Where do you stand on the whole print vs blogs issue? Do you like having a newspaper gig?
I love having a newspaper gig! I just can’t imagine having one without having a presence on the Internet. I need those people out of market who communicate with me online—but I also need the heft of a major newspaper, and the wire service we feed, supporting me as well. TV Barn is also a great outlet for my journalism. It got me here to Kansas City, the best city in America to live in today. And the Star, well, if you could see our dead tree edition, your eyes would pop. It’s a gorgeous paper, stuffed with a lot of great journalism from people who’ve been here forever. And we’re the dominator online in our market too, so if anyone’s going to monetize that, it’s us. Blogs vs. print is not just tired, it’s expired. My hat’s off to anyone who intelligently digests the news of the day and makes it readable to other people. Try doing that every day for 10 years and answer all your email; not so easy. So whether that person chooses to live on the Web or considers herself a print journalist d
