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Investigative Reporting Vital to Industry Future, Panel Says
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Good investigative reporting is key to maintaining strong local journalism, but it is difficult to do under current economic conditions, leading South Carolina journalists said at an NPC Centennial Forum here Wednesday. “There are few things we do that gets a more favorable response from readers than investigative reporting,” said Mark Lett, editor of the Columbia newspaper, The State. In the past, he said, a reporter could disappear for a week or even a month and then come back with a great story because he or she had time to run down tips and make context out of the…
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America Needs to Put Its House in Order, Bacevich Says
Americans must make substantive changes in this country and put its house in order if things are going to improve, Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, said at an Oct. 10 Newsmaker. Bacevich is the author of "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism," which has beencalled "an authoritative call to arms for change." Focusingon the current economic crisis, Bacevich said you can look at it as either a passing problem or a true turning point in global history. After Sept. 11, the Bush administration's national security policy…
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Parties Assess Congressional Races
Democrats appear ready break tradition with additional House gains in November’s elections, but Republicans still have time make up lots of ground, according Club luncheon remarks on Oct. 10 by former Republican National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Davis III and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen. Davis, who oversaw the Republicans' House campaigns in 1998, 2000 and 2002 before announcing his retirement at the end this term, was the more specific in his predictions, saying that he foresaw Republican as losng “double digit seats.”…
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Forums Set for Oregon, Seattle, Des Moines, Columbia, Minneapolis
Top editors, Pulitzer Prize winners and on-line experts will participate in upcoming NPC forums. The panels explore issues of the 21st century news industry. On Oct. 21, the University of Oregon is host to a panel featuring: Sandra Rowe, editor, The Oregonian; Mike Donahue, reporter/anchor KOIN-TV; and Mark Blaine, instructor, School of Journalism and Communications, University of Oregon Moderated by former NPC President Gil Klein, the panel is at 5 p.m. at the university's School of Journalism and Communication, 70 NW Couch St., Portland. On Oct. 22, a panel at the University of…
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Costas Wants More Hard News in Sports Coverage
An element of hard news should be in sports reporting, but most television sports shows are shying away from it, Bob Costas, the NBC and HBO sports broadcaster, told Marvin Kalb Monday night during "The Kalb Report." More than at other Olympics, the one in China allowed him to include "a dollop" of journalism as he interviewed President Bush and included references in his broadcasts to economic, political and social conditions in the host country. "If I had my druthers, there would have been more," he said. "That's what made these Olympics special ... But I host the Olympics; I don't produce…
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The Future of Journalism: Corporate Sponsorship?
ATLANTA – The future of journalism may be in niche products supported less by advertising and more by corporate sponsorships, by interest groups and by public broadcasting-style memberships, leading Georgia journalists said at a Club Centennial ForumTuesday. While Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, described how her paper is pulling back its reporting to the core four counties in the metropolitan area, Susanna Capelouto, news director for Georgia Public Broadcasting, said her organization is expanding. “The reason public broadcasting is doing so well is…
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Northwest Newspaper Editors, Academics Selected for NPC Forum Oct. 23 in Spokane, Wash.
A forum in the NPC nationwide series on the future of the news media and how to protect its core values has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Eastern Washington University’s Riverpoint Campus, Academic Center, Room 20 in Spokane, Wash. Panelists include: Gary Graham, editor of the Spokane Spokesman-Review Ted S. McGregor, Jr., editor and publisher, The Pacific Northwest Inlander Jamie Tobias Neely, assistant professor of journalism at Eastern Washington University and op-ed columnist for the Spokesman-Review John Caputo, the Northwest Alliance for Responsible Media Joining the World…
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Awareness, Education Can Keep 'Digital Natives' Safe on the 'Net
Because kids are "digital natives" to the Internet, that makes them more open to revealing personal information while online, attorney Christopher Wolf told an Oct. 16 Newsmaker audience. Wolf was one of three panelists talking about online safety. When kids put personal information online, it creates a digital dossier, he said, adding that teens who expose personal information online are most at risk. Wolf noted that a culture of intolerance has been created because kids are exposed to information from racist groups, and parents have abdicated their responsibility to monitor the sites their…
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'61 NPC President John Cosgrove Honored with New Award
John Cosgrove, Club president in 1961 and longtime activist in the Club's affairs, was honored Thursday night as the recipient of the first President’s Award of Distinction. Named for Cosgrove, the honor will be bestowed at the discretion of the Club president and will recognize outstanding continued service by former presidents of the Club. President Sylvia Smith said she chose Cosgrove as the first recipient because of his 62 years of service to the Club and his love of the organization. Smith announced the award at the Fall Hoot, the gathering of silver and golden owls of the NPC. She told…
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60 Minutes' Andy Rooney Honored by Owls
Andy Rooney, the curmudgeon essayist on CBS's "60 Minutes," received the 2008 "Order of the Owl" at the Fall Hoot Thursday. Selected by the Council of the Wisest Owls, the honor is given to someone who "gives a hoot about journalism."
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