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Friday, June 29, 2007 9:02 PM

Feral Media

I've been sitting on the sidelines, noticing all the different stories that have come across my desk from all over the world. When I taught journalism at several Denver schools, I insisted my students look at the trends that are occurring throughout the
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:57 PM

Journalists and bad job-hunting skills

I don't know if this is the case just in China or everywhere, but a great number of journalists I interview lately have remarkably poor job hunting skills.It seems that I'm spending this week - like most weeks -- up to my eyeballs in recruitment ads and
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:42 PM

High school questions about being a foreign correspondent

A writer working on a piece for high school students just got in touch with me about what's it's like to be a foreign correspondent. I love talking to non-journalists about what I do.I get to say things like, "I write the first draft of history."Wow.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:43 PM

60th World Newspaper Congress & 14th World Editors Forum

The following release was from the World Association of Newspapers conference being held today in conjunction with the 60th World Newspaper Congress, the 14th World Editors Forum, Info Services Expo 2007, and global meetings of the world's press in Cape
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:31 PM

2007 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism

The Kurt Schork Awards in Internatinal Journalism celebrate the best in freelance print journalism and local reporters who show great courage and commitment to reporting on controversial issues.Two $5,000 prizes are awarded each year, one to a local reporter
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:50 AM

World Association of Newspapers - Cape Town Conference

Cape Town, South Africa, 5 June 2007For immediate releaseWorld's Press Faces Increasing Surveillance MeasuresThe World Association of Newspapers has called on democratic governments to take specific measures to protect freedom of the press in the face
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:58 AM

Outrage continues to build about jobs outsourcing

On Sunday, Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post made fun of PasadenaNow's plans to outsource local reporting jobs to India in his column, Hack for Hire. He does it by trying to show how funny it would be if American reporters tried to cover news in
posted by MariaTrombly | 2 Comments
Monday, June 04, 2007 9:03 AM

Lack of Press Freedom Inhibits African Development

Cape Town, South Africa, 4 June 2007For immediate release The absence of press freedom in many African nations is inhibiting development on the continent and depriving millions of Africans of their rights, the President of the World Association of Newspapers
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Monday, June 04, 2007 8:57 AM

World Conference on Journalism in Cape Town SA

The 60th World Newspaper Congress'Shaping the Newspaper of the Future'14th World Editors Forum'Quality Journalism in the Digital Age'Info Services Expo 2007The global meetings of the world's ,pressCape Town, South AfricaSunday, 3 June through Wednesday
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Monday, June 04, 2007 7:04 AM

Busy season

Last week, we had so many story assignments coming in that we ran out of writers (including our freelancers). Thus no postings from me for a while.We've been running ads for more writers and copyeditors, but it will take time to train people and get them
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Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:50 PM

Fellowship Opportunity

APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 2007 JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIPS DUE JUNE 20Theme: "Mekong on the Move: Asia's New Economic Frontier?" The East-West Center is accepting applications for the Fall 2007 JeffersonFellowships open to U.S., Asian and Pacific Island journalists
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