Download this episode (right click and save) Read Ben Liebing’s article here. SPONSOR: OMEGA Processing Solutions We talk with former Enquirer reporter, Ben Liebing, about his article published on Medium entitled, “The Slow Death of the Cincinnati Enquirer.” Ben had some “hot takes” about his time there and pulled back the curtain in meetings and […]
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Fort Thomas Weekend News and Notes
1. Fort Thomas Police issued this alert this week…. The Fort Thomas Police are investigating two burglaries that occurred on 6/26/12. These burglaries are believed to have been committed around 10:00 am -2:00 pm on Wessex Court and Wessex Place (located off of Memorial Parkway just north of Clover Ridge). A neighbor witness stated that he observed a […]
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Fort Thomas News to Start Your Week
1. The big story of the weekend was not only the big win for the Bluebirds over Elder but also the injury suffered by Pat Towles on the first drive. Our report on the story even got a shoutout on our favorite website Kentucky Sports Radio – which made both Mark and I’s weekend. The […]
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“Mainstream” Local Media Trying to Evolve?
A few truths about my beliefs of a new media have become quite evidently over the last month or so. Number 1: Cincinnati.com has become more keen to that fact that we (and other blogs/websites) are their competitors. A few weeks back, as soon as Fort Thomas Matters published a post, it was linked on […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of January 10th
The new year started off right with more news than all of December from the previous year. Let’s jump right into the run-down: 1. First a quick clarification on Mark’s comments regarding the Enquirer furlough. We received a message from Amanda Joering, the Recorder’s beat writer for Fort Thomas. To clarify, she was not on […]
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Economic Matters
Catchy title for a blog, huh? Fort Thomas resident, Janet Harrah, the senior director for economic analysis and development at Northern Kentucky University, started blogging yesterday for Cincinnati.Com. The blog, titled Economic Matters, will explore how national and local economic trends impact our everyday lives. To date, she’s posted 3 times and the information so […]
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Traditional Media is Dead – Follow Fort Thomas Matters
I found this quote from a recent Motley Fool article about investing in traditional media: “The drill of chasing the week’s news to add a couple of hard-fought new details is not sustainable,” Meacham said when unveiling Newsweek‘s new strategy last year. He was right. Unfortunately, neither was the new model. And that’s a shame. […]
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“Real” News
One of the themes that I try to incorporate in my posts are links to social networking sites. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Nixle, etc. have evolved from gimmicky, pass-the-time- websites to legitimate ways to connect, market, and break news. As a Journalism major, I came to the harsh realization that my dream of taking over […]
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Programming the Renovated AmphiTheater
While a renovated amphitheater while undoubtedly improve the image of Tower Park, as I mentioned in a previous post, the success of the investment in the amphitheater will depend on how it is used. As I read the Enquirer’s coverage of the progress on the amphitheater I was disappointed to read the reaction from the […]