http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_884_Lisa_Snell.mp3 Buying a newspaper - in this economy. Also: losing a business and a name. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_884_Lisa_Snell.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_884_Lisa_Snell.mp3 <h4>Some Good News</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/055e1ff568e299bcaaf274cff279bcdc" alt="native_times" height="100" width="100" />Lisa Snell</p><p>Lisa Snell was laid off from her graphic design and layout job at a small newspaper last year. Lisa thought the owners would call her begging her to come back, but instead they called her with an offer: to buy the paper.<br /></p><p>After a lot of deliberation, Lisa took the plunge and bought the small Native American Times. As the paper's only employee, she has been writer, photographer, graphic artist, advertising salesperson, and even newspaper delivery person on occasion. And she did all that during the worst recession and most dismal times for newspapers in memory. Lisa talks with Dick Gordon about how she kept the paper going and even watched it grow - and how she's found a deeper connection to Native American culture in the process.<br /></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.nativetimes.com/" target="_self">Read</a> the Native American Times<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=58&amp;aid=169034&amp;view=print" target="_self">Learn more</a> about Lisa</li></ul><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a><br /><br /><h4>Joe and JT<br /></h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/8062120b3746d6dd27da2c61dea97271" alt="Joe Sullivan" />Joe Sullivan</p><p>Joe Sullivan has been building houses since he got out of high school. He poured everything he had into his company and proudly gave it his own name: JT Sullivan Custom Builders. Like so many other builders, Joe took a hard hit in the housing crisis. He's now facing the loss of his business. And that's what prompted Joe to write in. After he heard <a href="resolveuid/92e6fc4a69731260ecbae89767230b11/view">Dick talk with Eric Gaskins</a>, who has lost his fashion design company Eric Gaskins Design, Joe realized that part of why this hurt so much is that his name and his business are so closely intertwined.<br /></p><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p><br /> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:00