Checking in

Lots of activity in Peg-land. Hope to be able to say more about it soon. In the meantime, here's some things to chew on:

• From our DC bureau comes this note:
  We should quit now. The DMN has beaten us to the punch. From a Keven Ann Willey post [yesterday] from the DMN blog [emphasis added]: "When people tell me that they've noticed big changes on the editorial pages in the last couple of years, I generally thank them and ask them to describe the change. Almost without exception, they cite the openness, crispness, freshness of the pages. Or words to that effect. They seem to think that we're doing less preaching from the Ivory Tower and more conversation with fellow Dallasites, Texans, Americans, global citizens. Nothing could make me happier."
• MarketWatch on Backfence, saying things that would give our lawyers a heart attack.
• Speaking of Citizen-only plays, here's articles (via Romanesko) from the LaTimes and WaPo on why there's a need for a mainstream media. As I've said before, the Citizen-Journalists are creating a whole new niche; we're trying to reinvent a broader one.
• Tim Porter: I've come to believe the traditional newsroom structure is obsolete. (His six starting points are pure gold.)

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Comments

[kevin whited]

DC bureau -- I like that. Considering a Houston bureau? Or maybe just an annex? :)