In the news today: Gannett lays off journalists across the country. Here is your yearly reminder that Gannett also lays off employees who don’t work in the newsroom ... they are just rarely included in the sad pieces because they don’t get to write them. IT, customer service, circulation, operations, advertising, production, design, marketing, sales, finance... these are all people who contribute toward getting those papers on your doorstep/news on your digital display of choice. Their ...
Things I miss about the C-P
TNP is awesome, so far. In every way. But I do miss some things about the place I toiled at for 12 years. Like: The way the office smelled every morning: newspapers and fresh brewed coffee. How can a workday be bad if it starts out smelling like a Sunday morning? (workday suck often triumphed over the pleasant aroma) My plucky family of coworkers. Proximity to shopping. There are no stores in lunchtime-walking-distance to TNP. The patch of grass in the parking lot where I used to pitch my ...
Close enough to smell death!
Our Spring trip will be to .. ("Walt Disney World," mumbles the familiar crowd.) No! Las Vegas! Bwah! Fooled you! We figured it was time for something different. What's better...we've booked tickets to see Penn & Teller perform at the Rio. (There goes Kim with her "suit and tie" fetish again.) The seats we booked are in Section 2, Row A, seats 7 and 8. Check out the seating chart. Front row?!? I guess that's what happens when you book WAY in advance. It's a nice surprise during what's ...
Oh what a night!
Washington Monument as seen from the bus Originally uploaded by ladygypsy. I wasn't going to go to the networking dinner tonight. I was feeling tired and really just wanted to sack out and surf the web. But begrudgingly, I went. Disclaimer: I am not speaking specifically about the Courier-Post. I am speaking of general trends in ALL newspapers that have been well publicized as of late. So don't fire me. There was a great presentation by the API folks tonight entitled "Where is the Love" ...
at washingtonpost.com
From the PhoneCam!Office with a view Originally uploaded by ladygypsy.LIVE at the WashingtonPost.com offices. Lots of glass: windows, doors, and the fingerprints to go with.I'm hearing so many good ideas -- and better -- good truths here. here's hoping I can get 1/4 of them in place.Plus, (TMI alert) free pads & tampons in the ladies' room! Is that class or what??Mtg starting again...vp of cnn.com here...pinch me. ...
at the seminar – day 1
From the PhoneCam!At the conference... Originally uploaded by ladygypsy.I could totally be 'moblogging' my notes from the meeting...and maybe I will later. But for now...* dude...i just witnessed the pres of cbs digital and a vp of yahoo chat about news aggregation!* during the break...someone stole my chair...which I had raised as high as it can go...and replaced it with a chair that can't be raised at all. So now my chin is practically on the desk.* i've only tripped down the steps in the room ...
Cross-Platform Media Teams – The Media Center @ API
Business trip #3 and FINAL for June... Cross-Platform Media Teams - The Media Center @ API I'll be shoving off at 1ish, and plan to stop at Maryland House for a slice of Sbarro pizza and something from Starbucks to take me the rest of the way to Reston. I'll have the laptop with me, so the boring blog will not fall by the wayside. Couldn't do that to you! ...
