Thread: IMO: Something's Wrong!

IMO: Something's Wrong!

I knew something was wrong, but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Then....while looking at the Miami Herald today, the paper...not online (Mom still looks at the paper daily), I realized what was bothering me.

This is Independence Day, and, silly me, I think it should be the lead story on the front page. It's not.

At the very top of the page is a 1/2 inch banner? (not sure of the correct name) which goes across the top of the page. It barely shows some of the stars portion of our flag and some sky, with a "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY" and a "INSIDE: TODAY'S EVENTS, 2B" small font.

That's it.

Front Page stories:

The 2 big ones:
Caleron claims win; foe says no.
and
Rebuilding iPods.

Down the left side, table of contents with:
Shuttle set for launch,
Viral Video,
Subway Crash Deadly in Spain,
Hunt for killer of girl widens,
State to run insurance firm, &
The Marlins get battered.

Other small stories: The Freethinker Coach (re World Cup), Hiding Court Cases just got tougher, and Man's miracle boosts study of brain damage.

That's it.

I have posted the Key Biscayne article:
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=33588

I could see the Mexican and iPod stories on other pages, but.....

I feel like the Herald has ignored our country, on one of our most important and meaningful holidays. Or am I just being silly?

I feel like the Herald has ignored our country, on one of our most important and meaningful holidays. Or am I just being silly?

No your not silly. YOu are observant. Research who owns that paper and let us know.

xanadu, You're just so smart and have such great ideas. I was only going to post the owners, but look at the info:

Founded:
First edition published Sept 15, 1903 (as The Miami Evening Record); renamed The Miami Herald on Dec. 1, 1910; acquired by John S. and James L. Knight in 1937

Key Executives:
Jesús Díaz Jr.
President and PublisherTom Fiedler
Vice President and Executive Editor
David Landsberg
General Manager, The Miami Herald
Raul Lopez
General Manager, Miamiherald.com
Susan A. Rosenthal
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert Beatty
General Counsel & Vice President/Public Affairs
Craig Woischwill
Vice President/Operations
Alexandra Villoch
Vice President/Advertising
Dory Trinka
Vice President/Targeted Publications
César Mendoza
Vice President/Information Technology
Terry Whitney
Vice President/Circulation
Cesar Pizarro
Vice President/El Nuevo Herald Business Manager
Kim Marcille
Vice President/New Initiatives
Donna Dickey
Vice President/Broward Business Manager
Elissa Vanaver
Vice president/Human Resources/Asst. to Publisher

General Hiring Contact: Ethline Alexander: 305-376-2862 or e-mail jobs@miamiherald.com (for newsroom opportunities and journalism internships, email newsjobs@miamiherald.com)

Distinction: Internationally recognized, prize-winning newspaper serving one of the most vibrant, diverse regions in America; has published the International Edition for readers in the Caribbean and Latin America since 1946, and in Mexico starting in 2002.

Market: Miami-Fort Lauderdale is the nation's ninth-largest market. Serves South Florida's multi-ethnic population with increasing focus on the Americas, tourism, international trade and commerce.

Primary Market: South Florida (Dade, Broward and Monroe counties)

Customers: A million readers daily; 1.2 million Sunday in South Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America

Reader Demographics: Daily readers: 53% are women; 56% are ages 25 to 54; 20% are college graduates, 33% have some college and 33% are high school graduates; 35% have household income higher than $50,000

Site: An 800,000-square-foot plant on the edge of Biscayne Bay at the northeast fringe of downtown Miami

Circulation: 312,109 daily; 429,221 Sunday

Size: Averages 88 pages daily; 212 pages Sunday

Single-Copy Sales: 27% daily; 15% Sunday

Carrier Force: 1365 independent delivery agents or independent distributors

Production: Goss Newsliner offset presses

Technology: SII System 55, Howtek Colorscan for digital imaging; APS imagers; ads built on Macintosh; converted from IBM mainframe for business applications to a Hewlett-Packard 3000

