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January 2007 - Posts

Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:52 PM

Grumbling about Grambling

Siiiigh. I'm soooo tired of educators going on about how academically rigorous, accepting, community-oriented, student-focused and marketplace-of-ideas-honoring their institutions are -- only to see them turn around and censor student publications.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:29 PM

Update: Federal Shield Law/FOI Reform

An update from Laurie Babinski of Baker & Hostetler in Washington, D.C., SPJ's legal counsel: As the new Congress settles in and the picture becomes clearer as to how the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate will deal with the federal shield
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Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:06 AM

My newsroom and nursery

Well, not much time to write now. On Friday, my husband, daughter and I celebrated the happy and healthy arrival of Christian Asa Thurstone. He's the first baby born to a woman serving as SPJ's national president. As far as I'm concerned, he'll always
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Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:18 AM

Moving and shaking for OPEN Government

Here's a summary of a recent meeting focused on the reintroduction of the OPEN Government Act to the new Congress. This summary was filed by Laurie A. Babinski of SPJ's law firm, Baker Hostetler in Washington, D.C.: In the past few weeks, members of
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Friday, January 05, 2007 4:32 PM

Changes news orgs and newsies should make in 2007

Being national president of SPJ is one cool gig if for no other reason than the opportunities it affords to see many of the nation’s newsrooms and to meet and correspond with journalists of all backgrounds, expertise and levels of experience. Oddly
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:44 PM

News Gems rocks!

A hearty congratulations to Jon Marshall, whose fabulous News Gems blog was named one of the 10 best blogs of 2006 by David E. Kaplan, chief investigative correspondent at U.S. News & World Report. Kaplan wrote: "When I get depressed over the state
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