WBUR

Cutting back on the Globe

adamg — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:29:14 -0400

Gene Koo decides to cut his Globe subscription back to just Sunday (too many ads, too little relevant stories, too much plastic, etc.), but says he'll keep donating to WBUR.

Earlier:
Should he cancel the Globe?

Just start taking the bus because of high gas prices?

adamg — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:39:24 -0400

Meghna Chakrabarti at WBUR would like to talk to you. In fact, she wants to ride the bus with you for a story. Contact her at mchakrab@wbur.bu.edu.

Even if you're not a new busser, check out her new blog, which is all about working at 'BUR, and where she wonders how the station can really break into hyperlocal reporting work:

... I want to strap us onto a NCC-1701E nacelle and kick it up to warp 10. ...

What's wrong with WBUR's Web site?

adamg — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:45:32 -0400

Tell their Web guy what's wrong with wbur.org. And don't hold back: One critic wins a Car Talk mug. But you'll need to go full-bore kvetch by the end of the week.

The latest Globe reporter to leave

adamg — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:43:54 -0400

But Pulitzer winner Sacha Pfeiffer isn't going far, Adam Reilly reports: She'll become health and science reporter at WBUR.

Name a blog, win a T-shirt

adamg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:26:23 -0400

Ken George, new media honcho at WBUR, is having a bit of trouble coming up with a name for his new blog. Come up with a good name and a This American Life T-shirt (in Chinese) is all yours.

The Barnicle crisis needs resolution

adamg — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:22:07 -0400

WBUR should either finally hire him so people can start donating to WGBH instead or they should announce they're not hiring him so people can stop getting heartburn.

Speaking of 'GBH, Emily Rooney kvetches about the lack of substance on local newscasts these days and fantasizes about marching into some local newsroom and shaking things up. Apparently, Rooney doesn't remember the days when WGBH had its own local newscast. Instead of complaining how vapid the commercial newscasts are, why not restart it? Isn't public television supposed to provide intelligent alternatives to commercial TV? Or has it all come down to Peter, Paul and Mary concerts during Pledge Week?

The Campaign to Stamp Out Mike Barnicle

adamg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:27:52 -0400

UPDATE: Looks like the site was taken down. Oh, well. It was full of Mike Barnicle's greatest hits.

If it had a Web site, it would look like this.

I'd forgotten the Mandingo quote.

Via Amy Derjue.

Mike Barnicle's 'remarkable gift'

adamg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:23:58 -0400

WBUR general manager to Barnicle haters: It's been 10 years, people, give it a rest. But while he tells Dan Kennedy he thinks Boston needs Barnicle, he doesn't say whether he's offering Barnicle a job on 'BUR.

Anybody have a garlic necklace?

adamg — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:50:31 -0400

Adam Reilly, back to blogging, reports on the interesting/depressing possibility that Mike Barnicle might wind up on WBUR, now run by Paul LaCamera, who worked with Barnicle at Channel 5 and who thinks Barnicle got a bum deal just because he plagiarized George Karlin 'n' stuff.

Richie from Reveah retuhns

adamg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:18:43 -0500

David Boeri interviews local voice impressario made good Billie West on the Boston accent and asks him why Hollywood can't get it right.