Monthly Archives: December 2007

The Future of Newspapers, Part 1.1

Posted on December 30, 2007 by admin

By Joel Thurtell When I started this blog, I fully intended to turn it into a carbon copy of the Detroit Free Press community newspaper whose pages ran my stories for the past several years. That was before I understood … Continue reading →

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Jump-starting us retirees, or, That Joe Hadyn sure was one hyped-up guy!

Posted on December 27, 2007 by admin

So it’s a bit after six in the morning, I’m brewing coffee, reading the NY Times and writing up my day’s “to-do” list. When I get to a dozen entries, my head starts to spin. Which one do I start … Continue reading →

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Ms. Kitty’s miracle

Posted on December 25, 2007 by admin

I thought our story, a true one, about our family’s loss and later recovery of our cat, Putty-Tat, couldn’t be beat. Until I heard Donna MacDonald’s equally true story of what happened to her family’s cat, Ms. Kitty, shortly before … Continue reading →

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Tangent what?

Posted on December 15, 2007 by admin

It didn’t make sense when I first heard it.Tangent life? As in TangentLife.com, a website written by Deb Madonna, Beth Stewart and Brian West and created by Brian and his Plymouth-based conceptfactory.com public relations and branding firm. It just sounded … Continue reading →

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From printing press to blogthink

Posted on December 15, 2007 by admin

It’s hard to shake off a way of thinking that goes back to the late middle ages and a Bible printed by a guy named Gutenberg. My work was not about Bibles, but for something like 30 years, it was … Continue reading →

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Hoffa story re-runs

Posted on December 11, 2007 by admin

E Entertainment plans to run its piece with me pontificating on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa four more times. Dec. 12 at 8 p.m.Dec. 14 at 9 a.m.Dec. 15 at 1 p.m.  

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The Future of Newspapers, Part I

Posted on December 11, 2007 by admin

Seems like the demise of newspapers is on people’s minds. I stopped at the Plymouth shop of glass blower Don Schneider, who gave me his take on the Detroit dailies’ apparently unstoppable descent toward doom. The Free Press and the … Continue reading →

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Why I Left the Free Press

Posted on December 8, 2007 by admin

I had a great gig at the Detroit Free Press. Excuse me, at the COMMUNITY Free Press. I chose which stories I would write about, and I wrote the stories the way I wanted to. You can’t beat that. My … Continue reading →

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We are on E! Entertainment – Hoffa show

Posted on December 6, 2007 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Joelontheroad.com on E! Hoffa show What an odd coincidence that my blog should debut on Sunday, Dec. 9, the same day I’ll be appearing on E Entertainment’s show about the fate of Jimmy Hoffa, the late Detroit … Continue reading →

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Joel on the road — what road?

Posted on December 5, 2007 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m looking for a muskrat cook. No, wait — that’s not how I wanted to start. Actually, what I want to do is explain — to myself first, then to my loyal readers — what this thing … Continue reading →

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