Corvallis Gazette-Times Editor
Journalism

It's the end of the world, mid-sentence

As a number of you already have noticed, a story on page A3 of Sunday’s paper about doomsday predictions for 2012 ended in mid-sentence. Some of you thought that this was a clever postmodern editing touch on our part, considering the nature of cialis online the story. (The Steely viagra Dan song “The Last Mall,”...

G-T, D-H, Express win awards

Mid-Valley Newspapers collect 15 awards in a pair of recent journalism contests.

Editors debate publication of bin Laden photos

Newspapers traditionally are reluctant to publish photos of bodies, and with good reason. But what's the case for publishing bin Laden photos?

Corvallis: It's the safest place to be

Corvallis ranks at No. 1 on a list of metro areas facing the least amount of risk from weather disasters and earthquakes.

In defense of 'said'

Despite a reader's complaint, here's why the little verb is almost always the best choice.

Fake AP Stylebook: Now a real book!

First book by The Bureau Chiefs hits stores next week. It's an instant classic, or something like that.

A bad day for the AP Stylebook

New changes in AP style are disappointing.

Now, about the guy in the closet

Why the Gazette-Times made the decisions it did in that story about the naked intruder.

Tough questions about covering suicide

Student's suicide prompted some hard decisions about news coverage.

G-T wins 13 awards in newspaper contest

Awards for G-T including first-place nod for general excellence

Newspapers dead? Not by a long shot

As I was preparing for a speech this week to Oregon State University’s Triad  organization about the future of local newspapers — which, by the way, I believe is bright — I came across a recent column by Margaret Sullivan, the editor of

Inside scoop about 'website' style change

I got an e-mail note on Thursday from a fellow named Simon Owens, who runs a website called Bloggasm. (The site focuses on online media and journalism; Simon lives in the Washington, D.C. area.) In the note, Simon says: “I remember reading your recent post mentioning the AP Stylebook change from ‘Web site’ to ‘website...