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Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:11 PM

Deep Throat and the Shield law

Mark Felt's death Thursday gives us a chance to talk about probably the most famous annoymous source in journalism history - Deep Throat - and how it shows we need get the Shield law passed in the next Congress. Felt admitted in 2005 that he was Deep
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Friday, December 19, 2008 2:42 PM

If only all of government was this transparent and accessible

You probably have heard about the recount in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. It has reached the point where the state canvassing board is reviewing challenged ballots. The transparency of the process is impressive and it is a great example of how news
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:11 AM

Nothing funny about shoe incident

While some in the Arab world are cheering the Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at the President of the United States, this incident should trouble U.S. and international journalists. It reflects badly on all of us and has the
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Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:40 PM

Fargo Forum: Bright light in the dark night

I've been in a lot of newsrooms in the last few years. And even if I hadn't, it doesn't take much reading to know that layoffs are hitting almost all newspapers. Just last week, the company that owns my paper, Gannett, laid off 2,000 people including
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Friday, December 05, 2008 12:30 PM

Freezing in Fargo

Last month, I traveled to the sunny climes of Central Florida for SPJ. Today, I'm just going 150 miles north and about 55 degrees colder to Fargo, N.D., where it 12 degrees this morning. I should note it is 11 degrees in Central Minnesota, so it will
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