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Crespo said he does not plan to focus on changing the HLR’s structure or article selection process when he takes over at Gannett House, the journal’s headquarters on the Harvard Law School campus, but rather that one of his top priorities will be to increase diversity in the newsroom and to improve outreach. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...knot of female designers hit the workbench with one thought: the days of shortening a set of men's skis, slapping some pink paint on them and palming them off on women were over. "We don't design jockstraps, so why should men design women's skis?" jokes Alison Gannett, a Head representative and ski designer in Crested Butte, Colo...
...publishers are adapting to the ubiquitous availability of raw information. ? To expand their audiences, papers are launching Spanish editions, free commuter dailies and glossy magazine inserts. ? By launching writer blogs and posting rough drafts of cartoons and editorials online, some editors are encouraging more community involvement. ? Gannett has announced a new "crowd-sourcing" policy, enabling editors to draw on reporting from readers...
Some believe that the answer is to restore local ownership. Newspapers were born free, and yet everywhere they are in chains, like Gannett. Fueled by noblesse oblige and municipal pride, a wealthy local won't need to squeeze the last dollar out of the business. Just look at the Sulzbergers of the New York Times and the Grahams of the Washington Post. Ah, but there is a difference between folks who get rich owning a newspaper and folks who get rich and then buy a newspaper. As a rule, rich folks don't buy expensive toys for other people...
...Mike Madden (mike_madden@mac.com) covers government and politics for Gannett News Service...