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February 2007 - Posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:07 PM

SPJ member in critical condition

We're sad to report that SPJ member Alana Rocha, a reporter for KWCH, Ch. 12 in Wichita, Kan., is in critical condition following a traffic accident early Saturday morning. A man suspected of driving while intoxicated crashed into a car driven by
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:43 AM

Hellooo! Anybody out there?!

Wake up, everybody! Where the heck are we?! This nation has a potential Offical Secrets Act on its hands -- and at this hour, I'm seeing only ONE byline on the Web addressing the issue. And even that news item was posted on a blog a week ago ...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:41 PM

Missing the point in Missouri

Several national SPJ leaders are watching carefully the shenanigans compromising the future of The Missouri Miner, the student newspaper serving The University of Missouri-Rolla. Like many, if not most, student newspapers nationwide, The Miner collects
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:47 PM

Stand up to She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Former Santa Barbara News-Press editor Jerry Roberts is one nice guy who deserves tremendous respect, and what he has had to endure in the last year is utterly ridiculous, shameful -- and idiotic. Though I could go on, I'll stop there lest someone
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:49 PM

No good deed goes unpunished ...

Oh, the e-mail flying around my inbox this morning. First came the link to Connecticut lawyer Norm Pattis' blog item headlined, "Dear Snotty Bitch: Back off." (He would be referring to me.) Whatever. I've been called far worse. (And for the
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:03 PM

Meaningful FOIA reform on the horizon?

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and the National Archives met today to discuss the need for reform of the Freedom of Information Act. The Sunshine in Government Initiative, of which SPJ is a part, has pushed hard for meaningful
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:36 PM

SPJ's first African-American member ...

... was my good friend, Lester H. Brownlee. Les, as he was called, was inducted into SPJ (then known as Sigma Delta Chi) in 1947 while studying at Northwestern University (he earned his master's degree in journalism from NU in 1951). He went on to
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:59 PM

Thinking of Helen Thomas

Events where journalists and politicians hang out for an evening -- and enjoy themselves as they do -- make me queasy, but I'm always happy to make an exception for the annual congressional dinner of the Washington Press Club Foundation. Especially
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