Saturday, July 19, 2008

Top Ten Signs That The Oak Leaf is in Trouble

One time David Letterman made a list of signs a newspaper is in trouble. Here's the link.

Another guy made a similar list.


Here is my list:

10. The September issue usually comes out at the end of October.

9. Not a single person in the class actually wants to be a reporter when they grow up.

8. Each page looks like it was designed by different person (And usually was.)

7. There are no photos or cartoons on the Op/Ed page.

6. There are no freelancers contributing.

5. Passive voice is used and not corrected by anyone.

4. The Op/Ed section is the best written section of the paper.

3. No one on staff wants to write about a club they're not already in.

2. The editor has to work through lunch day in and day out, fighting in a futile struggle meet deadline, and no one else on staff comes in and helps her.

1. No one writes a letter to the editor all year.


That's my newspaper nightmare. What's yours?

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