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May 2008
Volume 96 | Number 4
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Take pride in your work, but take care of yourself
Trying to explain the lifestyle of working journalists is difficult to the uninitiated. Some in the ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Scott Maben appointed to SPJ's national board
SPJ leaders appointed Scott Maben to the national board of directors March 24. He will serve as a regional ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
SPJ signs brief in support of former USA Today reporter
Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists signed onto an amicus brief with the Reporters Committee ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Keeping The Faith
When Los Angeles Times reporter William Lobdell was given the religion beat, he believed God had, literally, ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
The Investment Puzzle
Journalists love to complain about how poor they are. Along with the terrible working hours, it’s one ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Overcoming Trauma
Todd Weaver’s cell phone still rings in my head.
I spent more than an hour three years ago standing ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Getting Away
Journalists are workaholics. It’s the nature of our profession. We’re expected to be available around ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Use the Internet effectively to find data
The Internet allows reporters to get specialized information on just about any topic with a few simple ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Plagiarism: Do we really understand it?
It’s the shortest line of guidance in the SPJ Code of Ethics:
“Never plagiarize.”
There’s no need ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Fanfares for the common man and woman
The subjects of most profiles are obvious choices. Political honchos, entertainers, sports stars and ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Creating pictures with words
Recording what we see is one of the least challenging tasks in writing; any competent writer can write ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Omitting Race: Politically correct or good crime reporting?
Two frightening killers were on the loose, and the Sacramento Bee’s readers wanted to protect themselves. ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Finding the story
This column is written with one target in mind: the young journalist out of school now starting a first ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Beating burnout
A friend recently told me he was looking into jobs at smaller weeklies. He started interning with his ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
The pursuit of hapiness
I am happy,” the dying husband and father of three said.
A $200,000-plus mortgage eliminated. College ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Once-bright future of Central Asia now fading
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Three weeks of reporting from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in summer 2007 left me ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
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