a blend of commentary from Sunday and Monday’s editions of the St. Petersburg Times. As always, the best...
View Article5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/14)
Monday’s St. Petersburg Times reminds me why I relented and signed up for a subscription. Of course, the horrifying stories of the Church of Scientology urging women to have abortions is must-read....
View Article5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/28)
I’m not the only blog-reporter upset with the St. Petersburg Times and the way it interacts with the online community. Last week, I shared a drink at St. Pete Brasserie with Elizabeth Dougherty of Eat...
View ArticleAt economic lunch, Bob Buckhorn blasts ‘Koch Brothers led ideology’ in...
Bob Buckhorn announced last month that he won’t run for governor next year, saying it wasn’t worth separating himself from his family over the next couple of years. It’s certainly not for lack of how...
View Article5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times
I was ghastly ill over the weekend (why do I always get sick in May?), so today’s edition is a blend of commentary from Sunday and Monday’s editions of the St. Petersburg Times. As always, the best...
View Article5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/14)
Monday’s St. Petersburg Times reminds me why I relented and signed up for a subscription. Of course, the horrifying stories of the Church of Scientology urging women to have abortions is must-read. But...
View Article5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/28)
I’m not the only blog-reporter upset with the St. Petersburg Times and the way it interacts with the online community. Last week, I shared a drink at St. Pete Brasserie with Elizabeth Dougherty of Eat...
View ArticleAt economic lunch, Bob Buckhorn blasts ‘Koch Brothers led ideology’ in...
Bob Buckhorn announced last month that he won’t run for governor next year, saying it wasn’t worth separating himself from his family over the next couple of years. It’s certainly not for lack of how...
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