Can I get a job collecting headlines for Jay Leno?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I'd like to go behind the scenes at Jay Leno's research department to see who scours the nation's newspapers looking for material for his popular "Headlines" segment. Reading all of those papers sounds like great fun to me, but I'm ...

What are you thankful for in 2012?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Awakened from 30 minutes of sleep Friday night, I stumbled into the newsroom shortly after midnight. Our computer system had suffered a catastrophic failure. I expected to find a newsroom full of people cussing like drunken sailors. Instead, I found ...

We'll be here all night reporting on the elections

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I fist-pumped this morning when a co-worker asked me if I was excited it's Election Day. Yes, all journalists love big news days. That excitement combines with the overwhelming sense of relief all of us feel about having a long ...