An editorial? We won’t even see coverage of Trump’s phone call!

Joe Lockhart, a communication analyst who served in the Clinton administration, is referring to Trump's attempt to get the Georgia Secretary of State to change the results of the state's presidential election:

Is there a single newspaper in this country who will call on Trump to resign and be prosecuted for this call. As I remember, more than 100 called on Clinton to resign

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 3, 2021

Joe, it certainly won’t happen here. Not in Ogdenland -- we won’t even read about the call let alone see an editorial.

Union representation for Ogden’s Lawrence, Kansas newspaper

Last September, I wrote about the attempts to unionize at one of Ogden Newspaper’s Kansas newspapers.

The results are in:

The ballots have been counted, and it’s official — we have voted to unionize!

We look forward to working with Ogden to negotiate a fair contract. Thank you to this community for its continued support! pic.twitter.com/kFLdMStndn

— LJW Guild (@ljw_guild) December 28, 2020

Newspapers on the cheap, part 437

From the Sanpete Messenger (emphasis is mine):

Then in November, Ogden Newspapers, a national chain based in West Virginia, which owns the Ogden Standard Examiner, the Daily Herald of Provo and Mt. Pleasant Pyramid, among other Utah newspapers, announced it was closing its Mt. Pleasant office and would publish the Pyramid out of the Daily Herald office in Provo.

”It is really sad to watch any established business shut its doors,” said Ken Hansen, managing editor, who was laid off. “ . . . . As a journalist it’s even harder to watch a 130-year-old newspaper shutter local operation. Yes, the paper will still be published in a more limited capacity, but residents no longer have the ability to walk in and talk to someone to get answers.”

“These big chains are constantly trying to do journalism on the cheap,” Dean said, “and trying to publish a newspaper for Sanpete County out of Provo is just another manifestation of that approach.”

The Pyramid has stopped selling copies at stores and is now mailed to every household. It has a couple of pages of news, nearly all drawn from public relations releases, plus the advertising that formerly appeared in the Pyramid Shopper.

Journalism on the cheap at Ogden? Apparently, some things don’t change -- including PR releases passed off as news.

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