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charles apple
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Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Posts: 3734
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Posted:
Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:31 am
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Chicago Sun-Times editor John Barron informed his staff today that the Sun-Times had been named by Editor & Publisher as one of their sixth annual "10 That Do It Right" list.
The article, allegedly to be posted Friday by E&P's Greg Mitchell, as relayed by Barron:
| Quote: | ...We are not honoring the "10 Best" newspapers, but 10 papers that can serve as a model for others in one (or several) important areas: Editorial. Community awareness. Marketing. Tech. Attractive design. Online innovations. Diversity in coverage and in hiring. Once again, in our search and evaluation, we found much to like across the U.S.A.
Chicago Sun-Times
That's right, the Chicago Sun-Times: The Audit-Bureau-censured, old-offices-razed-for-a-Trump-vanity-project, allegedly-looted-by-its-ex- publisher, Hollinger-can't-seem-to-give-it-away Chicago Sun-Times.
During two hellish years that would have driven other newsrooms into a permanent funk, the Sun-Times has proven itself the Little Tabloid That Could. More than 14 months after Publisher John Cruickshank discovered his paper had been inflating its circ numbers - and did his best to
rectify the situation with angry advertisers - the Sun-Times demonstrates that a newspaper stripped of its marketing budget (among countless other things) can nevertheless prevail by relying on editorial content: aggressive reporting, colorful personalities, and a mischievious sense of fun.
Of course, for the hard-luck Sun-Times, no good deed goes unpunished. It deserved a Pulitzer Prize this year: No winner actually accomplished as much for its hometown as the continuing "Clout on Wheels" series reported by Tim Novak and Steve Warmbir. So far, 27 people (among them 14 city workers) have been charged in the Hired Truck scandal, which paid "insider" dump trucks to sit idle at job sites. And when Time magazine was crowning Richard M. Daley as one of the nation's best mayors, the Sun-Times corruption reporting was eroding the Son of Boss' once-unassailable political fortress. "The investigation continues full throttle," promises Editor in Chief John Barron.
But the Sun-Times is no one-trick pony. It delivers an editorial package seasoned with the kind of personality that's been drained away at too many papers. Everyone in America knows two of its writers, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper. Even more remarkable is the paper's deep bench of columnists, from celebrity disher Bill Zwecker to the bubbly Paige Wiser, to graceful sportswriter Rick Telander and the increasingly deserving occupant of Mike Royko's old page 2 space, Mark Brown.
Then there's the love-'em-or-loathe-'em trio of pugnacious sports commentator Jay Marriotti, who, in Spinal Tap fashion, has an 11 on his volume knob; Neil Steinberg, undoubtedly the only columnnist to describe himself in print as a "mouthy Jew"; and columnist Mary Mitchell, who's brilliantly insightful, except when she's blood-pressure-raisingly wrong, wrong, wrong.
Newsrooms across America should honor the Sun-Times' touching faith in deliverance by journalism by erecting little shrines to the tabloid, where reporters could pray like devotees of St. Jude, the patron of lost causes. |
That's a hell of a compliment, Robb. Congratulations!
If you're an E&P subscriber, read it here Friday:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000969560
E&P will probably post some sort of story on its free site shortly. More -- including the entire list of ten -- as we know more.
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editor
VizEds Moderator
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 155
Location: online - always online . . .
Posted:
Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:35 pm
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By E&P Staff
Published: June 30, 2005 12:24 PM ET
NEW YORK E&P announced Thursday its annual awards for the "10 That Do It Right."
In revealing the list in the July issue of the magazine, Editor Greg Mitchell explains, "We're not honoring the '10 Best' newspapers, but 10 papers that can serve as a model for others in one or several important areas: Editorial. Community awareness. Marketing. Tech. Attractive Design. Online innovations. Diversity in coverage and in hiring. Once again, in our search and evaluation, we found much to like across the U.S.A."
This is the sixth year E&P has awarded these honors. The 2005 winners -- and a briefly stated primary reason they were selected -- follow. Articles about each of the newspapers are available on this Web site now to subscribers only in the Print section.
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.): For editorial advances, signaled by two recent Pulitzer Prizes.
News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.): For encouraging blogs, reader feedback, and citizen journalism with its revamped Web site.
Columbia Missourian: For serving as a laboratory for the newspaper industry and for its innovative use of Electronic Media Print (EmPRINT).
Reflejos (Arlington Heights, Ill.): For its suburban strategy, boosting distribution, and implementing a colorful new redesign.
Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.): For its circulation growth and innovative approaches to gaining younger readers.
Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.): Because its 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning story was far from its first excellent investigative piece.
Asbury Park Press (Neptune, N.J.): For skillfully capturing the essence of the community, improving design, and tackling serious issues.
Noblesville Daily Times (Ind.): For launching a successful broadsheet in 90 days during a time of readership sluggishness.
Your Mom (Davenport, Iowa): For being an edgy new publication that speaks to a younger generation.
Chicago Sun-Times: An odd choice, given the 2004 circulation scandal (which its new publisher revealed himself) and Hollinger controversies? Yes, but this is in recognition of how it has recovered this year: confessing its sins, making good with advertisers, increasing bodies in the newsroom, revamping its newspaper cluster, and providing a lot of aggressive, and fun, journalism.
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E&P subscribers can access the complete stories behind these picks. |
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