Passive

How passive am I really? I believe a lot of what
has happened to me
professionally, academically and in other ways
has largely been influenced
by others. I mean that I believe God has placed
certain people in my life to
point me in the right direction.
But on the other hand, am I merely being passive?
Should I go against or challenge the
opportunities that seemingly walk right
under my nose? Or should I seize them, thanking
God for making my choice and
ultimately my path and decisions clear? 

Niche Publications

If you really think that cutting niche content
and publications is going to
keep readers, think again. By getting rid of the
original one-of-a-kind
aspects of a newspaper, you're stripping its
character.
Plus, you don't keep readers or win new ones by
pissing them off. Just
because they haven't been profitable doesn't mean
people don't read them or
want to read them. 

Buyouts

Newspaper buyouts remind me of the days when
popularity determined who could
ride along in a car packed full of teenagers. Here's the scenario: A
group of about five high
schoolers decided they wanted to escape campus
hell for awhile. So they got
together with the person who had a driver's
license and a car. Then as they
traipsed across campus to leave, more people
wanted to tag along. By the
time the group got to the car, they were a group
of 20. As many people as
possible squeezed into the four door compact car.
But only a fourth of the group
would fit-the most popular and not the biggest, space
inefficient people. That's
kinda how it is in the newsroom except that too
many people want to squeeze
into the car and many of those people may be old
heads who need to give it up anyway.
The effect: hard feelings and
crushed spirits. I may be
exaggerating but that's how the prospect of
newspapers buyouts makes me
feel.