tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4905172473062328469..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Cincy | Publisher Buchanan's boss orders a re-writeJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1756664228324450212011-11-15T19:55:26.721-05:002011-11-15T19:55:26.721-05:008:19 asked: "Where were her comments about co...8:19 asked: "Where were her comments about complaints regarding the lack of real news content..."<br /><br />It's easy to blame the copy desk. It's much harder to fix the other stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18571700851538760212011-11-15T13:16:03.835-05:002011-11-15T13:16:03.835-05:00She does come across as cold and anti-social. Howe...She does come across as cold and anti-social. However, I don't think she'd be happy in a room by herself because then she would have no one to belittle or lord over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19986985612978526452011-11-15T13:12:35.412-05:002011-11-15T13:12:35.412-05:00I wish corporate would hurry up and promote MB to ...I wish corporate would hurry up and promote MB to headquarters. Publisher material she's not. She's not even a good manager. Hard to be one when you don't like people and view them as cost centers. She'd be happiest being in a room by herself, reviewing reports, sending out email directives and receiving visitors only to take fresh coffee, lunch and dry cleaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58224917600133199662011-11-14T21:08:34.184-05:002011-11-14T21:08:34.184-05:00Carolyn couldn't raise newsroom morale with a ...Carolyn couldn't raise newsroom morale with a jack. Margaret heard more than "some of that" if the comments are any indication of how frustrated readers are with that product. You cannot cut all the good people that have been cut from the newsroom without a serious decline in quality which is what has happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64605496275280453402011-11-14T20:19:53.849-05:002011-11-14T20:19:53.849-05:00And to top all of it off, Carolyn sent out an emai...And to top all of it off, Carolyn sent out an email telling news staff to watch their typos, etc. She said:<br /><br />"I am getting a growing number of complaints from readers about sloppy copy, online and in print. Misspellings. Poor grammar. Poor sentence structure. Margaret heard some of that today in reader responses to her column."<br /><br />Where were her comments about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71294245514531167452011-11-14T12:40:46.991-05:002011-11-14T12:40:46.991-05:00The number of comments from readers have topped 16...The number of comments from readers have topped 160 and I only managed to find one that said nice things about the Enquirer.<br />Most were like this:<br />"Reprinting whole pages from USA Today is why I will never again waste money on the Enquirer. The reporting is routinely awful, the writing is worse, spelling and grammar are of juvenile texting quality, and the lack of local news Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41223907370535441542011-11-14T12:19:15.311-05:002011-11-14T12:19:15.311-05:00To 12:06 p.m.
Buchanan loves to put her spin on t...To 12:06 p.m.<br /><br />Buchanan loves to put her spin on things like the Weekend section. For the past five years, she has been cutting the heck out of the section which explains why a major metro daily has one reporter and symphony, theater and food critics in its weekend and life department. As Bugs Bunny says: "That's all folks."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35091822772667613182011-11-14T12:06:35.004-05:002011-11-14T12:06:35.004-05:00Must be "new math" at work in Buchanan&#...Must be "new math" at work in Buchanan's vanity piece, because - for the life of me - I cannot see how the "bigger & bolder" 12-page broadsheet WEEKEND section can be larger than the 64-page WEEKEND tab that readers were getting from fall 2005-2008. A section that Buchanan oversaw the improvements on when the expanded version debuted. <br /><br />In my world, when youLois Lanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78514698345371360732011-11-14T10:09:42.884-05:002011-11-14T10:09:42.884-05:00Jim, on your original post: too much coffee dude. ...Jim, on your original post: too much coffee dude. And remind me again what your (seemingly constantly moving) rules are about what kind of language you allow and who you will allow to be abused?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10196662814476760772011-11-14T09:55:03.693-05:002011-11-14T09:55:03.693-05:00As a cincy resident, I wish she would commit to sh...As a cincy resident, I wish she would commit to showing more nightclub pictures as the main story on the web site. 4 days a week of cleavage and gay bar openings is not enough! I demand more meaningless nightclub photos! There is nothing else in this town, ignore the story lines behind some of the most interesting and scandal-filled politics in the country, some of the most vibrant neighborhoods Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42582267626953027602011-11-14T07:09:53.025-05:002011-11-14T07:09:53.025-05:00Over 130 comments on Marvelous Maggie's piece ...Over 130 comments on Marvelous Maggie's piece in Sunday Enquirer. None compliment her or the Enquirer. Most see right through what's happened in Cincinnati with the wholesale layoff of top editors and good reporters.<br />This comment appears to sum it all up.<br />"I turn to The Enquirer frequently as an online news source, and certainly appreciate its presence. I find that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6100840342050818672011-11-14T06:20:30.792-05:002011-11-14T06:20:30.792-05:00Buchanan and her toadies, Carolyn Washburn and Jul...Buchanan and her toadies, Carolyn Washburn and Julie Engebrecht, are not beacons of enlightened journalism. Washburn loves to hear herself talk and immediately came in and started cutting people, including reporters, something Tom Callinan would not do. The newspaper's reporting ranks are so decimated that routine jobs, weekend coverage, back up police coverage, obits etc., are shared by cityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78842755376807386802011-11-13T19:21:42.436-05:002011-11-13T19:21:42.436-05:00What a self-serving, self-promoting advertorial di...What a self-serving, self-promoting advertorial disguised as a column. The Enquirer pads its circulation numbers with various promotional schemes. Are we really to believe that the Sunday circ of one of the worst big-city newspapers in America has gone up when most have gone down? <br /><br />Buchanan all but admits that editorial independence means nothing at the Enquirer. She writes that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75038005289922455212011-11-13T19:13:53.790-05:002011-11-13T19:13:53.790-05:00Not defending the piece at all, but the post here ...Not defending the piece at all, but the post here by Jim was confusing. Must be a slow news day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16381820934203420802011-11-13T19:00:46.366-05:002011-11-13T19:00:46.366-05:00The jump page headline…
Buchanan:
We’re
listenin...The jump page headline…<br /><br />Buchanan:<br />We’re <br />listening<br />to you<br /><br />and her close, “I’d love to hear what you think” made me laugh out loud as she’s well known for doing quite the opposite. <br /><br />And perhaps that explains why publicly quantifying how much they’re “up” was left out as surely someone editing it must have asked the same question. If not, then that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19619903032645545952011-11-13T18:25:58.594-05:002011-11-13T18:25:58.594-05:00Good editing, Jim. Why don't you take a look a...Good editing, Jim. Why don't you take a look at this one, too: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/11/10/20111110season-for-sharing-partnership-zidich.html<br /><br />You can ask, for example, how this year's campaign compares to those of past years. A hint: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/04/03/20110403season-for-sharing-raises-money.html (The Gannett Foundation used Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35794923760113457102011-11-13T17:41:39.057-05:002011-11-13T17:41:39.057-05:00I am not a journalist, but even I could tell that ...I am not a journalist, but even I could tell that was a poorly written piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59081155630680217792011-11-13T17:06:46.320-05:002011-11-13T17:06:46.320-05:00What a joke. Want to improve your service to the c...What a joke. Want to improve your service to the community? Hire some people to produce the news. Or at least, stop laying them off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86016922624898661622011-11-13T16:18:35.972-05:002011-11-13T16:18:35.972-05:00I was a business news editor for many years.I was a business news editor for many years.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90409474237482370802011-11-13T16:14:18.916-05:002011-11-13T16:14:18.916-05:00Wow dude, I thought only I went off like that.Wow dude, I thought only I went off like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com