Color: Extensive use of color each day on section fronts and advertisements

Employees: 2024

Newsroom Staff:
Reporters: 144
Editors: 69
Copy Editors: 69
Photographers: 29
Graphic Artists: 23
Columnists: 12
Critics: 6
Editorial Specialists: 48
News Assistants: 18
News Reporter: 9
Total Journalist Staff: 446

Bureaus: Bogota; Managua; Tallahassee; Washington; Vero Beach; Key West; Hollywood

Pulitzer Prizes: Winner of 18 Pulitzer Prizes:

2004 -- Commentary, Leonard Pitts, Jr.
2001 -- Breaking news reporting, for coverage of Elián González's seizure by armed federal agents and the emotional aftermath of the pre-dawn raid
1999 -- Investigative reporting, staff
1996 -- Editorial cartooning, Jim Morin
1993 -- Meritorious public service, staff; Commentary, Liz Balmaseda
1991 -- Local spot news, staff
1988 -- Commentary, Dave Barry; Feature photography, Michel duCille
1987 -- National reporting, staff
1986 -- Spot news photography, Michel duCille and Carol Guzy; General reporting, Edna Buchanan
1983 -- Editorial writing, the editorial board
1981 -- International reporting, Shirley Christian
1980 -- Feature writing, Madeleine Blais
1976 -- General reporting, Gene Miller
1967 -- Special reporting, Gene Miller
1951 -- Meritorious public service, staff

Major Competitors: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel; eight major broadcast TV stations; numerous cable TV and radio stations; numerous weekly shoppers and community newspapers

Creative Ventures: International Women's Show; Miami Herald Americas Conference; Making Money Conference; Aboard/HCP Destination and In-Flight Magazines (audience of 30 million frequent travelers); International Edition (a daily newspaper edited specifically for tourists in the Caribbean, printed by partner newspapers in the Caribbean and distributed through hotels)
Special Publications: Business Monday; Street; Apartment Magazine; many themed special sections including Football Preview Section, Autoshow Section, Giving, The Hurricane Section, E-Commerce

Well-known Newsroom Personalities: Columnists Liz Balmaseda; Dave Barry; Fred Grimm; Carl Hiaasen; Leonard Pitts Jr.; Edwin Pope; Robert L. Steinback; Ana Veciana-Suarez

Community Involvement: Charles Whited Spirit of Excellence Awards; The Silver Knight Awards; Holiday Wish Book; Dade and Broward Spelling Bees; All-Dade/All-Broward Athletic Awards; Spirit of Excellence Awards

Academic Sponsorships: Silver Knight scholarship program for outstanding high school seniors; Herald Spelling Bee; All-Dade/Broward Athletic Awards

Employee Benefits:
Personal: Medical (including prescriptions), dental and vision insurance for employee, dependents and same-sex domestic partners; Employee Assistance (mental health) Program for employee and dependents; voluntary long-term care policies for employee, spouse, parents and grandparents. Life insurance for employee and dependents; supplemental life insurance. Paid sick leave; short-term and long-term disability. Paid vacation and holidays. Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care; pension plan; 401(k) savings plan with company match; employees stock purchase plan. Other benefits include: on-site credit union, U.S. Savings Bonds purchase program, dry cleaning pickup/delivery, on-site ATM, full-service cafeteria at main downtown Miami facility, child care and elder care resource and referral services, on-site backup child care, flexible work scheduling, health fairs, flu shots, hypertension screening, aerobics classes, pregnancy testing, cholesterol and blood sugar checks, workstation ergonomic assessments, workers compensation case management and on-site physical rehab services, matching fund program for family crisis, discounted newspaper

Professional: Tuition reimbursement and paid fellowships; skills training, including on-site computer training open to all employees, leadership training for supervisors and managers, diversity training for all new full-time employees, sexual harassment awareness and prevention training for managers, departmental on-the-job training, developmental opportunities on project task forces and employee committees, educational loans. Select employees are scheduled for training and development programs.

