We all have personal favorite newspaper names. The Canton Repository, the Plain Dealer, the Blade.
Now that I think about it, lots of the badass ones happen to be in Ohio.
No matter. Because I have in my hot little hands what happens to be hands-down the best newspaper name in the world. And it's right here in little old rural Mizzou-rah.
That's right. The Unterrified Democrat. Possibly the most badass newspaper name ever. Unterrified. Democratic. That's all you want.
The UTD (my new nickname) is a weekly out of Linn (pop. 1,432) that serves Osage County. If you'll remember, Osage County was one of the counties with a nice-looking historical society website.
Anyway, the name "Unterrified Democrat" isn't the only thing this newspaper has going for it. Notice:
It's something like two columns wider than my paper, and most normal papers. I didn't measure, so I don't know the exact specs. But I opened the sports pages just for another comparison:
Unfortunately, the UTD has no website. But a Google image search image search for "Unterrified Democrat" yields this photo, so I assume it gets around.
Labels: Daily Guide, Missouri, newspaper design, newspapers
Never mind the
coincidence; the fact that Tony and I work at newspapers in towns with similar names and compete with newspapers with the
same name. Oh, it's still there. Only this story just makes it a little freakier.
Listen: there's this wrestler, named Gordon Bierschenk. He graduated from Waynesville High School in 2003. In high school he was a mediocre wrestler at best but decided after graduation that he'd walk on at the University of Minnesota anyway, just for the hell of it.
So far, so good. He then went to Iraq after being a decent walk-on and came back with a new fire. Now he's the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week.
Now, here's the freaky part: I got scooped on his story. Not by the
Springfield News-Leader, or the
Pulaski County Daily. No. I got scooped by the
Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Never in a million years did I expect that to happen.
Now, this would admittedly be a lot freakier if Tony was still interning there. But still...who'd've thunk it? I've got national competition (*snicker*).
And you can read my version of the story
here (no e-link yet, but I just posted the pdf on my blog, that'll have to do for now). My version is a bit more in-depth, plus I was able to talk to his mom and high school coach. Mine comes out Saturday, and the Strib piece was on Wednesday...the bastard.
Labels: coincidence, Daily Guide, Missouri, ne, newspapers, Star Tribune, Wayne, work
