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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:06 AM

October Fool!

I thought college was when we stopped playing April's Fools jokes with our journalism. This is a story I heard this past weekend on NPR's "On the Media," a show I like and respect (http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/10/24/06). The topic was al-Qaeda
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Friday, October 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Up front, at the end

The idea of letting reporters sit in on executive sessions to make sure government discussions are above board fascinates me, as does the state's attempt to define a journalist — but neither is the reason I'm posting this story (http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=122350594289231700).I
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:19 AM

The wrong message

Journalists are observers and chroniclers, not participants, when they cover news. So it seems like a poor choice for a radio news reporter to wear a T-shirt in support of Sen. Barack Obama while covering an Obama rally, as described in this Detroit News
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