{"id":573887016,"date":"2014-10-21T23:03:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573887016"},"modified":"2014-10-23T23:26:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T04:26:24","slug":"i-will-in-fact-run-to-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/i-will-in-fact-run-to-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"I will, in fact, run to wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking forward to tomorrow. Our student journalists have a big story coming out. It is complex and sensitive and it is well done, a compliment to the people who’ve worked on it. I read it tonight — which is unusual, as an adviser I do not interfere with their editorial decisions, meaning I generally see everything as a regular consumer — and I’m proud of the work they’re doing. <\/p>\n

This is a fun, loud, sharp, sarcastic group. They do their work throughout the week and they put their newspaper to bed early on Tuesday nights. But not this week. Tonight was a late night with lots of copy and good quotes and ink on hands. There was plenty of layout experiments and squibble marks and bleary-eyed readings of federal definitions.<\/p>\n

The work is good. It is honest and fair and thorough. Our editor-in-chief has spent a lot of time writing it. She’s proven why the job is hers and is proving why she can handle the investigative work. I think she’s going to be proud of it all, after she has put the story to bed and steps away from it for a minute or two.<\/p>\n

In the copy room<\/strong> … I’m making copies. I had to re-load the machine with paper. No one ever considers the humble wrapping paper that holds the copy paper together. Maybe we should:<\/p>\n

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But I always like jam with my paper. <\/p>\n

International Paper, under their Hammermill brand, has a program with St. Jude<\/a>. One of their patients drew the fish. <\/p>\n

Now I want to copy more things, to see what is on the next ream of paper. <\/p>\n

Things to read<\/strong> … because someone put it on paper. Or a server.<\/p>\n

Getting the truly geeky out of the way first: How A\/B testing became publishers\u2019 go-to traffic builder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Journalists’ obituaries are usually a bit self indulgent, but this is a good one about an important figure in the industry: Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93<\/a>:<\/p>\n

See? Ben Bradlee and \u2018the best damn job in the world\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Few ever think about the importance of Barber, just north of Birmingham, but that place is important: Motorsports museum’s economic impact far reaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to think about racing for at least a week, but here’s one last important economic story: Talladega Superspeedway impact transcends the track<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a random musical moment<\/strong> I wondered: Whatever happened to Live?<\/em><\/p>\n

Turns out they have a new album, their first in something like eight years, coming out next week. Here’s one of the new tracks:<\/p>\n

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But that’s not Ed Kowalczyk. He’s not been with the band in years. (Apparently it was not an amicable breakup.) He has a solo album out. And, in this just-released video, he smiles. This seems unnerving, somehow:<\/p>\n

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That’s what happens when you wonder about things from 15 years ago. <\/p>\n

Here’s a thought exercise: Isn’t it interesting how things are so different for you than they were 15 years ago? Isn’t it even more interesting how things are so similar? Discuss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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