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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 6:36 PM

FOI/FA awards dinner

Society of Professional Journalists, NorCal chapter, will hold its annual James Madison Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 16, in San Francisco, honoring persons and organizations who have advanced the twin causes of freedom of information and the First
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:27 AM

Lowell Thomas Awards

Deadline is April 21, 2006 for the 22nd annual Society of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Awards.Entry is open to all North American journalists for work published between April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006, with a few exceptions. You do not
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:58 AM

Biz story prompt

A survey of 2,000 senior executives found that the Top 5 executive challenges in 2006 are.* Creating a culture that embraces and adapts to change. * Attracting, hiring and retaining high-performing employees * Developing a pool of talented managers *
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:20 AM

A note about posting

I appreciate that so many of you would like to post. I have one requirement. You must be a dues-paying member of SPJ to be able to post on this site. Nonmembers may comment, but I'd like to induce people to join by keeping the posting to members only.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:22 AM

International fellowships

This just in from Dan Kubiske, chair of SPJ's International Journalism Committee. "Never hurts to learn more about the world," says Dan, who is currently based in the Dominican Republic.Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program - Germany & U.S.International
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:58 AM

Wonkette seeks interns

Wonkette is seeking sassy interns.It may seem like the easiest job in the world, but running Wonkette is hard work. Paths need to be shoveled from our beds to our laptops. Someone has to read The Hill. There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes dirty work
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:22 AM

Must-read essay in CJR

Journalism desperately needs a return to terrain, to the kind of firsthand, solitary discovery of local knowledge best associated with old-fashioned travel writing. — Robert Kaplan, correspondent for Atlantic MonthlyKaplan's essay in CJR is inspiring.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:55 AM

Support for Jill Carroll

It has been five weeks since freelancer journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Baghdad. Take a moment to read some of her fine writing about the Iraqi people. Her abduction raises many questions about the risks an independent journalist faces when working
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:52 AM

Working out the bugs

Thanks for the continued feedback. I'm working out some of the bugs. I fixed the commenting. You don't have to be a registered user to submit comments. And I'm working on RSS feed and hope to have that up shortly. In the meantime, feel free to subscribe
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:47 AM

World's best hotels

Attention travel writers: Luxury Link, the world's leading luxury travel Web site has announced its 2006 World's Best Hotel Award winners. The 50 hotels were selected by a panel of travel editors and VIP users. Winners were based on serve, facilities,
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