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Houston -- and Texas -- Well-Represented Going into 2013 James Beard Award Finals

The finalists for this year's James Beard Foundation Awards were announced in several categories today that spanned the breadth of the food world from culinary writing to cooking. And just as Houston was well-represented in the semi-finalist round, we also secured some big-name finalists in advance ... More >>

Houston Chronicle Prez Still Obsessing Transformation to a Top 50 Workplace, Cites Own Special Section As Handy Guide for Employees

John O"Loughlin, president of the Houston Chronicle, was apparently beside himself with bliss after this weekend's special section on the Top 50 Workplaces in Texas, calling it "stunning." In an e-mail sent out to the entire Chron staff, he pointed out that not only was this a mammoth, year-long en ... More >>

Some Local Doppler Radars are Slower Than Others

With all the rain we've had over the last few days, no doubt many of you have been keeping an eye on radar offered on dozens of websites and smartphone apps. But, have you ever looked at the the time stamp on those radar images? You should because not all radars are equal. In looking through the ra ... More >>

Hard Times at the Chron

Unbleached towels in the bathroom.

Bin Laden's Houston Connections Prove Fatal

The hat is out!!​The man who killed almost 3,000 Americans was dead, and Houston played its part. At least we can assume so. For who can forget the Houston Chronicle's zoned edition for the Heights, which in 1999 told readers -- probably along with the fact HISD's menus for that week would in ... More >>

The New York Times Takes Another Shot at the Cleveland Gang-Rape Story

Take two​Last Sunday, Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, noted in his column that the paper's original story on the horrific Cleveland gang rape was a "ham-handed article that led some readers to think we were blaming the 11-year-old victim." He said "the only way to make am ... More >>

CNN Celebrates Houston's Brother-Filled Marine Batallion

CNN has a piece up that celebrates the 1st batallion of the 23rd Marine Regiment that's stationed at Ellington Field. The Texas reserve unit has gathered fame because it has five sets of brothers, as the Houston Chronicle reported a while back. The unit is set to deploy to Afghanistan soon, so kee ... More >>

Ella Fitzgerald, Jailed in Houston for Shooting Dice: Photo of the Day

Photo by Pete Vazquez/via Houston ChronicleElla: Shooting dice will get you arrested.​Is this a great picture or what? It's the inestimable Ella Fitzgerald sitting forlornly in a Houston jail, arrested for shooting dice in her Music Hall dressing room with -- get this lineup -- Dizzy Gillespi ... More >>

New Galleria Office Towers: You Think West Loop Traffic Is Hellish Now?

Photo by Warren Pattison via SwamplotGalleria: more traffic on the way​You know what the Galleria area needs? More traffic. Luckily, that need is being addressed by developers who insist on building office towers there, office towers that will daily serve countless commuters who will be clogg ... More >>

Chron Arts Writer's "How To Deal With Me" Memo Goes National

NO chit-chat with the critic, please​Douglas Britt is the arts critic of the Houston Chronicle who, somewhat recently, was also ordered to shoulder part of the paper's society coverage.As a result, he's apparently desperate to manage his time better. So he wrote a 1,400-word memo to arts instituti ... More >>

More Consolidation For Chronicle And San Antonio

The Chron-Express News​Hearst's unending efforts to make the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News one and the same continue apace.The latest memo appoints several editors to oversee matters at both papers, and offers tips on how the two can share coverage.Chron editors Laura Goldberg ... More >>

"McContent" Coming To Your Houston Chronicle

Fast and not-so-juicy​Demand Media is a company that churns out reams of copy for which freelancers get paid very little; content is geared toward generating search-engine hits. Reporters sometimes call what it does "McContent" because it's high-volume, quickly done work by low-paid employees.And ... More >>

Chron's Feelings Are Hurt

HBO drama didn't celebrate Houston as best-est place.

The Chronicle Gets Its Feelings Hurt By Treme; Possibly Offers A Solution

​In case you hadn't heard -- and there's no way you haven't heard, since seemingly everyone who writes for a living in America worships David Simon's TV shows -- Treme premiered Sunday.It's a story about New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. It contained two passing references to Houston: One, ... More >>

Stop the Presses

What's next? Holographic newspapers?

