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Steve Ellis, who covered the Florida State Seminoles for two decades for the Tallahassee Democrat, has died. He was 54.
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The New England Society of Newspaper Editors honored several New England journalists during the society's annual conference at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Mass.
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The Rawlins (Wyo.) Daily Times has named Jesse Mullen its new editor, effective Monday.
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Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The St. Louis (Mo.) Beacon, a nonprofit online news publication, announced Monday that it had received two grants to help it enhance its health reporting over the next year. The Missouri Foundation for Health awarded the Beacon a $100,000 grant, while the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism gave [...]
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Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Longtime New York Times television critic John J. O'Connor, 76, died Friday at his Manhattan home. He was diagnosed with lung cancer just four weeks ago, his partner of 47 years, Seymour Barofsky, told the Times.
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Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The Associated Press on Wednesday announced changes in its Latin America and Caribbean operations, closing a service limited to Puerto Rican news within Puerto Rico while adding editors and reporters elsewhere for the expanding Spanish market in the Americas.
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Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The Register Citizen in Torrington, Conn., has named Liz Strillacci its new managing editor. Additionally, Bernie Re is taking on the new position of online sales manager.
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Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports writer Dave Molinari has been recognized by the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for his work covering the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Kevin Jones has been elected president of Missouri Press Association. The annopuncement was made during the 143rd annual Missouri Press Association's convention in Kansas City last month.
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Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Kyle Pope has been named editor of The New York Observer. He succeeds Tom McGeveran, who announced he is leaving the paper at the end of the year.
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Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Robert J. Cox, a former assistant editor for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., will be honored as an "illustrious citizen" of Buenos Aires Tuesday evening at the Municipal Palace of the Argentina capital.
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Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The Philadelphia Inquirer has two weeks to rehire fired sports columnist Stephen A. Smith, who is also entitled to "a six-figure sum in back pay," Journal-ism's media writer Richard Prince reported Friday.
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Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Rick Jensen has been named executive editor of Rochester, N.Y.-based newspaper group Messenger Post Media.
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Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Hanns Neuerbourg, a roving Associated Press correspondent in eastern Europe who also covered the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and interviewed Elvis Presley, has died in Switzerland. He was 88.
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Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Five people were inducted into the Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame at a ceremony on Friday night in Lincoln.
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Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Katie Johnson has been named the new managing editor for The Niles (Mich.) Daily Star.
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Posted: October 20, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Steve Brandt, president and publisher of The Greenville (S.C.) News, was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association during the SNPA's annual convention Monday.
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Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times named former assistant entertainment editor Martin Miller its new television editor.
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Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Karla Garrett Harshaw, longtime editor of the Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun, is retiring at the end of 2009.
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Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Los Angeles Times Media Group announced Tuesday that Nancie Clare has been named editor of LA, the Los Angeles Times' monthly Sunday magazine. She succeeds Annie Gilbar.
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Posted: October 13, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Morley Ballantine, the longtime editor and chairwoman of The Durango (Co.) Herald, died at her home Saturday from respiratory failure at age 84.
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Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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R. Bruce Dold, the Chicago Tribune's editorial page editor, was honored with the Illinois Press Association's highest press freedom award at its annual News-Editorial Convention in Peoria late last week.
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Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Joe Guidry, opinion editor for The Tampa Tribune, has been named the winner of the Aldo Leopold Award for Distinguished Editorial Writing.
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Posted: October 07, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Al Stubbs, who worked for newspapers in Roswell, Alamogordo and Ruidoso, has died at age 85.
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Posted: October 07, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Moni Basu, now with CNN, was named the winner of the 2009 Joseph Galloway Award for Distinguished Reporting, the top prize in the annual Military Reporters & Editors (MRE) journalism contest.
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Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Times Herald in Port Huron, Mich., has named Daren Tomhave executive news editor and Mandy Burton news editor. The two will lead a regional copy desk that will be responsible for preparing pages of the Times Herald and its Gannett Co. sibling Battle Creek Enquirer.
