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 of the U.S. news media (which is often), I turn to these websites. Here are daily looks at journalism at its best. Reminds me why I got into this biz."
And a hearty thanks to SPJ's members, whose generous support of this organization is used to help underwrite the costs of producing News Gems. This is just one more example of SPJ's tremendous journalism advocacy.
You can help Jon -- and help ensure this blog remains one of the nation's best -- by submitting stories for consideration to newsgems@sbcglobal.net. To get an idea of what Jon is looking for, take a look at his roundup of the Best News Gems of 2006.