- You could hear the surprise in newsrooms across the South...Emory University is closing its Journalism School. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported the program had been growing, but apparently not fast enough. Tough time for all such programs...how (and what!) do you teach in times like these? And speaking of:
- The TDAW newspapers (The Alabama Media Group) are trying to shore up their Western flank in the latest Q and A column, addressing concerns of readers in Mississippi about the Press-Register coverage of news for that state when it goes to three days a week. "Best of both worlds" is their conclusion.
- Meanwhile, local electronic media is the focus of news and gossip websites that report the latest on-air staff comings and goings. The sites include one called Alabama NewsWatch, which goes about its business anonymously. Another one, called Montgomery TV and Radio at least includes the names of the two people who run it...one works for the Alabama Department of Transportation, the other for the Southern Baptist Convention. Unfortunately, it allows anonymous comments, usually cracks about on-air folks (fat, old, ugly...just like what you might hear from middle school boys in the locker room). Most of the comments are also likely from the competition. Currently, the site is running a poll of the "best" reporters and anchors...and like all internet polling, it is completely unscientific and meaningless.
And I say that regardless of who "wins".
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of TimLennox.com]
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