Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Every Newsies Dream...

David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was able to realize every newsies dream when he stopped the presses after about half their run was printed. This was due to the "Joy to Horror" West Virginia miners story.

Although it came through sad circumstances, it is still fun to picture him running into a huge printing press room, hitting a huge red button, and yelling, "Stop the Presses."

Poynter's Full Story

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