Jezebel: Newspapers

Woman Trapped In Lawn Chair Saved By Paper Boy

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:41:00 EDT

A freak accident that left a 75-year-old woman trapped outside in a canvas chair overnight has a happy ending thanks to the newspaper carrier). Last month Evelyn Rogers of Liberty Hill, Texas pulled a piece of plastic on the chair she was sitting in on her patio and it collapsed, trapping her in the aluminum frame. Her family had just gone on vacation, and there were no neighbors nearby, so she decided her only chance was to stay awake and wait for the paper delivery at 5 a.m. Ethan Mueller, 30, says he almost drove away after throwing the paper, but then he heard Rogers' Chihuahua barking "pretty furiously." He found Rogers, but couldn't free her, so he called 911 and held her hand until the ambulance arrived. Doctors later discovered that Rogers' kidneys had failed and she had a slight heart attack while in the chair. She's recovered and says of Mueller, "Little Ethan is my hero ... He saved my life, and he is part of my family now." More »

Extreme Couponing Sparks Increase In Nationwide Newspaper Theft

Whitney Jefferson — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:15:00 EDT

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The most ridiculous thing to come out of TLC's Extreme Couponing is not the fact that we are quite literally watching people dumpster dive for coupons, but that there's some real truth to what we're watching. As you are no doubt aware, the economy is in the shitter, and as such people are going to extremes to gather up as many coupons as they can — saving a buck or two does indeed make a difference. But some people are going to far and committing actual crimes. In Georgia people have been stealing 100-lb. newspaper distribution machines off the street, a "coupon ring" has opened up in Alabama. Meanwhile, an Arkansas woman swiped 200 newspapers outside of a store but "didn't know it was a crime." Not a single one of these people actually wanted the news, just the coupons. Which, from the media point of view, is just another sad development in the dying newspaper industry. More »

A Woman Has Only One True Achievement

Irin Carmon — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:45:33 EST

Congratulations on winning that Emmy, young lady. Do you have a husband yet? [Via] More »

The End Of Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter

Irin Carmon — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:17:41 EST

After over 70 years in business, lady journalist Brenda Starr is being retired. One early-round pitch had Brenda as a female pirate, but instead she became "the definition of a career-woman even before that term came into vogue." More »

Sex And The University: What We Can Learn From College Sexperts

Serena Golden — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:44:00 EDT

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Journalism professor Daniel Reimold interviewed college sex columnists to find out what they wrote about, what drove them, and why they were such "rock stars on campus." After the jump, see what he learned. More »

"This Column Was Probably Not — No, It Was Not — In The Best Taste"

Anna North — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:20:00 EDT

The American University Eagle will issue an apology for publishing Alex Knepper's column claiming "'date rape' is an incoherent concept." Says the editor-in-chief, "The column offended a lot of people, and as a human being, that upsets me." [Washington Post] More »

"Study Shows Frequent Sex Enhances Pregnancy Chances"

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:45:00 EST

A few choice quotes from a hilarious list of some of the most obvious sentences ever immortalized in print: "Statistics show teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25" and "Death is nation's top killer." All this and more: [11Points] More »

Suspect Arrested In Serial Killings; Clintons Bet $1,000 That Chelsea Wouldn't Wed

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EDT

• Antwan Maurice Pittman, 31, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Taraha Shenice Nicholson, one of the five women police suspect were murdered by a serial killer in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. More »

Russell Brand: Guardian Angel

Anna Holmes — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:50:00 EDT

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Why Are Newspaper Newsrooms So Sexist? I Ask Veteran Newspaper Reporter "Moi"

Moe — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:00:43 EST

Here's something we can all agree on: Boy's clubs = bad! An angry editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette just resigned with an awesome if not entirely coherent screed subject-headed "Fuck The Glass." Apparently Marilyn Mitchell had enough of their casual harmless N-world wielding and penis size comparing! Also, she had gotten into a newsroom dispute over...uh, storm coverage! So the feminazi circumciser squad over at Feministing decided to weigh in. "This really resonates with me because I've worked for daily newspapers, and I really hated the newsroom culture at a few of them," writes Feministing's Ann. The editors were homophobic lechers that gave dudes all the assignments! Well, it may shock you, but I have to side with the femiragers on this one: having worked at a few newsrooms myself, I think it is safe to say there is a LOTT of chauvinism out there! The mystery, of course, is why. More »