As U.S. falters, paper can prosper by refocusing on local economy

My sketch sees Times Free Press staffers under a deadening bubble, where all their professional lives are directed to two main products (paper, website). I propose that their servitude under employment not exclude other writing, that they be given liberty to be productive on their own websites as collaborators or clients of the company. By […]

The value of your own people and local economy in a personal crisis

You have agonized over your plan for an abortion, half horrified at yourself, and half proud that you are bold enough to consider such a difficult step to exit your dilemma. You are pregnant, not married; the baby’s father doesn’t want to marry you, and you are not sure you would want to marry him, […]

Why the Internet won’t make my local newspaper go extinct

In the cool honeysuckle-laced air of the morning, a Times Free Press awaits its subscriber to retrieve it. By David Tulis The crisis in the newspaper industry in recent years, particularly since the economic meltdown in September 2008, should prompt people who love their hometown paper to look into underlying realities they perhaps have not […]

Lee Anderson vs. the avatars

Lee Anderson greets visitors who are part of the reception crowd Thursday in the Chattanooga Times Free Press newsroom. By David Tulis The passing from the Chattanooga newspaper scene of Lee Anderson leaves a big gap in a vigorous defense of the concept of local economy.It is unlikely that the Times Free Press will account […]