Word: columning
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LAST SUMMER, the gossip column in The Chicago Tribune reported that a news director at the city's ABC owned and operated station hall instructed his staff to pay close attention to USA Today for possible stories. The implication was clear: WLS-TV was looking for a new influx of light, superficial stories to bolster its sagging ratings. Several years ago, the station had pioneered the so-called "happy talk" style of local news featuring the likes of the ever-smiling and recently fired Good Morning, America weatherman John Coleman. But the item so angered the news director that...
Actually, the Tribune's gossip columnists need not have looked farther than the page on which their column appears to see if USA Today had affected Chicago journalism. And whether or not it has might concern Boston readers because the Gannett chain began circulation of the paper in the New England area last week...
Just after USA Today's arrival in Chicago, the Tribune underwent a few cosmetic changes. On the back page of its first section, inches away from the gossip column, one finds the Tribune's new color-coded weather map, not unlike USA Today's weather page. The latter includes not only three-day forecasts for each state but also the local phone numbers for the national weather service in sixteen American cities. Moreover, the Tribune's front page now includes a boxed "here's-what's-inside"-like column, with a friendly "Good Morning" at its top. Each...
...airport. With a few modifications, Khon-kar's cars carry their passengers in as stately a manner in the desert as they did in the fog. To fend off the heat, their black bodies have been painted white, and air conditioners have been installed. The steering column has been shifted from right to left, and the chuggy diesel motors used in London have been replaced with smoother-running gasoline engines. Although the London cabs have an ungainly body style, passengers appreciate their contour seats, high roofs and wide doors. Says one American visitor to Jidda: "One sits high...
...independent," he says, "would clearly help the present Administration." Instead, he will use his following to persuade the Democratic nominee to support his positions on voting rights, affirmative action and other issues. If the nominee is agreeable, then Jackson will work to deliver votes into the Democratic column. "If the party is forth coming, I'd put jet fuel in my butt," he promises...