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Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:16 AM

The New Military Campaign

Longtime readers of News Gems know that I'm a huge fan of two-time Pulitzer winner Paul Salopek of the Chicago Tribune. In 2006 I named his "Tank of Gas, World of Trouble," the #1 News Gem of the year. This week Salopek is back with another masterpiece.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:44 AM

Barack's Hometown

In "Uncommon Ground," Peter Slevin of The Washington Post does a terrific job of describing Barack Obama's neighborhood of Hyde Park. Slevin mixes observation with quotations and descriptions to give us a tour of this unusual Chicago neighborhood:
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:46 AM

Illicit Trade

The magnificent "Tobacco Underground" by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists proves that great things can happen when reporters cooperate across borders. The consortium, which is affiliated with the Center for Public Integrity,
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:27 AM

The Rape of Rwanda

Photographer Jonathan Torgovnik's "Intended Consequences" on Media Storm provides a powerful look at the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Torgovnik movingly shows the lives of women who were raped during the genocide, often leaving them
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Friday, September 12, 2008 6:03 AM

Presidential Issues

A remarkable collaboration of graduate journalism students from around the country called the News21 Project has produced "What's at Stake: Election 2008," an excellent guide to some of the big issues in this year's presidential sweepstakes.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:56 AM

Gutting out Gustav

Bravo to the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and all the other journalists who braved Hurricane Gustav to continue reporting the news. Although the Times-Picayune couldn't turn out a paper edition because of Gustav, it kept publishing hurricane stories,
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:36 AM

The Mexican-American Connection

The power of video storytelling on the Web is ably demonstrated by "Border Stories," a collection of documentaries about the complexities of life along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. From Texas to Tijuana, these videos capture the human
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:22 AM

The Big Collapse

I've seen two excellent and innovative Web packages commemorating the first anniversary of the terrible bridge collapse in the Twin Cities. The StarTribune.com's "13 Seconds in August" features an aerial shot of the bridge taken soon after the
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:02 AM

Drenched But Not Defeated

Two weeks ago News Gems applauded the work of The Des Moines Register as it covered the tornados that pummeled the Midwest. Today I want to give a special shout out to their fellow Iowans at The Cedar Rapids Gazette who are still putting out
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Monday, June 23, 2008 6:57 AM

Detainees

Two stories in the past week have taken us deep inside the war against terrorism to show us the people, places and techniques that the U.S. government has tried to keep hidden. In Sunday's New York Times, "Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation" by
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:18 AM

Tales of the Tornado

The Des Moines Register is doing an amazing job of using maps, stories, photos, videos and blogs to cover the storms that have hammered Iowa. Take for example its "Parkersburg Tornado: The Aftermath" package, which allows viewers to scan a map
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 6:37 AM

College Life

Earlier this week News Gems featured a great investigation by students at Humboldt State University. Today I want to highlight one of the most exciting multimedia projects I've seen, which was created by students at Northwestern University. Developed
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:43 AM

Weaving a Story on the Web

"A Clearwater Girl Is Burned, Not Broken," by John Barry of the St. Petersburg Times, is a fine example of a Web package that combines pictures, text and audio to tell a moving story. When you open the story, your eyes are drawn to a photo of a scarred,
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Friday, April 25, 2008 8:00 AM

Behind Bars

Talk about a tough job -- how about working as the IT guy in San Quentin? In "California Prison Reform: Inmates, I.T. and Health Care," Kim S. Nash of CIO Magazine explores the challenges faced by information technology workers as they try to improve
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:00 AM

Ouch!

For some excellent investigative work on consumer and worker safety, check out The Sacramento Bee's "Nail Gun Safety under Fire as Injuries Soar" by Andrew McIntosh. His stories describe how nail gun accidents are sending 42,000 people
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