Bricks & Clicks
The Rockford Register Star is more than a newspaper: the ink on print or the “bricks” in the News Tower. We’re a multimedia news and information company: the “clicks” on our Web site and the TV clips on WREX-13. This blog explains our fast-changing media environment and interacts with our readers to show how and why we do what we do.

Learning from No. 4

March 7th, 2008 at 12:29pm Anna Voelker

Geri Nikolai, a Register Star reporter and perhaps the biggest Packer fan in our newsroom, e-mailed a great column today on Poynter’s Web site. (Poynter is in St. Petersburg, Fla., and is a school for journalists.)

Jacqui Banaszynski shares how journalists could learn a thing or two from Brett Favre. She offers up a playbook for newsrooms to follow. I loved it (it’s no secret who I root for) and wanted to share with you.

Brett Favre announces his retirement
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tears roll down the face of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre as he cries during a press conference announcing that he was officially retiring from football on Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.

Entry Filed under: Future of newsrooms, Journalism, Brett Favre

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