Our new local media overlords are not nice — or very competent — people. First, Halifax Media and the New York Times Co. sent all employees at the regional newspapers Halifax bought (The Ledger, Sarasota...

1) I think I can speak for all of Lakeland Local in expressing our deepest sadness at the death of Lakeland Police Officer Arnulfo Crispin. I didn’t know him, unfortunately. But he seems to have been a most promising...

In a rather harsh article that came out almost exactly one year ago, I declared: “Within two years, maybe sooner, expect The Ledger to compete with Lakeland Local full-time as an online-only magazine.” I was...

My old Ledger colleague Tom Palmer has a bit of a fraught history with corrections. Mostly, he hates to acknowledge it when he screws things up. See here and here. But his latest snafu may be the strangest. It requires a...

Seth McKeel responded yesterday to a critical Ledger editorial with this preamble: In response to The Ledger’s editorial “Florida Legislature: Blame Legislators For Cuts,” I take personal offense to the...

• Approximate number of words devoted to the unraveling of a vitally important–but complicated–U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf region, with major implications for U.S. gas prices, our soldiers deployed in the...

Sunday’s Ledger included an interesting letter to the editor about the way the Ledger has been reporting suicides. Suicides are being reported under the simple headline “Suicides,” with the name, age,...

This will burn every bridge I have remaining with Ledger management. But it doesn’t matter much. The nature of the newest layoffs clearly suggest that The Ledger’s days as a daily print product are numbered....

I’ve received numerous calls, tweets and questions about today’s layoffs at the Ledger. At this time, the paper has not reported the news. I’ve heard some names and a few details, but without official...

The Ledger on Tuesday noted with justifiable pride that Shoshana Walter, perhaps the paper’s most promising young reporter since I worked there (that’s a joke, by the way), recently won a prestigious national...

Let me first stipulate that I know next to nothing about the specifics of the Florida Commission on Ethics’ smackdown of Lakeland’s former mayor, Buddy Fletcher. But he certainly doesn’t seem to be fighting...

commentary On Friday, I sent Gow Fields and Jim Verplanck a pair of softball questions. The campaign is near the end and I didn’t see a need to ask questions they’ve answered a hundred times before. I wanted to...

According to World For Sale By Owner, the home at 3038 Cleveland Heights Blvd is for sale. In this economy many are looking to sell their homes. However, it is unusual for a person running for city commission to have his or...

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