The semi-aborted digital television transition isn't the only news in local media today. The Journal Star lost some weight beginning with today's edition, trimming about an inch and a quarter off the width of each page. (I know it comes as a shock to some of you that they still publish a print edition.) They also bumped up the size of body type. From the Journal Star's perspective that means lower costs and higher profitability. For us the readers? It means even less news in each edition.
Other big changes include the elimination of many of the special daily sections. Most -- all but the creatively-titled Food and local favorite Ground Zero -- will be heaped together into a daily section called 402/411. For the LJS that means more flexibility in what they present each day. It's less clear what it means for the reader. It's not a stretch to guess that we will gradually see less variety and more wire stories over time. We'll have to wait and see.
On the plus side, the Sudoku is positively huge now.
For a full run-down of the changes check out editor Michael Nelson's columns here and here.
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I love how down they are with the lingo that the cool k ids use. 402/411 is so edgy I can barely handle it.
How will I survive without “Savor” and “Homeroom”?
One pleasant part of the LJS that I’ve failed to mention in these parts is the work of Micah Mertes (I know I butchered that spelling, but the paper is so small now that I’ve misplaced it). I like Micah’s contributions.
Micah Mertes may be an asset to the LJS, but this was not his finest hour.
They ran a story on Harrison Ford’s stop at UNL 9 days after it happened and pawned it off as having occured 2 days earlier…nice copy editing…
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