Greenwich Journal publisher Darren Johnson goes live on the radio to talk about small-town newspapers and the juggle between news vs. local commerce and advertising, as well as government. He also talks about radio stations. Maybe he’ll buy a radio tower someday! Some words on Howard Stern being forced off SiriusXM and AOL finally ending dial-up service. Then he reviews the latest edition of The Greenwich Journal.

This podcast was recorded on WJJW 91.1 FM at MCLA in North Adams by Darren Johnson, who teaches there and does a show during his office. This one is dedicated to holiday songs he can tolerate: http://cccnews.info/podcast/Top-10-Christmas-Songs-I-Can-Tolerate.mp3

This episode of “The Weekly Newspaper Podcast” was recorded at a radio station where Darren Johnson plays Fripp & Eno and talks about “the bane of his existence” — his Facebook feed. Hear it here: https://cccnews.info/podcast/podcast-my-facebook-feed.mp3

The podcast is back after having had taken most of the summer off.

Find it here: https://cccnews.info/podcast/podcast-19-things-that-make-me-go-hmmm.mp3

or on your favorite podcast app under “Weekly Newspaper Podcast.”

Topics in this podcast edition include the 1990 song “Things That Make Me Go Hmmm” by C&C Music Factory, Dr. Fauci getting West Nile Virus, going to Disney World and getting Covid, Substack and small-town journalism and more!

Using an analogy from “Breaking Bad,” Darren Johnson wonders in this podcast episode if advertisers are “in the game” when it comes to their relationship with local newspapers. The 20th century journalistic belief was that editorial and advertising should be strictly separated. But sometimes there are justifiable gray areas. Listen here and decide: https://cccnews.info/podcast/podcast-18-are-advertisers-in-the-game.mp3

In this episode of Weekly Newspaper Podcast, Darren Johnson reviews the 2014 movie “God’s Pocket,” which features a local celebrity columnist from the last century, and wonders maybe if newspapers move away from the boring objective style and become writerly again — and amongst the people and not so uppity — they could become more beloved and survive in our modern era. Or maybe not. You decide. Hear this podcast here: https://cccnews.info/podcast/weekly-newspaper-podcast-should-journalists-become-writers.mp3

Transcripts on Apple Podcasts via your iPhone’s app.

In a candid discussion, Darren Johnson ponders what would happen if his small-town paper would cease to exist. Hear it here: https://cccnews.info/podcast/podcast-16-what-if-this-newspaper-dies.mp3

Links mentioned in this podcast:

His newspaper Substack column: journalpress.substack.com

His InDesign Summer Bootcamp: https://cccnews.info/campus-news/bootcamp.html

E-mail: [email protected]

In this episode of The Weekly Newspaper Podcast, Darren Johnson notes the divide in the Journalism world — those who see the value in print newspapers and those who dismiss print and laud all things digital. The divide may be the difference between the blue-collar way print papers are made, and maybe the bias against them is a type of elitism. Hear the podcast here: https://cccnews.info/podcast/podcast-15-blue-collar-journalism.mp3

In this edition of The Weekly Newspaper Podcast, Darren Johnson reviews the movie “The Professor” with Johnny Depp, talks about a recent act that may help newspapers in New York State, a controversy at NPR and how many local people really don’t want objective journalism in their hometown. Hear it here: https://cccnews.info/podcast/weekly-newspaper-podcast-johnny-depp-the-professor.mp3