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August 2007 - Posts

Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:43 PM

Finger food for thought

A story about a community newspaper that blurred a football team photo to hide possibly inappropriate hand gestures (http://www.omaha.com/index.phpu_page=3930&u_sid =10118493) brought me back several years. At my former newspaper, the publisher took
posted by AndySchotz | 0 Comments
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:33 PM

Let's NOT go to the Video Tape

I was watching a story about the astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak the other day on one of the cable news channels. It was about the possibility she would plead insanity to the charges against her. In the middle of the story pictures flashed by of some woman
posted by JerryDunklee | 0 Comments
Friday, August 24, 2007 3:47 AM

Fletch - unethical?

Nothing weighty about this (http://webstainedwretch.com/blog2/2007/08/20/five-lessons-from-fletch) - it just made me smile. I was a big fan of the movie "Fletch" in college. This blog weighed the journalism practices of Chevy Chase's Fletch (he's a reporter
posted by AndySchotz | 0 Comments
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:55 PM

Here we go again

It's the start of another academic year. Again, we will be infusing young minds with the principles of the First Amendment and a free press that we all hold dear. We will also be explaining what seems to grow a more nebulous yet seems to be an increasingly
posted by NerissaYoung | 0 Comments
Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:07 AM

An ad by any other name...

The NFL now explains that, yes, journalists covering their games must wear vests with Reebok and Canon logos (see July 25 entry on this blog) - but the logos are not ads. The logos are simply "directly related to the manufacture of the vest." I'm not
posted by AndySchotz | 4 Comments