iTeam crew are either digging in and plowing through raw multimedia, or writing it out for tomorrow's print edition. Expect more video, which will be posted with the rest of the coverage here at Hillary Clinton visit and Michelle Obama visit infohubs. There are also…
• One reader contacted editor Steve Smith to ask why the West Central Community Center for Hillary - Reader did not like choice of venue.• Pick up your nearest Spokane7 - former KGA talker Rebecca Mack has her first Hard7 column as correspondent for the…
It's T-minus roughly 24 hours (or at the time of the creation of this blog post) until Clinton and Obama campaign events start up in town and staffers have been meeting and talking all morning about who's covering what (how many reporters for each event…
Editors discussed whether to promote a Heath Ledger prescription drugs death story to the front page. Was this just another celebrity story, or would it be about the dangers of prescription drug misuse? Copymistress Kat Smith argues that such a story might be old by…
In response to a question an editor asked at the morning meeting, correspondent Virginia DeLeon sent this to go with today's story about fasting. From www.survivaltopics.comMedical Doctors: Commonly cite 4 to 6 weeks without food10 Political Prisoners in Ireland: Lived 46 to 73 days before…
Video Journal has a couple new pieces by Brian Immel, one of which is a narrated audio slideshow of snowstorms much worse than we saw in past weeks. Video Journal traffic and blog traffic in general has increased significantly in the past few months according…
The Spin Control political blog has been redone and ported over into a political news portal, s-r.com/elections. Jim Camden's blog has a new address at s-r.com/elections/2008/blog. Check out the "Changes" video (with Obama on the still frame) and stick with it to the end -…
So er, day 4 of snow coverage comes along and the result is what deputy city editor Dan Hansen calls a "snorgy" in the news section: An unusual amount of weather coverage (Coverage! Weather! Journalists! or as Steve Smith described it, "We tell people what…
Staffers heard on the police scanner this morning about kids obstructing snow plows to prevent plows from creating berms at the driveways of their homes. Police responded to this incident. Folks wondered if the parents are involved (whether the parents are telling their kids to…
When a conversation about Elvis ended on an awkward note, senior editor Carla Savalli told editor Steve Smith to just take a drink out of his duck. She was referring to his duck coffee mug, with a 3-D duck head jutting out of the side.…
A big hello and thanks to Heidi Downey's special education class for visiting this morning for the meeting. • This photo is courtesy of Henry Moore Jr., BCU/WSU, of one of the darlings undergoing a physical exam. The story is here: "WSU nurses emaciated eagles:…
Yes, Steve Smith's new contraption is indeed a TIME MACHINE.
'No Country,' 'Blood' tie for most Oscar nominationsInland Northwest remembers King has multimedia video from Brian Immel.
Editors passed around a crack pipe for show and tell today at the 10 a.m. meeting - except we're certain that nobody knows how to use it. It's part of a story in the works about local drug use (Stay tuned).Behind the photosGreat photo by…
As the meeting began, senior editor Carla Savalli was unwrapping court documents about a libel lawsuit against The Spokesman-Review - $25 million, Robert Waggy, a guy representing himself. (Update: Corrected amount sought in lawsuit to $25 million.) It's easier nowadays to file suit, editor Steve…
Dog Days of Winter: A dog bounds through B.A. Clark Park, January 14, 2008, as fog shrouded the north side of Spokane, Wash. bringing slick and damp conditions to the Inland Northwest. Brian Plonka photo. Word is photojournalist Brian Plonka took this photo from his…
The elevators and stairwell in The Spokesman-Review building are supposed to smell like egg salad today. Something to do with photo chemicals.
There's another ethics code draft out for internal review, from S-R newsroom's ethics code revision team. The revision process began last year, facilitated by Whitworth journalism prof Gordon Jackson.This latest copy includes input from newsroom staffers during discussion workshops, written notes, spoken word. Some of…
A reader once asked why we use the term "mug shot," or "mug," because it implies a booking photo when someone is arrested. Meanwhile, the S-R newsroom tosses this word around several times a day to describe a photo of a person's full head and…
...gets podcast on TXT. International Consumer Electronics Show is going on this week in the City. The talk of the S-R morning meeting was a 150-inch plasma screen. One editor asked when folks would switch from "inches" to something else - feet? yards? Read the…
"Have you ever tried to put a cat in a sweater?" -- city editor Addy Hatch"Have YOU?" --photo director Larry ReisnouerOodles of kudos from staffers for the Feature Creature feature in the Voice - good public service because most of the animals get adopted, according…
This is from last Friday's news meeting at 4:30, about a conversation about an asteroid potentially hitting Mars. Here's the item in the story budget:MARS-ASTEROID--The chance of a football-field sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said after…
...between today's stories and the archiveToday's story: Barats and Bereta have hits, misses with Hollywood producersRelated stories• Viral videos spreading (3/26/2007)• NBC turns to Barats, Bereta to come up with pilot ideas (10/26/2006)RIGHT: Luke Barats and Joe Bereta perform a scene for a video in…
But here's the explanation for the animatronic dead singer thing: Doug Clark: Christmas arrives with Gift of the Elvi
Managing editor Gary Graham remembered another reason he likes this photo, which will run full-frame as the centerpiece tomorrow - Those were his school colors too. "We had color back then - yes we did," Graham said.
Each weekday morning and afternoon, the newsroom staff meets to discuss the coverage plan. This blog covers editors' discussions, upcoming coverage and miscellaneous newsroom news.
