By Azi Paybarah 7/12/11 9:13am

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Media Moves: Amon to WSJ, Fermino on Transit

A couple of items from the local media scene:

Mike Amon is leaving Newsday this Thursday to become an editor at the Wall Street Journal’s Greater New York section. (The Journal recently hired editor Kirsten Danis away from the Daily News.)

And over at the New York Post, Jennifer Fermino — who has written some of the most memorable Anthony Weiner stories – will now be that paper’s transit reporter. [clarified]

Update: The Post’s former transit reporter, Tom Namako is now an editor at the paper.

By Azi Paybarah 5/05/11 9:25am

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Front Pages: The Visit vs The (Non) Photos

Here are the papers from around the state.

The New York papers are somewhat split, with previewing Obama’s visit to Ground Zero, and carrying news about the White House decision to not release photos proving Osama bin Laden is dead.  The New York Post editorial board praises the non-release of the photos, and dedicates the front page to previewing the president’s visit. The Daily News editorail board also supports the photo decsionit, but makes that story their entire front page.

The most skeptical coverage easily goes to amNew York, with their ”Thanks but…” front page headline, which asks “where’s the photo?” and “are we less safe?”

I’m somewhat surprised that the further away from NYC you get, the smaller the stories are about Obama visit and bin Laden’s photo. Newsday, the paper that blankets Long Island, is back to worrying about Nassau county’s finances, giving only a bottom banner notice about the Ground Zero activities today. They do have a good, and local, 9/11-Obama-Ground Zero story, which, I think should have gotten bigger play. After Newsday’s Mike Amon iinquiries, the White House apologized to local man for sending him a letter addressed to “Dear 9/11 Family Member.”