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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:05 PM

Will Owen Wilson get to heal in private?

The breathlessness of many of today's stories recounting actor Owen Wilson's reported suicide attempt has made me cringe. (Full disclosure for the Us-Weekly-magazine conspiracy theorists among you: No, not because I have a secret crush on him. No, not
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Friday, August 24, 2007 5:46 PM

Anchorwoman: More bomb than bombshell

Fox has pulled the plug on "Anchorwoman," one of the dumbest reality shows concocted yet (and that's really saying something).   This reaction arrived in my e-mail inbox from Michael Drudge of San Antonio: "Amazing. How refreshing
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Friday, August 24, 2007 1:22 PM

The Bourne Ultimatum and Journalism

The hubby and I watched "The Bourne Ultimatum" last night, and it reminded me of discussions swirling in journalism/newsroom/SPJ circles. We're buffs who love to discuss over dinner a film's every detail. For years, without fail, my husband always has
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Sunday, August 19, 2007 2:15 PM

Go ahead! Plug your blog!

Certainly no news flash here: a blog can have serious reach. I launched Freedom of the Prez in September 2006 with hopes that SPJ national presidents for years to come would log on occasionally to document important issues/events, generate discussion
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Saturday, August 18, 2007 2:03 PM

Global attacks on journalism: Do you really care?

The news this week out of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) was especially depressing. Journalists worldwide are literally fighting for their lives. I have written about how checked out American journalists can be where matters
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Monday, August 13, 2007 4:53 PM

Andy Schotz makes a great point

If you haven't read National Ethics Committee Chairman Andy Schotz' column in this month's edition of Quill magazine, please do so. In a nut shell, Andy challenges what is becoming a common practice: newsrooms are permitting anonymous posts on their
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Friday, August 10, 2007 8:16 PM

Balancing good for journalists and good for SPJ

This afternoon, I decided that SPJ shouldn't add its name to an amicus brief that supports clarifying contract law that affects freelancers and publishers. Legal Defense Fund Committee Chairman Dave Aeikens and I still very much believe the brief has
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:44 AM

A tough decision aimed at helping all freelancers

In late June, SPJ's law firm, Baker & Hostetler, recommended that the Society's Legal Defense Fund Committee lend SPJ's name to an amicus brief in the case of Faulkner v. National Geographic Society. After very, very careful consideration, and in accordance
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:47 PM

The NFL's response to SPJ

When we first learned of a ridiculous new rule affecting journalists who want to cover NFL games from the sidelines, we wasted no time dashing off a letter to league officials. In a nutshell, the league wants photojournalists to wear red vests bearing
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Monday, August 06, 2007 12:07 AM

FOI Reform: In sight thanks in part to SPJ

This note arrived in the e-mail inbox Friday night from lawyer Laurie Babinski, who works for Baker & Hostetler, SPJ's law firm in Washington, D.C.: All, The Senate passed the FOIA reform bill, S. 849 (the OPEN Government Act), on unanimous consent
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