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- Posted Jan 05, 2009
- Liz Claman Gets Fresh Start at Fox Business
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A year ago, Liz Claman, took what some might have deemed a crazy step, giving up her CNBC anchor job without a new gig lined up. Claman soon signed with Fox's fledgling business channel, which reaches a fraction of the audience, and is enjoying her underdog role as an anchor during a three-hour afternoon block.
- Mariotti Joins AOL Sports As National Columnist
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Jay Mariotti, who declared the future of sports writing "sadly is not in newspapers" when he resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times after 17 years in August, is joining AOL Sports as a full-time national columnist and commentator on a variety of its platforms.
- Times to Sell Display Ads on the Front Page
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In its latest concession to the worst revenue slide since the Depression, The New York Times has begun selling display advertising on its front page, a step that has become increasingly common across the newspaper industry. The first such ad, appearing Monday in color, was bought by CBS.
- Posted Jan 02, 2009
- Kathy Griffin Drops 'D-bomb' on CNN
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What happens when you cross comedian Kathy Griffin with a live broadcast?
You get foul language on live TV.
At least, that's what CNN and Anderson Cooper got shortly after the ball dropped in Times Square to usher in 2009. Footage from Griffin's offending exchange with an off-screen heckler quickly found its way onto the popular video sharing website on Thursday.
- Posted Dec 30, 2008
- Journalists May Not Get Inaugural Spots
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Inaugural planners warned the public Monday to be prepared for massive crowds, long delays and the closure of bridges and Metro stations on Jan. 20. There’s a warning for the press, too: Those credentials you requested might not be available. “We’re going to have to be very stingy this year,” said Mark Abraham, the deputy director of the Senate Press Photographers’ Gallery.
- Posted Dec 29, 2008
- A Farewell Hope for The Post's Future
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In her last column as ombudsman for The Washington Post, Deborah Howell writes: "My hope for the future is that readers, our lifeblood, will find in The Post, in print and online, journalism they can believe in and that the paper will both engage and enrich the many communities in this region."
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Pulitzers to Include Web-Only Outlets
For the first time, the Pulitzer Prizes will accept submissions from online-only news outlets, but require that they be "text-based" submissions from news organizations that are updated at least weekly and include original reporting. Full story.
Industry Events
- Diversity Events
- Jan. 4-9, Columbia, MO -- IRE Computer-Assisted Reporting Boot Camp
- Jan. 6-9, Columbia, MO -- Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism @ API Financials Weeklong Seminar
- Jan. 8, Glen Allen, VA -- Virginia Press Association Winter Convention
- Jan. 22-23, Louisville -- Kentucky Press Association Winter Convention
- Feb. 2-4, Reston, Va. -- American Press Institute The New Newsroom Seminar
- Feb. 3-6, Tampa -- Suburban Newspapers of America Spring Publishers' Conference
- Feb. 8-11, Cambridge, MA -- Education Writers Association Bootcamp
- Feb. 8-11, Miami -- Association for Women in Sports Media Convention
- Feb. 15-20, College Park, MD -- Knight Center for Specialized Journalism seminar on U.S. Military: New President, New Outlook?
- Feb. 27-28, San Francisco -- Education Writers Association seminar on Higher Ed: Tightening the Belt, Expanding the Reach
- April 16-19, Seattle -- Association of Health Care Journalists Health Journalism 2009
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