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Oklahoma Gazette Writer Wins Military Reporting Award
Oklahoma Gazette staff writer Ben Fenwick tied for first place in the Domestic Coverage (newspapers with a circulation less than 100,000) category of the Military Reporters and Editors 2006 Awards Contest, the paper announced today. Fenwick was recognized for two stories on the National Guard's role in the evacuation of New Orleans.
09-27-2006 1:55 pm |
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A Year After Art Teele's Suicide, Jim DeFede Is Thriving
In the Sept. 28 issue of Miami New Times, Chuck Strouse reports on the current activities of Jim DeFede, a former columnist at the paper: He now has a daily radio show during morning rush hour, makes regular appearances on a local news program, and writes a column for LRM magazine. DeFede, who famously was fired from the Miami Herald in 2005 for recording a conversation with former city official Art Teele, says he may not "want to be waking up at 4:00 a.m. in ten years," but he is happy to have three jobs for now. "That way I can be fired from one and still be covered," he says.
09-27-2006 1:09 pm |
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SF Weekly Writer Exposes CIA 'Torture Taxi' in New Book
"When you talk about secrecy and indefinite detention, the problem is bigger than most people realize," SF Weekly Staff Writer A.C. Thompson tells In These Times magazine. Thompson has co-authored a new book, Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights, with Trevor Paglen, an expert on clandestine military installations. The pair also discussed the book on the Sept. 15 Democracy Now! program, where Thompson told interviewer Amy Goodman, "I've written about police abuse in America for many years and about people being abused in American prisons. But the sort of similarity of the stories we heard from prisoners [in CIA facilities], the intensity of them, it kind of took us aback a little bit, and it was pretty gripping."
09-27-2006 6:56 am |
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Seattle Weekly Founder Seeking Funding for Online News Site
David Brewster, co-founder of Seattle Weekly, hopes to launch an online news site focused on the city that would include member-written stories, The Seattle Times reports. He believes that "local journalism is suffering" from a reduced number of traditional media outlets, but he has had trouble financing his new project because of a glut of online ventures. "There are a lot of people crowding into something that doesn't have enough dollars to support anything yet," he says. "It's like everybody trying to get into the same apartment building."
09-27-2006 6:34 am |
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SGI Applauds House Panel's Vote to Approve OPEN Government Act
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
09-27-2006 1:30 pm |
Press Releases
North America PPPC Newsprint Stats Still Slidingnew
Editor & Publisher |
09-27-2006 12:19 am |
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Tags: Financial, Management
LEO Founder's Opponent Uses Columns Against Him
In a press conference Friday, U.S. Rep. Anne Northup criticized her opponent John Yarmuth, founder of the Louisville Eccentric Observer, for the "goofy" ideas in his columns, The Courier-Journal reports. Northup pointed to specific issues, such as legalizing marijuana and eliminating Social Security, but she also cited a 2004 column in which Yarmuth laid out a "damage control playbook for embarrassing statements." Northup suggested he would follow his own advice and either ignore the claims or say they were taken out of context. Her campaign has created a Web site, theyarmuthrecord.com, specifically to post the most controversial statements from Yarmuth's columns and speeches.
09-26-2006 3:05 pm |
Industry News
Tags: LEO Weekly, John Yarmuth
New Times Broward-Palm Beach's Exclusive Incest Scoop
Thursday's issue of New Times Broward-Palm Beach contains an exclusive story about millionaire Bruce McMahan's sexual relationship with his adult daughter, which culminated in a secret wedding at Westminster Abbey in 2004. Their split eventually spawned five lawsuits in five different states. In addition to an investigative report by staff writer Kelly Cramer, the paper's Web site BrowardPalmBeach.com features court documents -- which were sealed after the newspaper obtained them -- and video of the daughter's deposition.
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New Times Broward-Palm Beach Press Release |
09-26-2006 1:20 pm |
Press Releases
JFP Writer Returns From Africa, Does Press Junket
Jackson Free Press Contributing Editor Casey Parks has returned from her journey to Africa with New York Times reporter Nick Kristof. Parks won the reporting trip in May in an essay contest. In a Sept. 26 blog post (available here to TimesSelect subscribers), Parks describes her problems readjusting while doing publicity: "I'm worried some of my experiences will turn into fodder for television
programs, radio interviews," she writes. When Al Roker asked if appearing on the Today show was "better than being held up at gunpoint," Parks responded that "both are pretty surreal."
09-26-2006 12:47 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Casey Parks
Port Folio Weekly Has a Big Idea
Port Folio Weekly announced a "Big Idea" essay contest in their Independence Day issue, an idea inspired by Gen. Wesley Clark's speech at the 2006 AAN Convention. "Clark noted that today ... there are few if any big ideas around which the country can rally," Tom Robotham says in his Sept. 26 Editor's Note. "What we need in these dire times, it seems to me, are motivating ideas that appeal to our inherent expansiveness -- our collective and foundational belief in intellectual enlightenment, social justice and tolerance of diversity." This week's issue contains the top three submissions as well as an interview with the winner, Missy Cotter Smasal, who proposed "a Foreign Language Corps, to be sponsored by the federal government in a manner similar to university ROTC programs throughout the country. "
09-26-2006 11:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Port Folio Weekly
Dallas Observer City Columnists, Past and Present, Face Off
The Dallas Observer blog "Unfair Park" has hosted a feisty debate between Jim Schutze and Laura Miller over the past few days. Schutze, the weekly's city columnist, wrote a cover story for the Aug. 31 issue criticizing Dallas' plan to build new bridges. Mayor Laura Miller, who wrote the city column for the Observer in her days before holding office, sent a letter to the weekly disputing Schutze's economic analysis, which the paper then posted on its blog. "The Dallas City Council took a mediocre project and made it great -- all in the bright light of day -- and I resent, as a former reporter for this newspaper, Schutze's gross distortion of the facts," Miller wrote. Schutze's response, posted a few hours later, briefly covers Miller's assertions before saying that he hopes to publish a better analysis in the Observer: "Blogs are O.K., but blogs have their limitations too; they are not the place for a comprehensive review of this very complex story," he says. "I look forward to working with the mayor and her staff on a search for these very important answers. Notice that I did not accuse the mayor of 'gross distortion.'"
09-26-2006 8:53 am |
Industry News
Robert Christgau Joins NPR, Solicits Other Employers On Air
Robert Christgau, the music critic who was dismissed from his longtime job at The Village Voice last month, will soon assume a regular gig on National Public Radio. Bob Boilen, the host of NPR's "All Songs Considered" program, made the announcement while introducing Christgau as part of a roundtable previewing fall CDs on the Sept. 21 show. Immediately after being introduced, Christgau blurted, "I need a job. I got one, I need more."
09-26-2006 7:04 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Robert Christgau
LEO Weekly Hires New Sales Director -- From Local Faux-Altnew
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
09-26-2006 2:03 pm |
Industry News
FOIA Reform Bill Up for Key House Vote
Momentum builds to promote open government
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Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
09-26-2006 12:06 pm |
Press Releases
eMarketer: Growth of Web Ad Spending Slowing Downnew
Mediaweek |
09-26-2006 11:55 am |
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