I think everyone knew, when it was announced a few days before Christmas that Laurel Champion, MLive’s general manager for Southeast Michigan, would be leaving the organization, that something was up. Champion, after all, had been with the digital media company since the very beginning… since the moment when she, as the Publisher of the […]
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A “terrible blow to journalism, ” MLive cuts 29 jobs at a time when Michigan desperately needs quality reporting
Posted in Michigan, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ann Arbor News, AnnArbor.com, click bait, digital media, EAA, Flint, Flint Journal, Flint water crisis, future of journalism, gag orders, Jen Eyer, Jenn McKee, Jessica Webster, John Counts, journalism, Julie Taylor, Koch brothers, Laurel Champion, libraries, media consolidation, MLive, Newhouse, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, Paula Gardner, Rick Snyder, SB 571, the sad state of journalism, transparency 49 Comments
On death, bikes, cancer and the practice of aggressive moderation
Continuing our conversation on local news sites and their policies concerning the removal of people’s comments, it’s been brought to my attention that the recently launched AnnArbor.com site is already making good on their promise to “aggressively moderate” the contributions of their readers. Apparently, yesterday, reader comments following a short article on the tragic death […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Media, Michigan, Other Also tagged aggressive moderation, AnnArbor.com, art, bicycles, bike racks, cancer, childhood memories, eye-witness accounts, fatal accidents, Jim Knight, life and death, lungs, Tim Furstnau, Tony Dearing, Two Fell Swoops 53 Comments