R. Joe Sullivan
OpinionDecember 25, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: NEWSPAPERS FACE FUTURE OF CHANGEGiven a choice between recapping last year's news or speculating about what next year might bring, I would choose to look into the future. Rehashing old news won't change what happened. In newspaper circles, much is being made of the changing technology and the imp...OpinionDecember 18, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: `BIZARRO' STARTS JAN. 3If you have been waiting breathlessly for the results of the reader poll on a replacement for "Far Side," the wait is over. Beginning Monday, Jan. 2, "Far Side" will be replaced on the comics pages Monday through Saturday by "Bizarro." This was the clear choice of ...OpinionDecember 11, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: CREDIBILITY GAP WIDENS AS NEWS BECOMES A COY GAMEAt a meeting of newspaper folks last week a university journalism professor cited survey results showing that newspaper reporters and editors rank lower than used-car salesmen when it comes to credibility. That isn't fair. To used-car salesmen. When was the last ti...OpinionDecember 4, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: TIME TO PICK `FAR SIDE' REPLACEMENTIt is decision time for replacing "Far Side." As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Gary Larson, creator of "Far Side," is retiring. He is probably much too young to retire, but he wants to end the daily and Sunday comic panel before it gets stale. Some readers may be ha...OpinionNovember 27, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: HOLIDAYS LEAVE NEWS IN LIMBOThere is an interesting phenomenon in the news business when holidays occur: News, it seems, stops. American news outlets tend to scrounge for news during holidays like Thanksgiving. And I don't mean just the day of the holiday. Holidays anymore are stretched out t...OpinionNovember 20, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: BENTONITES TREAT GUESTS LIKE FAMILYSpending a morning drinking coffee and eating doughnuts with the good people of Benton is just the sort of thing to put some sunshine into a rainy day. The county seat of Scott County, just east of I-55 and a 15-minute drive south of Cape Girardeau, was the locatio...OpinionNovember 13, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: DECIDING WHAT'S NEWS IS DELICATE BALANCING ACTAt least one reader of the Southeast Missourian wants to know why we didn't have more stories about the young mother who captured the sympathy of the nation with her pleas for the safe return of her carjacked sons and then later confessed she drowned them in the fa...OpinionNovember 6, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: A MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: HOW LOBBYISTS MISS MARKFrom time to time I hear someone describe the media as being the megaphone for liberalism. I suppose what is meant by this is that big news organizations like -- and these are the ones mentioned most -- the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times...OpinionOctober 30, 1994
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR: LETTERS GUIDELINES WILL EXPAND READERS' VOICES; TV LISTINGS GET A REVIEWThere are two topics that cropped up this week: letters to the editor and the television listings. Letters to the editor have been largely unlimited in either content or length in the Southeast Missourian. This is a good deal -- until letters writers start stretchi...OpinionOctober 23, 1994
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: HOW SOME NEWS OCCURS OVER LUNCHOne of the things editors get to do is eat lunch with some pretty important people. Being an editor gives you enormous power to sway the minds of readers -- at least that is what a good many politicians think. By and large, editors share the responsibility for what...Advertisement
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