Newsletter
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Rock chalk Jayhawk - can you believe KU is unbeaten?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I can't believe my alma mater, the University of Kansas, is one of only two unbeaten teams in major college football. (If you want to read all about the Jayhawks, the Lawrence Journal-World site is one of my favorites.) As ...
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What drives Jim Lehrer as a journalist?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
This quote from Jim Lehrer struck a chord with me: "I really believe with all my heart and soul that there is not one problem that can't be resolved by good people. That is the drive for me as a ...
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Why didn't Denzel Washington make the front page instead of Michael Ratcliff?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
One of my favorite Web sites is Snopes, which checks out all of those rumors floating around cyberspace. I don't know who runs the site, but I've found it a great way to quickly check out the e-mails my friends, ...
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Editorial cartoons don't necessarily reflect views of the newspaper's editorial board
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
An Advocate reader took umbrage at a recent editorial cartoon. I've attached the offending cartoon to this post, so you know the subject of the controversy. What are your thoughts about editorial cartoons? Below is the reader's complaint and then my response: Mr. ...
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Video of Ratcliff's father was a mistake
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Some viewers criticized our video interview of Michael Ratcliff's father on the day his son was being indicted. Unfortunately, I think they were right. As print journalists, we're new to the video world, and we made a misstep here. Our ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I don't have the words to capture the spirit of the American Society of Newspaper Editors' Diversity Leadership Institute. Instead, I'll turn to a past speech by editor Gregory Favre. I was honored to attend the fifth session this week at the ...
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What do you think of Victoria's airport?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I flew out of Victoria Regional Airport to reach a conference I'm attending in Washington, D.C. Despite an acquaintance's words of caution about flights being canceled in Victoria, the first leg of the round-trip flight went off like clockwork. A ...
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Reader-submitted articles allow community to reach out
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We received an e-mail Friday that brightened my day: "I just wanted to thank you for your "Reader Submitted Articles" Section. I was able to post the information about my book, and have been able to reach some people that ...
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We're in beta, as Google would say
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We're a bit overwhelmed by how much traffic our new site is generating. We're on a pace to far surpass the biggest month in online Advocate history. There's always a downside to success, of course. Some of our longtime users became ...
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A place all pet lovers should visit
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
My 10-year-old son, Paul, and I attended an open house today for the Dorothy H. O'Connor Pet Adoption Center. I like to get out of the office whenever I can to see what we're covering in the newspaper. As an ...