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Coming this weekend

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Here is what to look for in the Beacon Journal and on Ohio.com this weekend.

A Cavaliers preview section in the edition Saturday and more insight from Brian Windhorst in the Sunday paper before Game 1's tipoff at 12:30 p.m. at the Q

Patrick McManamon shows just how tough it is to hit on a pick in the top five of the NFL Draft. And everyone knows the Browns are still waiting for their first bit of luck.

Marla Ridenour examines the career of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn.

Sheldon Ocker will have his usual Sunday fare: a weekly look at the Indians plus game coverage from Tampa Bay.

Tom Gaffney has an interesting feature on the winner of the Caraboolad Award, given to a top area high school coach.

Marla also will be in Columbus to see if anyone steps up to take Troy Smith's spot as quarterback of Ohio State.

Coverage of the NASCAR race Saturday night in Phoenix, too.

Enjoy.

In the paper?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

It is no secret that the print-side of all media companies are struggling and that is the case with the Beacon Journal, too. That means we are constantly weighing what should be in the paper, what should be added and what should be eliminated given the restrictions on our resources (space, people).

Here is how it works: We are given a specific amount of space (columns in newspaper talk) each year. Rich Desrosiers (the sports editor) and I then break that down over the entire year. For example, we put more space into NFL Draft weekend and then take space away from some of the summer months.

This all brings me to these questions: The agate (the small results type), do you guys read that in the paper or online or do you not care at all? Also, what should go first, the items on page 2 (minor-league standings, golf, bowling, tennis) or should we eliminate the NBA, NHL, NFL and baseball box scores?

What we want to do is make the paper look better and to be open to more local stories, but as I said the space isn't changing.