When, if ever, should reporters express opinions?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We encourage all staffers to blog and use social media in a variety of ways. We see this as an excellent way to engage our audience in a conversation and create additional content for our website. We recognize this can ...

How do journalists cope with covering tragedy?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I was pleasantly surprised to bump into friend and former colleague Kevin Vaughan at last week's Associated Press Media Editors conference in Nashville. He served on a panel titled "Lessons from Aurora, Colo." Sadly, Vaughan has much expertise on the ...

Have you found your personal Sironia?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

The niece of the character played by Wes Cunningham in "Sironia" had been well-schooled. Cunningham asked the little girl a series of Beatles trivia questions, ending with this test for a true fan, "What is the greatest Beatles album of ...

See you at the movies Saturday night?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We had a lively conversation when I blogged last about what there is to do in the Crossroads. Some took my trips to Houston and Austin as evidence that there is nothing to do here. To counter that view this ...

Is there really nothing to do here?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

People say there's nothing to do in the Crossroads. If that's so, why am I so exhausted? I'm starting to recover today, but I was dragging Monday morning after a busy few days. I started with a trip Thursday and ...

What matters most?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Our daughter and I snapped this on a drive along the Cannon Beach highway. The famed Haystack Rock may be seen in the distance. When you're a journalist, the world doesn't stop, even though you're on vacation. My family and ...

I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Remember when you enjoyed getting dizzy? You were probably about 7 or 8 years old. By adulthood, we do everything we can to avoid being thrown off balance -- well, except for that brief period during young adulthood when somehow ...

Should a husband go see "Magic Mike?"

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Storify seems well-suited for the virtual conversation I had today: .... ... ... ... ... ... ... [View the story "Should a guy go to \"Magic Mike?\"" on Storify]

What do you think of our front page today?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We aimed to capture the historic nature of the Supreme Court's ruling on the health care act. How well did we do? It's fun to compare our front pages to others across the country. The Newseum offers an excellent service ...

What headline captures historic nature of Supreme Court ruling?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We want to produce a front page Friday that fits the historic nature of today's news. A key to doing that is crafting a memorable headline. One challenge is most people already know how the Supreme Court ruled on the ...