Sunday, April 28, 2024
Sunday Morning in the Blogosphere
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What's lost when newspapers die - Star Tribune Minnesota’s first newspaper is 175 years old - Pioneer Press Documentary exposes how ...
Today in Labor History April 28th, 2024
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181-192 (sources differ) workers died in a coal mine collapse disaster at Eccles, West Virginia. The mine was owned by the Guggenheim fami...
Important Events From This day in History April 28
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1947 Peru Kon-Tiki Expedition 1947: A Norwegian expedition including 5 Norwegians and a Swede headed by Thor Heyerdahl set out on the raft...
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Today in Labor History April 27th, 2024
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Bread and Roses Strike The first strike for the 10 hour day occurred on this date by Boston carpenters. – 1825 1,450 paroled Union POWs di...
Important Events From This day in History April 27
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1954 USA Movie "White Christmas" 1954: The Movie White Christmas featuring the songs of Irving Berlin, including the Title Song ...
Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere
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Joe Media bought out of administration for second time - Press Gazette Is there a feud between the White House and New York Times? - Poy...
Friday, April 26, 2024
Today in Labor History April 26th, 2024
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Child Labor in the coal mines The Anti-Coolie Act of April 26th, 1862 was passed. It was titled “An Act to Protect Free White Labor.” The ...
Important Events From This day in History April 26
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1986 Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster 1986: An explosion and fire at the No. 4 reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resul...
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Newspaper production in Chicago 1930
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Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere
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Early Thoughts on the New York News Subsidy - Second Rough Draft Investigative journalism is not dying, it’s adapting - Tampa Bay Times ...
Today in Labor History April 25th, 2024
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Reverend Ralph David Abernathy The New York Times declared the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be “un-American” and called public de...
Important Events From This day in History April 25
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1953 England DNA The "Secret Of Life" 1953: Two Cambridge University scientists "James D Watson and Francis Crick" pub...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
US newspapers continue to die at a rapid rate
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Around 7% of America's counties now have no local news outlets, and around 20% are at risk of their communities becoming news deserts.
Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere
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Newspapers have 20-plus year history in local classrooms - The Brunswick News Another small-town Ohio newspaper closes, making informatio...
Today in Labor History April 24, 2024
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Mumia Abu Jamal Mumia Abu Jamal, death row activist, journalist and former Black Panther, was born on this date. – 1954 The International ...
Important Events From This day in History April 24
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1980 US Embassy Hostage Crisis 1980: The mission to rescue the 52 hostages from the US embassy in Iran (Operation Eagle Claw) was aborted ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Fall of Newspapers, Rise of Misinformation
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From 2013, Morley Safer's report on the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper's transition to a three-day-a-week publishing schedule ...
Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere
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Johnathan and Kal “The death of media is greatly exaggerated” - Media Makers Meet What it takes to run a metro newspaper in the digital e...
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