Over the years, I’ve had a few occasions to pick up the Rocky Mountain News. If there was ever a newspaper that totally captured the essence of a community, this was the one. The Rocky Mountain News had the rugged look and feel of the mountains, and the independent spirit that reflected people who endured and thrived in the wilderness.
Sadly, the Rocky Mountain News was unable to survive. It leaves, however, words of wisdom that should be tacked on the wall of every communications professional everywhere.
Get the news. Tell the truth. Don't be dull.
Try finding that in a focus group.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Charles Gibson and Blogs
I enjoy the site mediabistro.com. Despite the fact it daily reports on the imminent demise of the newspaper industry, it has interesting insights into the news business at the national level, along with some occasional good gossip.
I found this post regarding Charles Gibson unusually pertinent to this forum. For those of you under 30, Charles Gibson is anchor of ABC’s nightly newscast (yes there are still network newscasts).
ABC's Charlie Gibson, not a big fan of blogs, has become the last Big 3 anchor to launch his own.
A gentleman of the Old School, Gibson, 65, says his only concern is the pretentious navel-gazing endemic to the blogosphere. Two words rarely apply there: Unexpressed thought.
"There are a lot of people who think they know things other people want to hear. I'm just not sure I'm one of them," Gibson said. "I think these things can tend to be a little self-serving and self-aggrandizing. That's my only objection to blogs. I don't know that we'll show our dirty linen, but I'll try to be as honest as I can and do a little 'value added' stuff."
He tapped his first entry out in 45 minutes. When he's too jammed up to write, he'll take a pass for that day.
"You can't be a slave to this stuff." He says he would never allow someone else do the blog under his name.
Gibson reads blogs "on occasion;" none regularly. "Is there time in the day to read these things?" He says he checks out Brian Williams' "every once in a while," and Katie Couric's about once a month.
I found this post regarding Charles Gibson unusually pertinent to this forum. For those of you under 30, Charles Gibson is anchor of ABC’s nightly newscast (yes there are still network newscasts).
ABC's Charlie Gibson, not a big fan of blogs, has become the last Big 3 anchor to launch his own.
A gentleman of the Old School, Gibson, 65, says his only concern is the pretentious navel-gazing endemic to the blogosphere. Two words rarely apply there: Unexpressed thought.
"There are a lot of people who think they know things other people want to hear. I'm just not sure I'm one of them," Gibson said. "I think these things can tend to be a little self-serving and self-aggrandizing. That's my only objection to blogs. I don't know that we'll show our dirty linen, but I'll try to be as honest as I can and do a little 'value added' stuff."
He tapped his first entry out in 45 minutes. When he's too jammed up to write, he'll take a pass for that day.
"You can't be a slave to this stuff." He says he would never allow someone else do the blog under his name.
Gibson reads blogs "on occasion;" none regularly. "Is there time in the day to read these things?" He says he checks out Brian Williams' "every once in a while," and Katie Couric's about once a month.
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