New presence to old friends

Long over due props need to goto the folks over at the Hartford Independent Media Collective.  For a number of months now they have moved over to their new online presence…and it is snaaaaaazyyyyy.

My experience working in DC opened my eyes to the world of more progressive / radical thought in the states.  I DJ’d for a wonderful low power radio station in Columbia Heights and learned about the Indy Media movement from the DC Indymedia peeps.  I was so enraptured by the experience that I came back ready to start my own…but there was one already here! Continue reading New presence to old friends

The future of The Courant is all in the Dot

As posted earlier this week, The Hartford Courant will go through another unfortunate round of layoffs.  The announcement will most likely be made this upcoming week and the cuts look like their going to be very aggressive and very quick.

I have to say that as far as blame goes, although Tribune Corp takes the lions share, I am partly responsible. Continue reading The future of The Courant is all in the Dot

Hartford Courant to lay even more people off

Hartford Courant

Hartford Courant

I was just on the Hartford’s Courant cool new blog Cityline.  Three of the five posts had something to do with the Courants favorite money maker, Mayor Eddie Pérez.  Eddie is stepping down from two boards, Ada Miranda wants to be BOE Chair, and our favorite “I hate Hartford so much I’m gonna make a living off of it” journalist muses how they are privy to super duper secret stuff that many new months ago.  What I didn’t see is that the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper on astro turf when away games are held on Tuesdays after 7pm is about to announce yet another round of layoffs at what once was considered one of the best newspapers in the region.

Continue reading Hartford Courant to lay even more people off