- First, an essay by David Simon that asks the question "Does news matter to anyone anymore?"that appeared in Jan. 20 Washington Post. As you may know, Simon is a former crime reporter for The Sun and the author of "Homicide: A year on the killing streets". He is also the force behind the NBC crime drama based on Homicide, an HBO mini-series based on his book "The Corner" and the critically acclaimed HBO series "The Wire." The show's current and final season has a story line that involved The Sun.
- Here's a piece on Simon and his essay that appeared in the Jan. 21 edition of the New York Times entitled "Ex-newsman laments a dying craft."
- Additional coverage of the mutual parting of the ways/firing of Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea. First, his parting speech which was published on LA Observed. Second, a more in-depth piece from the Wall Street Journal. The LA Times is owned by Tribune, which also owns The Sun. Tribune was recently sold to Sam Zell and became a privately held company. (In the interest of full disclosure, I work for Patuxent Publishing Co. which is also owned by Tribune.)
- And this late post on the LA Times incident at Columbia Journalism Review.
— Bryan P. Sears
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