>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:03:49 -0400 >To: (Recipient list suppressed) >From: Ish Theilheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Media critic John Miller today at straightgoods.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Dear Straight Goods community, > > Our bulletin today has a personal meaning, which is why Iím writing >personally. We feature for the first time today one of the inspirations >for the publication itself: veteran newspaper editor, journalism professor >and media critic John Miller and his article: ìThe rise of the 'news >business' and the death of journalismî > > <http://straightgoods.com/item272.asp>http://straightgoods.com/item272.asp > > When Straight Goods wasnít even a gleam in anyoneís eye, a friend passed >me a copy of John Millerís 1998 book published by Fernwood, "Yesterday's >News: Why Canada's Daily Newspapers Are Failing Us." A veteran editor and >reporter with The Toronto Star, The Windsor Star, and London Free Press, >Millerís book inspired a vision for a new media publication that would >address his chief complaints. Youíre looking at the end result. > > Also new today at Straight Goods: > > -Like oil and water by Rory McRandall > Can we afford to turn our most valuable resource into a commodity? > <http://straightgoods.com/item273.asp>http://straightgoods.com/item273.asp > > - The Gender Tax, by Penney Kome, who ventures into a Calgary mall and >discovers that the necessities of business life cost more for women than >for men. > <http://straightgoods.com/item273.asp>http://straightgoods.com/item273.asp > > Thanks for circulating this. Please let me know if the hotlinks in the >message produced problems for you. > > Ish Theilheimer, Publisher > Straight Goods > > <http://www.straightgoods.com/>http://www.straightgoods.com > > >