"Why Can't It Be More Like Jazzfest?" Rick Mitchell Debunks The Top 10 Gripes He's Overheard About Houston's iFest

All photos courtesy of www.ifest.orgOzomatli: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17, Bud Light World Music Stage​ A couple of days ago, Houston International Festival Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell emailed Rocks Off and asked us if we'd mind reprinting something he wrote for the blog on iFest's Web ... More >>

How To Solve Walden's Deer Problem: Music Hath Charms To Soothe That Savage Beast

The Montgomery County town of Walden is having a deer problem, the Houston Chronicle reports.And before you get all logical and say "Well, if you're going to build homes in a forest full of deer, you're going to have deer problems," just remember that deer don't worry too much about the resale va ... More >>

We Totally Agree With The Way The Chronicle Writes About Its Reporters

​As we noted earlier this week, nothing whatsoever was as important to the Houston Chronicle as the announcement of their new society reporters Sunday. Mayoral race? Texans victory? Meh.The Chron placed a huge photo on its front page, and even-huger photo on its feature-section front, and an equal ... More >>

Big Boom In Seabrook, No Injuries Reported

There was a big, loud boom and plenty of smoke near Seabrook this morning, but it appears so far that there are no serious injuries attached to an explosion at a chemical plant.Shelter-in-place warnings are in effect near the American Acryl plant, which is not extremely close, as these things go aro ... More >>

Candidate For Dumbest Fundraiser Ever, River Oaks Style

Dave Rossman for the Chronicle​In case you were worried that the departure of Shelby Hodge would hamper the Houston Chronicle's tireless devotion to covering the inanities of rich, pampered self-obsessives in our town, fear not.Molly Glentzer is on the beat, and among her first offerings is this m ... More >>

The Chronicle Has Issues With Delivery

Something went seriously astray with the printing of Saturday morning's Houston Chronicle. A whole bunch of papers arrived on doorsteps (or in flower beds) throughout the area without the Star (features) or (gasp) Sports section."We had issues with our presses and we had a lot of calls," a Chronicle ... More >>

We Are All Going To Die. Click Here For More Information!

Houstonians -- HAVE YOU BREATHED ANY AIR LATELY?!?!Then run for the hills! That seems to be what the Houston Chronicle is saying with this latest splashed headline, sure to show up as a "Most Read Stories" link soon.Let's get this straight -- if you were in the Galleria recently, or talked to anyone ... More >>

Congratulations To The Chronicle

There's been a ton of bad news coming out of 801 Texas lately, but those who are left have something to (semi-)celebrate: The paper was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News category. The judges praised the "Houston Chronicle staff" for "taking full advantage of online technology a ... More >>

The Chronicle's Doll Porn Ignores Houston's Syphillis Threat

Photo courtesy the proud, hip Houston ChronicleThe godawful sex blogger on the Houston Chronicle's so-hip-it-hurts 29.95 blog has a new bag: Doll porn.Each week she promises to demonstate a new sex position for all the rest of us unimaginative schlubs who just don't know how to bone it like th ... More >>

Layoff Tales From The Chron

The layoff tales are spreading from 801 Texas, home of the Houston Chronicle. Here's one. A former copy editor relates her day: my favorite part of the whole experience was being greeted with an offhand joke about copy editors by the bigwig who told me my copy editing job was being eliminated. ... More >>

More Bad News For Newspapers: Rice Cancels Its Student Subscriptions

As if the journalism world isn't reeling with news of layoffs, buyouts and doing goddamn more to goddamn less, here's more bad news: Rice is canceling all its student subscriptions to the Houston Chronicle and The New York Times.They'll save $30,000 by doing so.We went to UH, not Rice, so we're not ... More >>

Chronicle Cuts To Be Stretched Over Two Days

Good news on the pending Houston Chronicle cuts -- the latest word is that the layoffs will be in the range of 12-13 percent of the newsroom. That's bad, but not as bad as the 30 percent figures that some understandably frantic people were tossing around. The bad news is the cuts will be carried out ... More >>

More Job Cuts At The Houston Chronicle

There's no way around it: It's a sucky time to be a journalist these days. The latest evidence comes from the Houston Chronicle, which is telling its people to expect even more job cutsHere's the memo: As our newspaper continues to report the condition of the economy, we read about companies in all ... More >>

Cinema Bomar: A Bit on the Arty Side…

Cinema Bomar unleashes a cornucopia of mindbenders

Fund-raiser Blues

Re: Houston Chronicle Staffers Facing Buyouts, Layoffs

A Modest Proposal: Teach the Gangbangers Respect

The Houston Chronicle Cuts, Annotated

What the editor really meant

Hurricane Forecasts, Telemarketers, Evacuation Plans

Hurricanes a-comin'

Pimp My Ride

Metro's transportation-plan "adjustments"

Modeling On The Cheap

Lineup Change

The pressure is on the Chron's sports columnists

Sultan of Swatch?

Babe's shirt goes in the cards

Pimpin' Ain't Easy

Tension mounts at the Chronicle

Probing Questions

TV is less goofy on air, but not on-line

Quoth the Chron

The Chronicle runs out another inept marketing campaign

Celebrate Good Times

The Bush inaugural is a wonderful, wonderful thing

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

The missing Chronicle issue

Trial Story

The Hearst Corporation

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News Hostage

Shopping for Dummies

The Packed Shack

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