editor on the verge

I have to say that I’m surprised that there are still news organizations even contemplating a pay model.
While reading the Terms of Service (I know, I know, hold the lectures about the geekiness of reading TOS) for one of my local newspapers, I came across this gem:
“Currently, service is free to all users . . [...]

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One of the great things about your newspaper having a website is that the painful sting of getting beaten does not have to last a full day.
It used to be that reporters would grab a copy of the competitor’s newspaper on the way to work, discover that they had been beaten and have to [...]

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It’s particularly on days like Thursday, Dec. 27, when the Associated Press must feel good about it itself.
As most people now know, Thursday morning Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Although this tragic event occurred early in the morning, most New Jersey daily newspapers appeared either ill-prepared to [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I would never buy something from a store whose sign was falling off, that had graffiti scrawled on its walls, a window that can barely be seen through and a door that was dented — not to mention products that weren’t always current or were frequently sold out.
Yet everyday, [...]

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Dear Santa -
As folks whose lives are shaped by deadlines, we are sorry we are writing to you so close to yours. We know that, by now, you have received most of your requests, but Santa our newsroom has been really, really busy — producing evergreen copy and the pages that will fill our holiday [...]

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