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>I agree with Middled Out...the intense competition >between the P-G and the Trib has filtered onto this >board...it can get ugly and personal. >But I disagree about that neither is very good. I >really think each one has their own strengths and >weaknesses. >For the Trib, I genuinely believe they kick butt on >the first-day, breaking news stories...see the >Pittsburgh police shootings, etc. (though I don't >think they were at their best for the LA Fitness >shootings) >The P-G does a better job, most of the time, on the >"think" stories a day or two later, the ones that put >an event in context (such as Dennis Roddey's stories >about Poplawski and the Web presence after the >shootings...great research and great stories). And >they're not "catch up" stories either. They offer true >meat to an ongoing story. >Both papers have issues with their leaders..Scaife >is..well, Scaife. Shribman (hope I spelled that right) >is too high-brow for this area, and obviously thinks >himself better than the market he's supposed to be >serving. >Has the quality slipped at both? For sure. >But name me one paper that hasn't...staff cuts have >decimated just about every paper across the country. >And it shows. >Middled, I wish you luck in your search..it's a tough >market no matter where you go. I think Pittsburgh will >be a one-paper town in five years. Which one? Don't >know. But either one would be a loss for the region. > >>If they do, it won't be quite like this one. We're one >>of the few cities that still has two family-owned >>papers in hostile competition (though the PG now >>delivers the Trib by contract, a result of financial >>realities), where the owners of each paper detest one >>another. This is reflected in some of the "wild and >>wooly" animosity you see here between partisans of >>each paper. >> >>Myself, I don't think either one of them are very >good. >> >>I am searching for a j-job in a set of cities that >>>includes Pittsburgh, which does not seem too >promising >>>at the moment, and have found this board to be >helpful >>>in getting some inside info on the biz here. Does >>>anyone know if other cities have similar boards? I >>>searched voy and 'scoops and gossips' and 'media >>>forums' and didn't come up with much.I guess that's >>>why I'm a designer, not an investigative reporter. >>> This is a helpful site - if a bit wild and woolly!

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