Comments on: Saving the Boston Globe http://blog.techboston.com/Index.php/news/saving-the-boston-globe/ Running Tech Networks - Saving the Planet Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:31:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Susan Labandibar http://blog.techboston.com/Index.php/news/saving-the-boston-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Susan Labandibar Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:53:47 +0000 http://blog.techboston.com/?p=64#comment-1748 I read your blog Adam and I agree with most of your Globe-saving ideas. It is hard, though, when you're facing bankruptcy and layoffs, to do first-rate investigative journalism. There's got to be a pretty large price tag attached to some of these stories. Your blog said that you occasionally write articles for the Dorchester Reporter. I didn't know they were still around! Back in the 90's I wrote a computer column for them, and I used to advertise with them as well. I read your blog Adam and I agree with most of your Globe-saving ideas. It is hard, though, when you’re facing bankruptcy and layoffs, to do first-rate investigative journalism. There’s got to be a pretty large price tag attached to some of these stories.

Your blog said that you occasionally write articles for the Dorchester Reporter. I didn’t know they were still around! Back in the 90’s I wrote a computer column for them, and I used to advertise with them as well.

]]> By: Adam Pieniazek http://blog.techboston.com/Index.php/news/saving-the-boston-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Adam Pieniazek Sun, 31 May 2009 14:35:49 +0000 http://blog.techboston.com/?p=64#comment-1727 My issue with this movement, it assumes the Globe is good enough to be saved in its current state. I posted a <a href="http://www.adampieniazek.com/boston/how-to-really-save-the-boston-globe/" rel="nofollow">How to Really Save The Boston Globe</a> and one of my main points is that the Globe needs to take a hard look in the mirror and return (yes return) to good, local investigative journalism. Stop printing high school rumors of vampires, stop covering celebrity gossip, stop printing inane stories about fake iPhone applications. I'm sure they get a lot of traffic to those stories but it damages their brand to the point that it becomes very tough for me to respect their paper in general. The Globe, not the Globe's customers, need to re-examine what they want to be. Do they want to be a magazine printing gossip and other inane banter or do they want to be a newspaper that provides hard hitting journalism. They can only do one. My issue with this movement, it assumes the Globe is good enough to be saved in its current state. I posted a How to Really Save The Boston Globe and one of my main points is that the Globe needs to take a hard look in the mirror and return (yes return) to good, local investigative journalism.

Stop printing high school rumors of vampires, stop covering celebrity gossip, stop printing inane stories about fake iPhone applications. I’m sure they get a lot of traffic to those stories but it damages their brand to the point that it becomes very tough for me to respect their paper in general. The Globe, not the Globe’s customers, need to re-examine what they want to be.

Do they want to be a magazine printing gossip and other inane banter or do they want to be a newspaper that provides hard hitting journalism. They can only do one.

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