
Arbitron, the radio audience measurement company, has released its annual profile of… us.
Every morning, it seems, we’re greeted with another shooting, another fatality in a car crash, an ATV accident somewhere, another life lost. Little effort goes into finding the humanity behind any of the stories but Austin Daily Herald reporter Mike Rose provided a good example today of why we in the business should try harder.
After his final broadcast on a Minnesota Public Radio program, Dale Connelly got the send-off by the working folks at MPR News a few minutes ago, even though he asked that no going-away party be held. “It’s true what they say about the news media,” he told us. “You really don’t listen.” We gave him Read more →