Archive for January, 2018

President Roy Mease, Vice President Ernesto Paredes, Treasurer Brad Hance, Secretary Jackie Welch and board members Jim Harris and Emilio Carmona were all indicted.

Source: Grand jury indicts Pasadena officials for meeting privately – Houston Chronicle

Should your readers have access to all your old stories (at least when there’s no evidence that they’re inaccurate) — or should you sometimes delete the stories (or perhaps remove the names) when enough time has passed after the crime, and the criminal seems to have reformed?

Source: When would you remove an article about a years-old crime from your newspaper archives, on the convicted defendant’s request? – The Washington Post

How did Abilene-area real estate fare in 2017? Barnett & Hill looks back at data for last year and compares it to sales over the last 12 years by school district and ZIP code.

Source: ANNUAL REAL ESTATE DATA 2006-2017 — Barnett & Hill Real Estate and Property Management – Abilene, TX

Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. and around the world. Read 17 findings that stood out to us in 2017.

Source: 17 striking findings for 2017 | Pew Research Center

Bad content management systems can limit — and even inhibit — journalistic imagination. Good systems can help lure talent and empower the whole newsroom.

Source: Content Management Systems | News Literacy 2016

An email arrived the other day with a subject in all caps: “MARK YOU CALENDARS!” It was an invitation to something. The email had an attachment, and we were invited to open it “For you reading pleasure.” (We didn’t.) ICYMI: The New York Times begins 2018 on a sour note Another email sowed a bit of confusion. […]

Source: You, your, you’re: A typo that matters – Columbia Journalism Review

Darian Ward, press secretary for Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, lost two weeks of pay after she failed to turn over thousands of documents.

Source: Mayor’s press secretary suspended for hiding emails about side business | abc13.com