Jonathan Eig, Jeff Pearlman start The Big Scribble, a free contest for student journalists
The Big Scribble is open to high school and college students, and begins April 20th.
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Boston Herald layoffs include Bruins’ reporter Marisa Ingemi, with her position being eliminated
"I don't know how to express how much being the Bruins writer for the Boston Herald was my entire world. I've never been more honored to do or be anything."
Gannett announces week-long furloughs for reporters and editors
Employees will be required to take a one-week furlough in each of the next three months.
Former USA Today sportswriter George Schroeder discusses leaving media, future of industry: “I have real great, deep concerns”
"[Press boxes] could be a whole lot more empty when we come back out."
Indianapolis Star’s Zach Osterman reveals he’s under quarantine after cough and fever that could be coronavirus
Osterman is under quarantine after symptoms that have been linked to the coronavirus.
San Francisco Chronicle pulls “Aubrey Huff wasn’t invited over Trump support” op-ed after Huff refutes its premise to Chronicle reporter
Ryan Moore's op-ed included "According to Huff, Giants CEO Larry Baer said the board did not approve of Huff’s tweets or his support of President Trump." Huff then told the Chronicle that Baer didn't specifically mention his support of Trump.
Miami Herald names MMA fighter Nate Diaz in domestic violence/police attack case, immediately retracts his name and apologizes
The Miami Herald reported that Nate Diaz attacked cops after being arrested on domestic violence charges. That did not happen.
Sun-Times’ much-mocked Jimmy Butler tweet appears to come from Joe Cowley, who deleted his own Twitter in 2012 after criticism for sexist tweets
The @suntimes_hoops account is printed next to Cowley's e-mail in the paper, but its bio just says "The official source for @suntimes coverage of the Chicago Bulls and other area basketball teams."
USA Today should be ridiculed for amplifying Gil Smart’s take that the Super Bowl LIV halftime show “looked a lot like softcore porn”
"Was the Super Bowl halftime show obscene?" That virulent Gil Smart take could have been kept to the Treasure Coast Newspapers, but USA Today decided to infect the rest of the country.
Dramatic consolidation across local TV, radio and newspapers is a key part of cuts, and it seems set to increase further in 2020
A lot of media cuts can be traced not just to digital competition and changing business patterns, but also consolidation and investment firms' involvement. And that trend may rise further still this year.
