Media Strategy & Content Development

You Need to Catch a Cold!!
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

You Need to Catch a Cold!!

The common cold - a metaphor of life? Journalism in search of a soul. Another bold headline prediction. And…a media executive offers a critique of ME!

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What's a Semafor?
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

What's a Semafor?

Semafor, Pinafore, Sorkin, Gilbert & Sullivan…and Hope for local news heretofore unseen?

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Hello MacKenzie Scott?
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

Hello MacKenzie Scott?

A newsroom on every corner? A chicken in every pot? This week we ask one of the richest women in the world to save local journalism…please?

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Return of the Woolly Mammoth!
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

Return of the Woolly Mammoth!

Say hello to the Woolly Mammoth. More News Networks - Oh Boy! And how the future of broadcasting may have just revealed itself…

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PIVOT! PIVOT! PIVOT!
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

PIVOT! PIVOT! PIVOT!

Zoom weirdness, free lunch or famine, cool cars, and poop water. It’s all here this week. Dive in!

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Lemmings, Nero's Fiddle & CNN
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

Lemmings, Nero's Fiddle & CNN

The Listicle Episode in brief. CNN about to revolutionize morning news (snicker)? And…Lemming mass suicides & Nero fiddling stories debunked!

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Funeral For a Friend & The Man With Two Brains
Joel Cheatwood Joel Cheatwood

Funeral For a Friend & The Man With Two Brains

A special appearance by Steve Martin. Is the Peacock losing its feathers? Why “old-time PrimeTime” was so good for the country…and so much more! Well, not really that much more, but still, worth a read.

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