Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal Marketing & PR Blogs -> Real Lawyers : Have Blogs

Legal Marketing & PR

: Real Lawyers : Have Blogs

End of an era in Seattle : Sad day in journalism could signal new beginning for the American lawyer

By Kevin OKeefe

Today marked the last print edition of Seattle's Post Intelligencer, a 145 year old daily newspaper with more than 217,000 subscribers. Riding the ferry in this morning I read stories about the last day in the newsroom that began with an announcement that tomorrow's edition (this am's) would be the last print edition of the PI. Tears, hugs, and whiskey followed. A young couple ran from an ultrasound of their first child to be with the only co-workers they had known. I read columns being being penned for the last time. Each columnist reporting how excited they were when they got a job offer from the paper 20 plus years ago. Must have been like getting that first real law job. The stuff you call Mom and Dad about, being they were the ones who worked to put you to school to become a professional and whom you always shared your joys with...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).