Word: jims
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evening the series at two. Things began poorly for New York. Starter Kenny Rogers folded 'em in just the third inning, and the Yankees, stymied early by Braves pitcher Denny Neagle, found themselves trailing 6-0 after five. But the Yankees got three in the sixth, and reserve catcher Jim Leyritz tied it in the eighth with a three-run homer off Braves closer Mark Wohlers. And with two outs in the tenth, Steve Avery intentionally walked Bernie Williams to bring Boggs, pinch-hitting, to the plate. Charlie Hayes forced another run across on a Ryan Klesko error. The road...
Tabloid journalism has played a major role in upending traditional news standards and dividing the audience. While upscale outlets like the New York Times and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer cover the budget battles in Washington and the strife in Bosnia, more mass-audience-friendly publications and TV shows dig for details on Liz Taylor's health and Princess Di's divorce. Each time these tabloid stories seep into the "serious" press, it sparks another round of hand-wringing debate over whether news is what people "want" or what they "need." Many editors were privately dismayed at the massive amount...
...incredibly healthy development," says Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz. "But you can push it too far and become a player instead of a chronicler of the news." A player--or even a booster: the Miami Herald has been criticized, for instance, for running more of what Jim Mullin, editor of the New Times, a Miami weekly, calls "upbeat coverage of the joys of life in Miami...
...Jim Weeks, who runs the New York Times Co.'s 21 regional newspapers in six states, is bullish on his business and is looking to expand his stable. "The future is local, local, local, and nobody is going to out-local us," he says. Whether this local news ends up being on actual paper in the future, though, is anybody's guess. "We are the primary source of news in our markets," says Weeks. "If we have to do that with Web pages, we'll do that. If we have to do it with video feeds, we'll do that...
...Cleveland Plain Dealer, is also giving its online services a push. "What we are trying to do is reinvent the paper to the extent it is necessary to come up with a product that people in the '90s think is valuable and essential," says Star-Ledger editor Jim Willse...