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Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:05 PM

National Convention Offers "Covering China," Other Informative Sessions

The SPJ Annual Convention & National Journalism Conference will be taking place in Atlanta, Sept. 4-7, and there's still time left to register to get in on the action.Among other breakout sessions, "Covering China" will be led by David Lynch, former
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Monday, July 14, 2008 11:58 AM

Williams, Fainaru-Wada Speak at Sunshine State Awards

The San Francisco Chronicle's Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada spoke at the 14th annual Sunshine State Awards banquet for the South Florida chapter of SPJ that were held recently.  The duo had exposed the BALCO steroid scandal for the Chronicle
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:49 PM

WSJ's John Wilke Reports Steelers Being Shopped

According to a front page story today from the Wall Street Journal's John Wilke, the Pittsburgh Steelers are in play.  "The storied Pittsburgh Steelers football franchise has been secretly shopped to potential buyers amid continuing divisions among
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:46 PM

New York Times Offers Season Two of "The Quad"

On August 24 of last year, the Times launched "The Quad," a blog dedicated to college sports.  Additions this week to the site include an basketball report on some of the off-season activities of some of the top coaches in the game, "Basketball Notes
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:31 PM

A Literary Take on Sports

A collection of some recent non-fiction pieces with more of a literary focus:  Michael Lewis (author of The Blind Side, Moneyball, and Liar's Poker) wrote a June 24 Bloomberg piece titled "Tiger Woods is Suffering for Golf's Big Bad Lie."    
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Monday, July 07, 2008 4:37 PM

Tools for Journalists Filing from China

The 2008 Beijing Olympics are only one month away, and this year's games will be even more memorable than usual, particularly for journalists. For the first time in recent history, foreign journalists have been promised the right to work freely without
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Monday, July 07, 2008 2:40 PM

Courant and Sun-Times Capture the End of the School Year

Just because school's out doesn't mean those writers covering the high school scene haven't been filing stories the past few weeks.  The Hartford Courant published its annual collection of all-state performers in spring sports this week.  Paul
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:10 PM

Wall St. Journal: 2008 the Best Sports Year Ever?

Adam Thompson penned this piece for the Wall Street Journal that posits the question:  is 2008 the best year for sports so far?  He points out a number of stories that have been covered by the nation's sportswriters (and devoured by fans across
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:41 PM

Olympic Trials Pick Up Steam in Eugene

Sports Illustrated's Tim Layden connects Andrew Wheating's inspiring performance in the 800 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials with that of Steve Prefontaine.  "(I)t was Wheating who produced the loudest roar, as he has done throughout the meet,"
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:01 PM

ESPN Breaks a Story: Marc Stein on top of Baron Davis Contract Negotiations

Marc Stein broke the story on ESPN.com that Baron Davis had signed a 5-year, $65 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, leaving approximately $18M on the table had he decided to stay in Oakland with the Golden State Warriors. 
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