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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:16 AM

For the newsie on your gift list

I'm a collector of journalism stuff -- and cool stuff made by journalists. This time o' year, I'm naturally trolling for presents for family, friends -- and the occasional SPJ member who's been extra nice. Some of the neat things out there that have caught
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Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:26 PM

Bad news for Josh Wolf -- and all journalists

This just in: It appears blogger and freelance videographer Josh Wolf will be held in a federal prison until July -- unless he chooses to give up for a grand jury's review unpublished video footage he shot during a 2005 protest in San Francisco. Today,
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:43 PM

Dateline needs to rethink "Predator" series

I know. I know. I can be waaaay behind the pop-culture curve sometimes simply because I'm waaaay too focused on SPJ. :) Only recently did I see for the first time an episode of NBC Dateline's popular "To Catch a Predator" series. The hubby was watching
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Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:06 AM

Mourning the death of another community paper

Tom Henderson, president of SPJ's Snake River chapter and a columnist for The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, paid tribute to the recently shuttered Springfield (Ore.) News. His eulogy is presented here with permission: By the time she died,
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:40 PM

If ever you needed to use your right to free speech ...

SPJ’s executive committee and a select group of national leaders and headquarters staff are scheduled to convene in Denver Nov. 17-19 to begin crafting a strategic plan aimed at steering the Society deftly into what is an exciting – but uncertain – time
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Thursday, November 02, 2006 4:05 PM

Reporter battles cancer and a lousy federal court

Carl Jones of Miami New Times recently wrote about the plight of St. Petersburg Times reporter William Levesque, who has cancer, takes eight medications a day and now has to fight a federal subpoena. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez in
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Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:14 AM

Round 3 for One-Person-One-Vote?

SPJ’s national convention of delegates this year voted down by a narrow margin a proposal to allow a one-person-one-vote system that would have let all members in good standing cast their own ballots for national leaders. The same issue was discussed
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