Largest Advertisers: Macy's; BrandsMart; Sears; BellSouth

History: Launched in 1903 as the Evening Record and re-christened in 1910, The Miami Herald is South Florida’s oldest newspaper. Now one of the nation’s largest daily newspapers, The Herald endured the Florida boom and subsequent bust in the early 1920s, the devastating 1926 hurricane and the Great Depression. It flirted with receivership but regained financial stability in the 1930s.

On October 15, 1937, John S. Knight, son of a noted Ohio newspaperman, bought The Herald from Frank B. Shutts. Knight became editor and publisher; his brother, James L. Knight, business manager. The Herald had 383 employees. In September 1942, a new city editor arrived to take charge of The Herald newsroom. Lee Hills rose to publisher of The Herald and eventually became chairman of the board of Knight-Ridder, Inc., a position he held until 1981. In 1950, The Herald won its first Pulitzer Prize for outstanding work in reporting on organized crime in Miami. Circulation was 176,000 daily; 204,000 Sunday.

August 19, 1960, was a banner day in Herald history. Construction was begun on the present Herald building on Biscayne Bay, and a new employee, Alvah H. Chapman, started work as James Knight’s assistant. Chapman rose to become chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Knight-Ridder, Inc.

On March 23-24, 1963, The Herald moved into its newly constructed building at One Herald Plaza without missing an edition.

Today, The Herald is one of the nation’s great metropolitan daily newspapers. A winner of 16 Pulitzer Prizes, 10 since 1986, The Miami Herald is recognized as one of this country’s finest newspapers. The numerous Pulitzer Prizes and many other reporting, photography and editing awards it has received are testimony to The Herald’s journalistic quality and integrity.

The Herald is owned by The McClatchy Company, a leading newspaper and Internet publisher dedicated to the values of quality journalism, free expression and community service Ethics Guidelines

We strive to publish a newspaper that is fair, accurate and objective. It is our expectation that all newsroom employees will use their best judgment, act in good faith and recognize the best interests of The Herald. Read our Ethics Guidelines.

The Community

The Market: The Gateway to the Americas; multi-ethnic community with large Hispanic population; hemispheric headquarters for major multinationals, international trade, banking, tourism; cruise capital of the world

Location: Southern tip of Florida peninsula; 181 air miles from Bahamas; three hours to Key West; four hours from Orlando

Transportation: Miami International Airport; Fort Lauderdale International Airport; Port of Miami; Port Everglades; Metrorail/Metromover rapid transit; Tri-Rail

City Population: 3.4 million in South Florida (Dade, Broward and Monroe counties)

City Households: 1.3 million

Household Growth Rate: 25% since 1980

Ethnic Makeup: Designated Market Area (DMA) Adults: 45% non-Hispanic white; 38% Hispanic; 15% non-Hispanic black. Dade County Adults: Hispanic 58%; non-Hispanic white 23%; non-Hispanic black 16%. Dade County (1990 Census): Hispanic 49%; non-Hispanic white 30%; black 21%

Education: 58% some college or more; 70% high school graduates

Median Age: 36.7 years

Average Income: $54,371

Median Home Price: (two bedrooms) $108,400

[quote:70lfzwoo]Associated Press
Newspaper publishers McClatchy Co. and Tribune Co. said Thursday they would rename Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services to McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, or MCT, following the completion of McClatchy's purchase of Knight Ridder Inc. this week. ... a unit of Tribune, a Chicago-based media company. McClatchy and Tribune said they ...
Thursday, June 29, 2006

Median Rent: $708 a month [/quote:70lfzwoo]


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Pat...........that's more than the High Point Enterprise had on the front page of our paper. Zilch, nothing..............
Talk about a let down...........gonna write the editorial page about that too.

Oh yes, Ruth, do.

I sure wrote the Herald this AM!

http://www.post-gazette.com/


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