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5 documents · 1990–1996

Arizona Republic / Phoenix Newspapers Memos

This is a collection of memos and reports that I wrote during my time at The Arizona Republic.  I joined the report in 1987 as an assistant managing editor.  After leaving the AME job, I was senior editor for information technology and then director of information technology. Some of these memos are also reflected in the “Analog to Digital” timeline, which is the heart of this project. In 1998 I joined The Republic’s parent company, Central Newspapers.

1990s The internet changes everything
Typed 1996 memo from Phoenix Newspapers reporting on a CCI Europe seminar about newsroom technology and reorganization
Memo, 1996 Technology and a New Newsroom: 1996 Memo

In October 1996 Phoenix Newspapers was invited to a CCI Europe seminar on how news organizations were changing and what technology they would need next. This memo is my report back to John Oppedahl, the senior editor of The Arizona

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Nielsen I/PRO I/AUDIT report page for Arizona Central, July 1996, listing certified visits, page views, and top pages
Memo, 1996 Nielsen Audits Arizona Central, July 1996

This is the Nielsen I/PRO I/AUDIT report for Arizona Central for the month of July 1996. I was managing Arizona Central at the time, and this was one of the first attempts by anyone to put an independent, third-party number

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