There’s a new Batman movie. The title is “The Batman.” The “the,” as in the genuine article, is earned. Your friendly neighborhood paragraph stacker loves comic books and loves comic book movies, so forgive me as I indulge my obsession with consumed crime fighters. I loved “The Batman.” The movie was everything I wanted inContinue reading “#TheBatman earns its genuine article: Best Batman ever”
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HOT SHEET: How I’m getting ready to start my career in local television news
From the desk of Daniel P. Finney, Paragraph Stacker, 24th Street bureau, Des Moines, Iowa. ITEM FIRST: I start my new job as an assignment editor for WOI-DT on Monday. The only thing I know about television is how to watch one. I decided to turn to the best possible source to prepare myself forContinue reading “HOT SHEET: How I’m getting ready to start my career in local television news”
HOT SHEET: Hawkeyes, Cyclones win, pierce the gloom of the coming winter of COVID-19
From the desk of Daniel P. Finney, hot seat editor, 24th Street bureau, Des Moines, Iowa. ITEM FIRST: Most Iowans interested in football found happiness Saturday. The Iowa State Cyclones bludgeoned Kansas State. The Iowa Hawkeyes mauled Penn State. All was right with the world for a few hours on a late autumn afternoon. ITEMContinue reading “HOT SHEET: Hawkeyes, Cyclones win, pierce the gloom of the coming winter of COVID-19”