Been So Busy Taking Care of Personal Things …

March 31st, 2010

… that the blog has been neglected. Things should start heating up real soon cause there is so much to write about, such as D:F/M/s Aronson award for undergraduate journalists.

A real shame.

Remarks by the President on the House Vote on Health Insurance Reform

March 22nd, 2010

This is a historic moment. The editor/publisher is still  on medical leave, with virtually no staff, so publishing his prepared remarks emailed from the office of the White House press secretary is not an indulgence in poor journalism.
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Last Year the NYPD Stopped and Interrogated Enough Completely Innocent People – Mostly of Color – to Fill Yankee Stadium Nine Times Over

March 22nd, 2010

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Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama – Truthdig.com Column

March 21st, 2010

By Chris Hedges
Posted March 1 @ truthdig

We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives.

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Sounds Like an New York Times Adios Muchacho

March 20th, 2010

Fleeing a Sinking Governorship
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Tribeca Film Festival: Press Credentials for Award Winning Student Journalist Andrea León

March 20th, 2010

Dear Andrea León,

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WORD Senior Editor/Producer Wins Mark of Excellence Award from Society of Professional Journalists

March 17th, 2010
Andrea León

Andrea León

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NY Times Headline About NCAA B-Ball: “Tournament Field Set, With Kansas at Top.”

March 15th, 2010

The Psychic Connection: A Mild Departure From the Thematic Goals of This Blog

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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, 2010

What 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.

Whirlpool Bites Hands Of American Taxpayers Who Feed It

February 21st, 2010

Blog 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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