Funeral Etiquette

We know you’re supposed to turn off your cell phone at a funeral service, but if you’re a reporter is it okay to tweet? After yesterday’s service for slain UConn football player Jasper Howard,  a staff writer for the University’s “The Daily Campus” –Russell Blair –ponders this question on his blog.

Apparently News Without An Attitude Doesn’t Win The Ratings War

Anderson Cooper, one of the featured faces of CNN CNN drops to 4th place (last) among the cable news networks.

And Speaking of the New Haven Register…

A Laurel reader suggested we check out the Register’s coverage of the Cheshire Library Battle (bottom line: whether the town librarian  should remove the new book about the 2007 Petit family killings).  Indeed the paper did an excellent job,  with reporter Luther Turmelle on the story from the beginning and covering a number of developments [...]

New Haven Register: Beating the Odds

Capitol Report links to a story indicating that the New Haven Register is one of the few dailies in the U.S. that has actually seen its circulation increase.

Bristol, CT: If You Can Make It There…

Baseball Analyst Steve Phillips is out at ESPN… the 22 year old with whom Phillips had an affair has been fired…and one employee comments on trying to find love in Bristol, Connecticut.

Sunday Talk

Face the State WFSB   11 a.m Host: Dennis House 2010 Senate Race Tom Foley (R) Roundtable Sue Haigh, Associated Press Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant   The Real Story Fox61 10:30 am   Host: Laurie Perez TBA   The Stan Simpson Show Fox61  10 am Host: Stan Simpson TBA   CT News Makers class=”hiddenSpellError” pre=””>WVIT/NBC30  6:30 am Host: Tom [...]

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