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Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Lisa Fung has been named online arts & entertainment editor for the Los Angeles Times.
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Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced today that three Hispanic journalists will receive the first McGraw-Hill Personal Finance Journalism Awards for their stories that helped raise financial literacy in Hispanic communities.
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Posted: September 29, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Los Angeles Times announced today that Sean Gallagher will be the newspaper's online managing editor, following the successful launch of the paper's redesigned Web site.
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Posted: September 28, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Daily Breeze in Torrance, Calif., has promoted Managing Editor Toni Sciacqua to editor on Thursday, filling the position left vacant by former editor and interim publisher Phillip Sanfield, who left the paper in mid-August.
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Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Nicholas Goldberg has been named editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times. He assumes his new duties on Sept. 28.
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Posted: September 24, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Journalists who specialize in covering environmental issues "are on the front line of a new war," risking physical attacks and even death from corrupt corporations and organized crime, according to the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Posted: September 23, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Seattle Times investigative reporter and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Ken Armstrong has been bestowed the 2009 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism for his in-depth coverage of the criminal justice system.
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Posted: September 23, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Courier-Journal has named Jean Porter as managing editor to succeed Ben Post, who retired.
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Posted: September 16, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Jason Straziuso, chief correspondent for The Associated Press in Afghanistan since 2006, has been named the AP's bureau chief for East Africa.
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Posted: September 15, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Chicago Tribune Thursday named David Haugh as the newest writer of "In the Wake of the News," the sports column once written by Ring Lardner.
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Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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International online financial commentary publication breakingviews.com has begun supplying a breakingviews-branded opinion column daily to the Toronto-based National Post, Financial Post and financialpost.com.
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Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Armand "Army" Archerd, who for more than 50 years wrote a daily show business column for Variety that in its time was a must-read in Hollywood, died Tuesday of a rare form of mesothelioma at UCLA Medical Center. He was 87.
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Posted: September 09, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is offering a $500 bonus for stories from member alternatives that other AAN papers can use in their markets.
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Posted: September 09, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Four veteran journalists and the founders of The Republican newspaper in Springfield, Mass., are being honored with the 2009 Yankee Quill Awards, recognizing their contributions to journalism in New England.
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Posted: September 09, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Deadline soon.
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Posted: September 04, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Janet Reeves, a former Rocky Mountain News photo editor who helped lead its photo staff to three Pulitzer Prizes in the last 10 years, has been named assistant managing editor for photography at The Washington Times.
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Posted: September 03, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The weekly Marion (S.C.) Star & Mullins Enterprise has named Naeem Mcfadden as the paper's new editor.
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Posted: September 01, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Parade magazine food editor, store owner and cookbook author Sheila Lukins died Sunday at age 66. The Associated Press reported Lukins died at her Manhattan home, three months after receiving a diagnosis of brain cancer.
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Posted: September 01, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Stuart Leavenworth has been named editorial page editor of The Sacramento Bee.
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Posted: August 31, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Holland (Mich.) Sentinel has announced the return of journalist Peg McNichol to its newsroom after a two-year absence.
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Posted: August 27, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Lou Elliot Jones has been named editor of the weekly Chiefland (Fla.) Citizen. Her appointment was announced by Landmark Aug. 18, and is effective immediately.
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Posted: August 27, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Landmark Communications has announced that T. Wayne Mitchell has been named publisher of the twice-weekly New Albany (Miss.) Gazette.
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Posted: August 27, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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TV man.
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Posted: August 26, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Fresno (Calif.) Bee Newspaper Guild members have voted overwhelmingly to approve a so-called "vacation burn-down" plan the union says "virtually eliminates" the possibility of mandatory unpaid furloughs for the remainder of the year.
