Dear Reader,
Hi there. It's been three months. So...how you been?
Me, I've been busy. As I said in my last post, I was hired in October as editor of New Orleans' weekly paper, Gambit. Since then, I've been
• learning on the job (helped by a great staff)
• going through a punishing election season (dozens of candidate interviews)
• helping launch the paper's new Web site (functional, multimedia, all that stuff)
• blogging daily on Gambit's Blog of New Orleans, and on Twitter (The_Gambit)
• planning a 2009 budget (I do not excel at Excel)
• helping with a complete redesign of the dead-tree edition (reaction has been mixed, but mostly positive, and everyone seems to like the new tabloid size)
• being there while the paper rebranded from Gambit Weekly to The Gambit (for various reasons, some obvious)
• and putting out a weekly paper in one week. Every week. Week after week after week.
All this against the backdrop of the publishing industry imploding -- magazines folding and newspapers collapsing, the Great Depression of Media. In some cases, it's market forces at work, business evolution in action; in others, it's gross mismanagement on a Wall Street scale of incompetence. (And I can't stop tracking it all, rather obsessively.)
I've been concentrating on the paper's blog, but I'll be writing more here in the year to come. Topics on my mind these days: the dissolution of the Washington Post Book World (one of my oldest freelance relationships), the grim future for alt-weekly cartoonists (the poor bastards), and why New Orleans, of all places, still has an attraction to, and an affection for, real news. Backwards as we are.
See you back here soon, and regularly.
Hey there Kevin - very glad to hear you are surviving in this winter of media discontent. Looking forward to the return of the regular dose of observation and wit.
Best,
Metroknow
Posted by: Metroknow | February 01, 2009 at 04:45 PM
YES!!! certainly this blog is alive!
Posted by: How to Buy Medieval Clothing | March 12, 2010 at 08:08 AM
Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.
Posted by: Jordans 4 | July 17, 2010 at 02:11 AM
I am sad at what is happening in the world these days - print media folding, children losing all sense of grammar in exchange for LOLs and OMGs....
I'm only 33 but I still appreciate the feel of newsprint and glossy paper in my hands!
Posted by: Giovanni The "Festival Tower" Guy | August 10, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Lol…soooo innocent. Since long I have not read anything as refreshing as this one. ^_^ I am so glad that I read this. I may post this on my facebook account so that others read this and enjoy it like it did…: D
Posted by: buy viagra | January 13, 2011 at 06:21 AM
Kevin -
So glad you're still around and continue to be creative and productive. This is a voice from the past -- to be precise, the great days in the late 1980s in Venice/ Santa Monica with our mutual friend Buck (Dan)... Anyway -- glad you are well and doing well. Best wishes to you, Don
Posted by: DK | January 21, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Thanks for this interesting writing. I will surely try to implement the instructions that you have given through this write up. I shall make it a point to preach about the same to others, so that the world remains a better place to live in.
Posted by: generic viagra | February 11, 2011 at 12:09 AM
You have done a great job, Everyone looking out for this blog post. The way you explained it is really awesome and makes every one to read till the end. keep posting
Posted by: Generic Viagra | April 14, 2011 at 02:25 AM
I used to have a blog myself but sometimes you get so messed up with life that you can't find time! Welcome back ;)
Posted by: Cialis | April 28, 2011 at 02:07 AM
A very good and informative article indeed . It helps me a lot to enhance my knowledge, I really like the way the writer presented his views.
Posted by: Capsiplex Reviews | June 01, 2011 at 12:51 AM
A very good and informative article indeed . It helps me a lot to enhance my knowledge, I really like the way the writer presented his views.
Posted by: Meratol Reviews | June 02, 2011 at 06:16 AM
Being an editor for a weekly paper is a tough job! Congratulations and we will understand if you will be getting busier and busier. :-)
http://www.usacapsule.com/phentermine.html
Posted by: phentermine 37.5 | July 06, 2011 at 01:27 AM
Pretty much alive I would say.
Posted by: Generic Viagra | December 16, 2011 at 04:15 PM
A lot of the information in this post has been very useful. I can definitely agree there are great needs for having or developing organizational, writing, and marketing skills.
Posted by: Business Logo Design | January 18, 2012 at 02:20 AM
Tout le monde cherche à ce billet de blogue. La façon dont vous l'a expliqué est vraiment impressionnant et rend tout le monde à lire jusqu'à la fin. Gardez affichage
Posted by: tee shirt pas cher | June 05, 2012 at 03:59 AM