Even Non-Profits Are Not Profiting

0 | February 7th, 2009 | Posted in News
Gary Duchane, former Courant.com editor, reports that the St. Petersburg Times, his current employer, has stopped contributing to employees’ 401k plans. It’s a cost-saving measure.

The outfit is also trying to sell Congressional Quarterly to raise money and reduce debt, Gary says.

I sure hope Fox News doesn’t buy it.

The Courant As Metaphor

0 | February 6th, 2009 | Posted in News
The Hartford Courant becomes the metaphor for all struggling papers in single-paper cities in this NPR piece. Cliff ducks the press. Dick Blumenthal sticks up for the paper. Paz waxes sentimental. (Check out the audio.)

Part 1. Part 2. (about non-profit journalism)

Katie And The Credit Default Swap

0 | February 6th, 2009 | Posted in Members
Katie Melone has landed a new, if temporary job in the Big Apple.

Here’s what she has to report:

 

I’ve landed, but not permanently. It’s a contract position. I’m working on a new show at WNET (PBS in NYC) called “It’s the Economy, NY!” — a 7-part weekly series on how the financial crisis is affecting the New York area. So I have a job only as long as the show exists, and it’s slated to stop production at the end of February. But, there’s word it will get extended, which would be nice. (The show was recently mentioned in a story on WNET in the NY Times, so I was psyched!)

It’s been interesting so far, and I’ve learned a lot about the financial services world — I now know what a credit default swap is and I never would’ve probably wanted to try to wrap my mind around something like that in my past life.

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