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Tribeca Film Festival: Press Credentials for Award Winning Student Journalist Andrea León
March 20th, 2010WORD Senior Editor/Producer Wins Mark of Excellence Award from Society of Professional Journalists
March 17th, 2010
Andrea León
NY Times Headline About NCAA B-Ball: “Tournament Field Set, With Kansas at Top.”
March 15th, 2010The Psychic Connection: A Mild Departure From the Thematic Goals of This Blog
Journalism in the Age of the Internet: A late report on the symposium February 23 at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, about How the Rise of On-Line Reporting and Commentary Is Transforming the Business of Journalism
February 27th, 2010What about the Profession of Journalism? What about the Practice of Journalism? A report is in the works. Nevertheless, the symposium was lame but Lisa George of Hunter was cool but didn’t say much but what was said was insightful.
More in-depth report in the works.
For Ethnic Communities, a Year of Stimulus Not Enough
February 20th, 2010New America Media, Commentary, Aaron Glantz, Posted: February 20, 2010
It was one year ago that this week that President Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus package. It’s the biggest investment in our country since the Great Depression, but in this commentary I show how for most of us, a year of stimulus is not enough.
Have This Need for Speed But Big Brother Says Slow Down
February 20th, 2010
Action Alert: Network Nukes Boosters
February 19th, 2010
Reports on New Nuclear Plant Leave Key Questions Unasked
On February 16, ABC World News and NBC Nightly News aired incomplete and unbalanced reports following Barack Obama’s announcement of $8 billion in new loan guarantees for a nuclear power plant in Georgia.
Breaking News: Former WORD Senior Editor Aida Alami on Canadian Radio 6:30 P.M. EST Today
February 17th, 2010She will be talking tonight on Canada’s Radio CBC As It Happens Program about the Moroccan government cracking down on her news magazine, Le Journal Hebdomadaire. Read earlier WORD blog here. Also check out this info, too.
Again, 6 p.m.
More later.
2010: Significant Moments
February 11th, 2010Late December, 2009, and early January, 2010, of course, a period when the mainstream news media were publishing recollections and what they considered the highlights of the decade just passed and taking opportunities to prognosticate about the near and distant future. That’s inspiration to do a review of significant moments in the 10 years of the WORD, and its editor, sans the prognostication. However, mostly highlights are to be considered with substantive reviews to follow when possible (because they can take so much time to write).
So …
Whirlpool Bites Hands Of American Taxpayers Who Feed It
February 21st, 2010Blog by Dave Johnson
[Heads-up from Ed Kent]
Whirlpool, recipient of federal stimulus “smart grid” dollars, is closing an Evansville, Indiana freezer-topped refrigerator and icemaker production plant and moving the 1,100 jobs to Mexico.
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Tags: federal stimulus, Whirlpool
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