We have a new record! More proposed ballot initiatives have been filed in Washington than ever before, the secretary of state's office said today.The number of potential initiatives to the people stands at 77, crushing the previous record of 60 set in 2003. May be…
Dino Rossi is in the radio studio being interviewed by reporter Jim Camden. Stay tuned for audio excerpts after noon.
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• Shock coverage | Photos from the game | Video of interviews• Convention search results from Google News• The mayor and the goose: Mayor Mary Verner happened to be "in the right place at the right time" to herd a goose to a safe place.…
Today's story on the Joseph Edward Duncan III sentencing proceedings should go to page A1 or B1, some editors said, but they agreed that all Duncan coverage will come with a disclaimer for explicit content. Editor Steve Smith and assistant managing editor Carla Savalli suggest…
This is the new campaign for North Idaho coffeeshops, because for every hot cup of coffee there's a warm crisp delicious Spokesman-Review waiting to be read. Managing editor Gary Graham shared this with the pod pals*
Reporter Meghann M. Cuniff is back from Boise, after taking the grim Joseph Edward Duncan III case to Twitter. (more archive coverage here) Two questions today - Where would S-R use a microblogging format again, and how do you make money from it? For one,…
"We've come to the end of our one-week experiment [in using Twitter]. We will return as developments warrant and for closing arguments and the verdict." (editor Steve Smith)In other newsroom newsThe second session of journalism camp has wrapped up. This graduating class has also put…
said editor Steve Smith at the meeting this morning.He said the goal with Twittering the Duncan trial was to learn how to use the service for news needs, but with the expense of sending reporter Meghann M. Cuniff to Boise and getting fewer than 100…
"I created a Facebook account yesterday and I don't know what to do with it," said managing editor Gary Graham, who also signed up for Twitter to follow the Duncan case. Many newsroommates have also signed up for accounts during this coverage experiment where reporter…
Seriously. Reporter Meghann M. Cuniff is heading to Boise to expand our coverage of the Joseph Duncan case to a totally different platform – followers of the Twitter service, which includes mobile users. Users...called twits...send little updates...called tweets... to people who subscribe to those users'…
Another crop of Journalism Camp participants are in the house - There are 15 students this time around. Vox director Erin Daniels is hosting. More soon... FROM COURT: Here's the latest in Duncan trial news as jury selection continues. AN ERROR: Hayden Lake's finest succumbs…
Follow the link at right for the audio slideshow from this morning's meeting – F-22 Raptors at the Skyfest preview. Although the F-22 Raptor, the newest Air Force fighter aircraft has been around for a few years, the 2008 Skyfest is the first time Spokane…
A handful of people have called in to lobby for The Spokesman-Review to remove their names from the diploma fakes list. One man called to say everybody in his town thinks he's a fraud - He argues that his name should be off the list…
A refresher: Nine newsroommates were given the task of restocking a newspaper's content. In a nutshell, the question was if you could make a newspaper from scratch, what would be inside it? The resulting proposal went in favor of content that is local, relevant and…
In addition to collecting a round of kudos from the regular meeting-goers, editors asked around among the high school journalism camp participants - Anybody pick up and read the paper this morning?One student said she'd read the story about teacher sex abuse allegationsAnother read the…
Spokesman-Review head honcho Stacey Cowles held the first of a series of publisher's meetings this morning. Of new developments, there's not a whole lot that can be shared publicly (business strategy and new projects and such). But here are few general points:• We are a…
but word is the editors watched the audio slideshow from Sunday. The story is here: Early July freeze tempers wheat farmers' optimismGet the Flash Player to see this video.
Staff brownbag meeting was today at noon. Editor Steve Smith went through some industry realities, and made some announcements - including plans to aggressively overhaul existing humans/schedules/tasks/management to more effectively feed different platforms such as online, radio and mobile. Senior management hopes to have a…
The story can be found here: "Preserving foods can be a lot easier if we do it together"Get the Flash Player to see this video.
No Daily Briefing probably for most of the upcoming weekdays, due to task force for content overhaul. Muppet thoughts!
Just in time for the content evaluation team (Task force #2) which starts tomorrow at noon, deputy city editor Scott Maben brought in a tabloid-size publication from The Salt Lake Tribune for show and tell. called The Buzz (click image to enlarge) is a free…
After much anticipation, the eight-person newsroom efficiency study team held a Q&A session today about their report, which is now available for download. Their newsroommates had anywhere between 20 and 30 questions to ask about the report. Scroll down for them - but keep in…
To give an idea of the resulting news coverage for the Valley wildfire that started yesterday: Tomorrow's edition will have content coming from at least six different reporters, each tackling a different aspect of the Valley wildfire. We'll have story text and photos, maps and…
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.
