Category Archives: Beginnings

Police content, not reporters, arbitrator advises papers

Posted on June 4, 2008 by admin

  By Joel Thurtell He’s no journalist, but Paul Glendon has some sage advice for newsroom bosses who want to make their publications bias-free. Don’t be obsessed with contributions your staffers make to political causes, says Glendon. Look at your … 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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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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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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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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