Today's Gazette above the fold story (at least they used a question mark) Well I guess now I know why the Gazette sent a photograp...

The only thing worse than a starving artist is a crispy dead artist. Today the Gazette picks up and runs with a story I broke over thr...

Nick Grabbe interviews me July 4, 2010. Photo by former Gazette reporter Mary Carey Yet another longtime Gazette/Bulletin employee is...

  Amherst Bulletin: above the fold, front page headline Journalism and justice share a common goal:  both seek "to tell the truth,...

TMCC turns the table on reporter Scott Merzbach 1/11/12 So third time was the charm for the T own M eeting C oordinating C ommittee request...

Contrasting headlines one day apart Two of the oldest sayings in journalism--"Never apologize, never explain" and "If your mo...

So I'm a tad disappointed with my print friends at the Gazette and Springfield Republican for not mentioning in their front page articl...

So today's Gazette and Amherst Bulletin carry the big story about rowdy student parties over the past couple weekends. They even assign...

The photo grabs you as it seems to explode from the front page of this morning's Daily Hampshire Gazette, clearly illustrating the pot...

Bueno y Sano: downtown Amherst, contiguous with parking garage, near busy construction site UPDATE (Wednesday morning): This non stor...

My friends at the venerable Amherst Bulletin--affectionately referred to by insiders as "the Bully" (although probably less so no...

So once again the venerable Daily Hampshire Gazette has demonstrated poor taste, or perhaps their layout editor was simply suffering from a...

9:30 AM Update: Okay now that I've had my coffee I, sort of, get it. But since alcohol calls (for service) accounted for half the servic...

So first of all, Amherst has according to our toothless watchdog the Finance Committee (report of January, 2007) approved 10 of 18 Overrides...

So that disembodied voice you hear responding, “No, I was hoping the Select Board would comment, so I have no comment,” was indeed me. I h...

Long-time newspapers folks—those who claim to have ink in their veins—will confirm that headlines are critical, a good lead paragraph extr...