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July 2007 - Posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:28 AM

Journalists and certification: An idea whose time has come?

Please note: Some of SPJ's longstanding members and national leaders have, throughout the years, debated the concept addressed here. For the most part, they've shot it down without ever taking it to SPJ's much larger membership for debate. I think it's
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:06 AM

NFL: National Football Losers

The National Football League has devised a new rule so offensive to journalists and ethical journalism that I urge all SPJ members to complain about it. This money-grubbing outfit plans to require all photojournalists working the sidelines to wear
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:24 PM

Journalists sickened by 9/11?

David Handschuh, a photographer at The New York Daily News (and three-time Pulitzer nominee -- but who's counting?), called this week. We discussed a very important issue potentially affecting thousands of journalists who spent long hours covering Ground
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:30 AM

'Predator' under fire again ...

I'm not passing judgment on the merits of a $100 million lawsuit filed against NBC this week. Really, I'm not. But am I surprised that this suit has been filed? Nope. Do I think NBC needs to rethink its 'Predator' series? Absolutely. The New York
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Friday, July 20, 2007 12:23 AM

Nate Isaacs shot with a Taser: Priceless

Now THIS is amusing: SPJ member Nate Isaacs being shot with a Taser gun. Don't know Nate? In this video, he's not hard at all to spot. Look for the young, clean-shaven guy wearing glasses and shouting an expletive as he falls to his knees. Nate,
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:28 PM

Tech: To buy or not to buy?!

OK, so an editor at The Denver Post asked me to speak to a newly assembled team of breaking-news reporters this week. Thinking I'd be helpful, I sent them an e-mail listing the hardware and software they'd be smart to know a thing or two about. In
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