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Friday, July 31, 2009

Topics: Economy, Politics, Health, Other
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Newsmaker—Linda Kinsey, executive editor, Sun News—suburban Cleveland’s Sun News publications are shrinking. The company announced this week that it’s scaling back the number of individual suburban papers from 22 to 11. Some communities, including Euclid and Twinsburg, will lose their coverage. In addition, the Sun papers will eliminate a number of editorial jobs. Sun News is feeling the same economic pinch that’s plagued many media enterprises across the country.

Roundtable: Kevin Heard, associate editor, the Call & Post; Connie Schultz, columnist, The Plain Dealer; Mike Roberts, freelance journalist.

Media Troubles: The panel continues discussion of downsizing across the American media spectrum.

Government Restructuring: Cuyahoga County voters will face a potentially bewildering array of government ‘reform’ issues on the November ballot. One issue will create an executive/council form of county government; another would set up a charter commission to begin a new study of government change. Finally, voters will elect a 15-member charter review commission. Both restructuring issues could be approved at the polls and, legally, both could be law simultaneously.

Health Care Debate: President Obama is cross-crossing the country in a campaign style effort to heighten public support for his health care overhaul. Among this first stops was greater Cleveland last week. In Washington, members of Congress continue intensive discussions on the specifics of the health care legislation. It’s now considered unlikely that either house of Congress will present a final version before the summer recess.

Cambridge Incident: The recent arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates once again brings the issue of race to the national front burner. Gates was arrested after forcing entry to the home he’s renting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. What’s still being debated is who said what to whom and why during the incident and whether President Obama’s initial reaction to the incident was appropriate.

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