Romenesko

Austin American-Statesman
Rich Oppel recalls June 1, 1963, his first day at the Tampa Trib: "Reporter Milton Plumb ambled over to give me some advice: 'Don't get into this business, kid. It's dying.' Then Plumb went through his nightly exercise of dismantling his Smith-Corona and locking up the parts so that no one could use the typewriter." Oppel notes that Plumb's son, Terry, is now editor of the Rock Hill, S.C., Herald. "So much for dire predictions. We couldn't afford to see newspapers go away. They are essential to an open society, and we would all be in sad shape if daily papers weren't here." More editor/ombud columns:
> Has the News & Observer already convicted Duke's lacrosse team? (N&O)
> News & Observer editor Sill responds to ombud's column (N&O)
> Howell received more than 4,000 e-mails regarding Domenech (WP)
> Some fear Beacon Journal will chase Cavs star James out of Ohio (ABJ)
> NYT readers react to Calame's column about the conservative beat (NYT)
> Number of complaints about "Opus'" removal surprises editor (SacBee)
> News & Record readers want to know more about plagiarism case (N&R)
> Politico behind immigration bill upset about personal info in paper (J-C)
> Star-Telegram's House tries out a shorter, 500-word column (FWS-T)