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Posted: August 24, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Steven Gellman was named publisher of L.A., the Los Angeles Times Magazine, on Friday as the monthly marked its first anniversary and announced its first event -- a "conversation" on health and wellness at a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., resort.
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Posted: August 21, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Bill Thompson has been hired as the editorial page editor of the Kennebec Journal of Augusta, Maine, and the Morning Sentinel of Waterville, Maine.
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Posted: August 21, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Do it now.
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Posted: August 21, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Sharon Larsen, longtime editorial page editor at The Daily News of Batavia, N.Y. is retiring, according to the paper.
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Posted: August 21, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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David Vincent, former editorial page editor of The Commercial Appeal, has died following a long illness. He was 74.
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Posted: August 20, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Jim Klobuchar, former Minnesota Vikings writer for the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Minn., has joined the non-profit online newspaper MinnPost as a Vikings writer.
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Posted: August 19, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Clarissa Williams has been named general manager of The Oldham (Ky.) Era. The appointment took effect Aug. 5, and was announced by Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc., the Era's parent company.
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Posted: August 18, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Greg Orear has been named general manager and editor of the weekly Red Oak (Iowa) Express. His appointment was effective May 26.
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Posted: August 18, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named veteran journalist Warren Watson as its executive director.
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Posted: August 17, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Kenneth Bacon, a Pentagon spokesman in the Clinton administration who became a voice for millions of refugees uprooted by violence and conflict, died Saturday of skin cancer that had spread to his brain. He was 64.
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Posted: August 17, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Chicago Sun-Times announced Thursday that it will donate a portion of all of next Thursday's single-copy sales to Special Olympics Illinois.
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Posted: August 13, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Wesley Hallman has been named sports editor of the weekly Shelby County (Ala.) Reporter. His appointment was announced to Reporter staff members Aug. 5.
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Posted: August 13, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Kate Aurthur, television editor of the Los Angeles Times, is leaving to join Web site The Daily Beast after three years on the job.
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Posted: August 11, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Kent Flanagan has been named editor of the Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette. The paper announced his appointment Sunday in an article on its Web site.
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Posted: August 10, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Ending a year-long failed experiment with two widely panned critics with television background, the movie review show "At the Movies" that began with dueling critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel from competing Chicago dailies is returning to its newspaper roots.
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Posted: August 06, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Eldora Nuzum, editor emeritus of The Inter-Mountain, has been posthumously named to the West Virginia Press Association Hall of Fame.
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Posted: August 06, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Charles A. Peterson has been named editor of weekly paper The Pataskala Standard of Pataskala, Ohio, and its Web site, PataskalaStandard.com.
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Posted: August 05, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Sam Sifton has been named the new restaurant critic at the New York Times. The appointment was announced by Times Executive Editor Bill Keller in a letter to staff that was reproduced on the paper's "Diner's Journal" blog.
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Posted: August 05, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Ron Brown, a longtime basketball coach and author of the Bangor (Maine) Daily News' "Time Out" sports column, died Tuesday due to complications from renal failure at the age of 58.
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Posted: August 04, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Lisa Tolin, deputy lifestyles editor, has been named lifestyles editor of The Associated Press, responsible for coverage of food, fashion, homes and gardens, parenting, pets and travel.
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Posted: August 04, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Kansas Press Association wants the public to be able to view the criminal affidavits that detail investigatory work used to justify an arrest.
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Posted: August 03, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop is scheduled for Sept. 17 this year and will cover the values of online journalism, the underlying ethics on the Web and inspiration behind innovative news operations.
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Posted: August 03, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Cal Olson, a former managing editor, photographer and a member of The Forum team awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a deadly 1957 tornado, died Thursday. He was 84.
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Posted: August 03, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Longtime newspaper reporter John Hacker has been named managing editor of The Carthage (Mo.) Press, effective immediately.
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Posted: July 31, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Hank Long has been named managing editor of the weekly Woodbury (Minn.) Bulletin.
