Diane Vespa’s Peoria Rocks notes that the Peoria Times-Observer is being delivered as an insert in the 61614 area code.
Both newspapers are owned by GateHouse Media.
Diane is “warmed” by the synergy of the new newsrooms working together.
I am not.
I’ve seen this before: A community weekly is swallowed by the larger daily. A lot of...
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This will not end well for the Observer
Some of my best friends live in the 5th District …
… but I wouldn’t want my sister to marry one.
And she didn’t. She’s married to a guy who grew up 1 1/2 blocks away from where she and I grew up on the East Bluff. Sensible girl, my sister.
What prompted this revelation? Well, in my last post on the Blog Peoria Pundit site, i...
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Media: Times-Observer re-joins the 21st century
Many moons ago, I was editor of the weekly Peoria Times-Observer, and one of my duties was to upload each week’s articles to the newspaper’s online version.
For a variety of reasons, the company stopped posting articles and switched to a static site with contact information. Those reasons included:
Under-powered, clunky computers that made the task...
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Local: ‘Trashy lady’ and hubby are honored
Belated kudos to one of my favorite couples, who were among those honored at last week’s neighborhood awards banquet:
The awards given out that night recognized individual members of the community who gave unselfishly. The prestigious Mayor’s Award went to Mitch and Nancy Mitchell of East Bluff United Neighborhood Association. The award is for...
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Best. Interview. Ever.
I didn’t know the Peoria Times-Observer’s DeWayne Bartels was such a fan boy:
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Peeking into closed meetings
“Closed sessions” are a fact of life for journalists who cover public meetings. And, it is in these meetings where the dirty laundry gets aired. Illinois has a strong open meetings law. But, it requires state’s attorney’s to enforce and that is almost never done. But public bodies are required to keep minutes of...
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PTO goes static
Yes, the story is true. If you have gone to the Peoria Times-Observer Web site recently, you have noticed that it has no new content. We decided that the cost and effort to maintain the site is not justified by the number of visitors. We will update it soon to make it more static....
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A few about this the site
Let me explain: I write a column for the Peoria Times-Observer. The PTO covers the part of Peoria that is north of War Memorial Drive. It also covers Peoria Heights and Dunlap. Generally, I don’t write a column unless it would be of interest to these readers. I also avoid using the column for...
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Flattery and imitation
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, I suppose. Months after Tom Batters wrote about Jazz music in the Peoria area, the Peoria Journal-Star wote about it in this week’s Cue section. But, they followed our lead the week before, when we broke the “strippergate” story. Sometimes they don’t bother to follow up on...
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Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates The Blog Peoria Project, which promotes community-based citizen journalism in his hometown, Peoria IL. Call me at (309) 863-5748 and leave a message.
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ComicList – 2010 Joe Shuster Awards nominations announced March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
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Categories: Marvel Comics, media release · Deadpool_22_IMVariant.jpg Media Release — Get a look at Iron Man like you've never seen him before! Marvel is proud to unveil even more of the stunning Iron Man By Design variant covers by …
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Infinite Hollywood: Pulse of the Press: The Incredibles and … March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Today I'm going to be taking a look at the Siege story arc from Marvel comics as well as some other interesting tidbits. Let's get right into the Siege storyline which covers, Avengers #33, New Avengers #62, New Ultimates #1 and Mighty …
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Best Marvel Comics: X men action figure collection March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Best Marvel Comics. Thursday, March 18, 2010. X men action figure collection. CUSTOM JIM LEE JEAN GREY and CYCLOPS These are the costumes from X MEN #1 by JIM LEE. These costumes were the ones used in the X MEN animated series from the …
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» Triple Signing at Midtown Comics on Saturday, March 20th Justice … March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
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Is there any chance we are going to have any Ultimate Marvel comics show up in future updates? You would really make my psp Go happy if you a bunch of those show up lol. 8. SDkngsht | March 18th, 2010 at 12:37 pm …
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Marvel Comics LCD & LED Television | GADSTA March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
These brand new, officially licensed Marvel Comics LCD & LED HDTVs are the ultimate comic fan's television. Featuring your favorite Marvel superhero embellished on the bottom two corners of the TV casing, these televisions are offered …
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Idle Hands: Iron Man By Design Covers Invade Marvel Comics March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
As Marvel Comics gears up for the theatrical release of Iron Man 2, it's only logical that their books go high tech as well. Check out the new variant covers for your favorite books featuring a sort of "Shell Head Through the Ages" …
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Which Marvel comics issues should I start with? March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
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The Silver Age: Is Valve The New Marvel? | Kotaku Australia March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
I see Valve Software today holding the same position in the overall media landscape that Marvel Comics occupied in the early-mid 1960s. In both cases, we have two experienced studios, neither the mainstream-recognized giants of their …
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- Should principals be empowered leaders or branch managers? March 18, 2010The extent to which mechanistic thinking is corrupting our culture might be illustrated in relation to any number of fields of activity. For instance, our educational system suffers disastrously from the dominion of the administrative mind, which is, by the very nature of modern administration, generally mechanistic in its thinking (and therefore unfitted to […]
- Another D150 administrator put on paid leave March 16, 2010District 150 Director of Technology and Library Media Services Mary Ward has been put on paid administrative leave as the district performs an internal investigation. If past is prelude, taxpayers may be paying her to do nothing for a long time. The last administrator to be put on paid administrative leave, Mary Davis, [...] […]
- “Word on the Web” has Urich news conference video March 16, 2010The Journal Star recently started a new blog based on John Sharp and Karen McDonald’s Monday column “Word on the Street.” The blog is called “Word on the Web,” and so far it has been very good. New content is added regularly, and the information is much more timely than the weekly print [...] […]
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- FireFly Closer to Burning Bright March 15, 2010So wrote Molly Parker, reporter for the JS in May of 2007. The resolution by the County to guarantee, along with the city, a six million dollar loan to FireFly by National City Bank, State Representative Dave Leitch, Vice-President, who personally urged the County Board to approve this loan. Quoting Ms. Parker,"The resolution passed both committees by v […]
- FireFly & G&D Integrated March 14, 2010On 5/28/07, Jennifer Davis and Molly Parker wrote "Finding a FireFly Fix Over Breakfast" in their 'Word on the Street' Column in the JS. Quoting the column, " braving buckets of snow, former Mayor Dick Carver, current Mayor Jim Ardis, state Representative Dave Leitch and a Peoria businessman showed up for breakfast at Le Peep. Over t […]
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