http://www.postguild.org Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:33:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Julie Moos Pointer OnlineOne year ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its last print edition and became an online-only publication. As news organizations experiment with new business models, Hearst's experience in Seattle may offer lessons. In a piece last year about the change, SeattlePI.com ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/03/19/one-year-later-hows-the-seattle-p-is-online-site-going/ By Media Matters For America The latest non-profit news outlet aimed at investigative reporting may well be FairWarning.org. The brainchild of former Los Angeles Times reporters Myron Levin and Joanna Lin, the outfit plans to investigate issues involving safety, health and corporate conduct. "The hope is to provide stories of vital public interest ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/03/14/ex-la-times-reporters-starting-non-profit-investigative-new-outlet/ Here are the results of the Guild Elections Co-Chair News: Freddie Kunkle Co-Chair Commercial: Darlene Meyer Vice Chair News: Renae Merle Vice Chair Commercial: Mike Gronowski Vice Chair News Night: Open Vice Chair Commercial Night: Amy Quinto Vice Chair News Digital: Whitney Shefte Vice Chair Commercial Digital: Renada Jackson Secretary: ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/02/26/results-of-the-guild-leadership-election-congratulations/ Guild Membership Meetings To Nominate Post Guild Officers Wednesday, February 24 *12 Noon *1 PM *9 PM At the Guild office, 1100 15th St. NW Suite 350 (Next to the Post at 15th and L) Nominations will be taken for the following ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/02/17/new-date-come-nominate-post-guild-officers-on-wednesday-feb-24/ By Jeff BercoviciDaily Finance Journalism isn't a science, but it's the setting for a grand experiment. The hypothesis: that you can dismantle the venerable institutions of journalism while preserving the accountability and integrity they represent. Well, that hypothesis hasn't been faring so well lately. In the past couple weeks, three online news ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/02/12/why-the-web-generates-so-much-bad-reporting/ Washington Post Guild members  Lyndsey Layton, Joe Stephens and  Lena H. Sun  were named one of six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting at Harvard University. The announcement was issued Friday (Jan. 29) by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/01/29/congrats-to-guild-members-lyndsey-layton-joe-stephens-and-lena-sun-for-being-finalist-for-investigative-reporting-award-at-harvard/ By Eric Wemple Washington City Paper It's been a fun week for watchers of the Washington Post. First comes Gabriel Sherman's story titled "Post Apocalypse" in The New Republic, a wonderful read powered by some of the best quotes I've ever seen in a story about that paper. [caption id="attachment_1623" align="alignright" width="88" caption="Eric ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/01/22/city-papers-eric-wemple-gives-read-on-new-republic-article-on-post/ By  Don Graham The chairman of the board for ‘The Washington Post’ Times change in the newspaper business; technologies and perceptions come and go. There is so little one can rely on. [caption id="attachment_1603" align="alignright" width="116" caption="Don Graham"][/caption] But there is this: Every few years, a writer for The New Republic or some ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/01/22/don-graham-responds-in-new-republic-to-magazines-article-on-the-post-calls-it-lazy/ stanford.edu photo “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” Martin Luther King Jr. stanford.edu photo “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/01/17/happy-mlk-day-from-the-washington-baltimore-newspaper-guild/ With 2010 looming, it's already time to look back at 2009 and enter our best work in the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild’s annual Front Page Awards. These awards honor the best work of rank-and-file workers covered by a Guild contract. The work must have been published or publicly used in 2009, and ... http://www.postguild.org/2010/01/15/enter-your-best-stories-for-the-guilds-front-page-awards-deadline-is-feb-1/