Top Story

1.	Where Have All the Acorns Gone? 12:06 AM Dec. 2, 2008
2.	Coping With My Layoff? 12:01 AM Dec. 2, 2008
3.	Making Miracles: Why One High School Journalism Adviser Does It 11:34 PM Dec. 1, 2008
4.	Claim: Real estate deal used to prop up NY Observer 9:21 PM Dec. 1, 2008
5.	Mini-Tidbits: Changing J-Roles, More... 3:03 PM Dec. 1, 2008
More Recent Articles

Most E-mailed

Recent Comments

Recent Tags

Community Activity

Poynter Seminars

Small, in-person training experiences.

NewsU: Becoming a More Effective Writer (I)
Apply by December 8

NewsU: Picture Editing 101: Essentials & Ethics
Apply by January 7

Leadership for Today's New Managers (I)
Apply by January 7

All Poynter Seminars

News University

Today's most popular courses on NewsU, Poynter's e-learning site for journalists.

All NewsU Courses

Webinars

Our online classroom is just a click away. Learn more.

All Webinars

Romenesko
Latest News Reporting
& Writing Ethics &
Diversity Leadership &
Management Visual
Journalism Online &
Multimedia TV &
Radio Journalism
Education

Romenesko

Home > Romenesko

Tools: Text Size

, Print

, RSS

, Subscribe via e-mail

Jim Romenesko

Your daily fix of media industry news, commentary, and memos.

Updated at
9:17 p.m. ET

"I'm poped out"
Say Garry Wills.
(NCR)

Plain Dealer layoffs
Coming Tuesday.
(Editor & Publisher)

POSTED TUESDAY
Latest "On the Media"
Transcripts and audio.
("OTM")

Hannity w/o Colmes
Coming soon.
(TV Decoder)

Kaiser's column moves to CJR
Had been at Radar.
(CJR.org)

Scenarios for the future of news
From Jarvis.
(BuzzMachine.com)

LEFT RAIL ARCHIVE

�

E-mail Romenesko
Send letters, memos,
and feedback.

PoynterGroups.
Find and join conversations about Romenesko and Leadership & Management.

MEDIA PEOPLE

Don't blame Couric for "CBS Evening News'" woes, says prof

Indianapolis Star
DePauw prof Jeffrey M. McCall says Katie Couric is delivering just what CBS execs wanted -- a personality in a news anchor chair. "CBS' problem is that the viewers of early evening news are more interested in news than personalities," he writes. "Sure, the likeability of the anchor is important, but if personality alone made a news show, Regis and Kelly would be news anchors."

Posted at 9:36 AM

Tools:
Comment