I spent 10 years at the Omaha World-Herald, so I was interested and surprised at today’s news that Warren Buffett is buying the newspaper company. Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, is going to pay $150 million in cash and take on $50 million of World-Herald debt, taking ownership of my former newspaper and several other Midwestern [...]
Archive for November 30th, 2011
Warren Buffett buys the Omaha World-Herald: thoughts from a 10-year employee
Posted in Journalism, tagged Des Moines Register, Omaha Sun, Omaha World-Herald, Pulitzer Prizes, Warren Buffett on November 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Reach out through Facebook to gather information on tragic stories
Posted in Facebook, tagged breaking news, Facebook on November 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A longtime fact of journalism is that when tragic news breaks, we need to get information and reaction from people under great stress. Sometimes they don’t want to talk to us. Sometimes, though, they reach out publicly to friends and supporters on Facebook. Lisa Yanick-Jonaitis of the Morning Sun in Mount Pleasant, Mich., a Journal [...]
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