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Posted: July 29, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Pulitzer Prize winning Las Vegas Sun reporter Alexandra Berzon is heading to The Wall Street Journal.
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Posted: July 28, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Dave Miller has been named deputy managing editor of the Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald, the paper announced Sunday. Miller will assist Managing Editor Olga Peña in newsroom operations.
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Posted: July 27, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Steve Pappas has been named editor of The Times Argus of Barre, Vt. The announcement was made on Monday by Catherine Nelson, Times Argus vice president/general manager.
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Posted: July 27, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Longtime Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales will leave his post to write a new weekly Style column. Longtime Post Style writer Hank Stuever will be his replacement as daily TV critic.
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Posted: July 27, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Associated Press Senior White House Photographer Ron Edmonds ¿ who shot the definitive pictures of the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan and the 1993 meeting of Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, among other major presidential events ¿ is retiring after 28 years.
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Posted: July 23, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Citing "philosophical differences," the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and its executive director of six months have parted ways.
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Posted: July 21, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Lindel Hutson, The Associated Press' bureau chief for Oklahoma, will retire July 27 after a 37-year career with the news service.
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Posted: July 20, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Mike James has been named the new sports editor of the Los Angeles Times, effective immediately.
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Posted: July 20, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Gary W. Clark, chief of bureau for Georgia and Alabama, will retire July 27 after a 40-year career with The Associated Press.
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Posted: July 17, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Fayetteville Newspapers Inc., publishers of the Fayette County, Ga., tri-weekllies Today in Peachtree City and Fayette County News, have announced three promotions in the newsroom.
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Posted: July 16, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Gene Williams has been named general manager of The Star-Press of Muncie, Ind. He replaces the departing Juli Metzger, who left her position as publisher to become executive editor of digital and custom content at the Indianapolis Star.
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Posted: July 16, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Times Recorder of Zanesville, Ohio, has announced that Rick Szabrak has been named general manager of the Times Recorder and Coshocton Tribune, effective Monday. Szabrak will remain general manager of the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette.
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Posted: July 14, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Doug Jehl, deputy editor of The New York Times' Washington Bureau, is the new foreign editor of the Washington Post, according to a report today by Politico.
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Posted: July 14, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Chuck Morley has been named general manager of the Thomaston (Ga.) Times.
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Posted: July 13, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Longtime sportswriter and columnist Bill Robinson, known in part for his NASCAR coverage, has died. He was 79.
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Posted: July 13, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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The Reporter newspaper in Fond du Lac has named Richard Roesgen its general manager and executive editor.
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Posted: July 09, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Mike Knuth has been named general manager/executive editor of The Sheboygan (Wis.) Press. He succeeds Richard Roesgen, who on Wednesday was named to the same position at the Fond du Lac Reporter.
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Posted: July 09, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Spanish-born journalist Jose Sobrino Dieguez has died at his Manhattan home. He was 79 years old.
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Posted: July 08, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Veteran journalist and former Pulitzer Prize Board chairman Richard Oppel has joined the consulting firm Public Strategies Inc. as a senior adviser.
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Posted: July 08, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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James Folmer has been named the new community conversations editor for The Desert Sun newspaper of Palm Springs, California, effective yesterday.
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Posted: July 07, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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A Louisville newspaper is challenging a closed-door meeting held by the Jefferson County school board to discuss the superintendent's job performance.
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Posted: July 07, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Blake Morrison and Brad Heath of USA Today received the $75,000 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment, it was announced on Monday.
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Posted: July 07, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Ernie Salvatore, whose career as a writer, editor and sports columnist in Huntington spanned nearly 60 years, has died at age 87.
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Posted: July 06, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Michael Connelly headed back to the newsroom for this latest best-selling thriller.
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Posted: July 06, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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Membership in the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) has plummeted by 36% in the past year as layoffs and newsroom budget cuts take their toll.
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Posted: July 01, 2009, 12:00am EDT
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