Famous Santa Claus letter spawns scholarship
In September 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to The New York Sun, which hasn’t been published since 1950, asking, “Please tell me the […]
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Editor cuts herself from the budget
The editor of The Oregonian, which serves the Portland, Ore., area, has done something pretty cool to save the jobs of her fellow employees. She […]
Google partners with NYT, WaPo to create ‘living story pages’
Today The Washington Post announced the start of a new partnership with Google. The search-engine giant is working with WaPo and The New York Times […]
Political Editor makes song about copy editor layoffs
Nowadays all you hear is about how print journalism is dying, and though I don’t necessarily buy that notion (I think it is just changing, […]
UPDATE: Justice Kennedy speaks about ‘prior review’ incident
On Nov. 11 I posted a blog post condemning Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has been a proponent of free speech and the First […]
Hutchinson News showcased in D.C.
I just had to share this quick because I thought it was pretty neat. Amy DeVault, a journalism instructor at Wichita State University, was in […]
Eagle journalists place well in competition
From CGHS Journos At 2009 Kansas State Fair Members of the Canton-Galva High School newspaper staff pose for a picture Oct. 27 in the Encampment […]
Justice Kennedy wrongly demands prior review
If you ever thought our country was in bad shape, you don’t know the half of it. We have a Supreme Court justice sitting on […]
Washington City Paper reenacts WaPo boxing match
On Tuesday I posted a blog titled “ WaPo staffers duke it out over article.” It seems last Friday the Style section became a Golden […]
Tribune Co. cutting out AP
The Associated Press provides a great service to member media outlets as a cooperative, wire news service. It provides content from around the country and […]
WaPo staffers duke it out over article
On Friday two Washington Post staffers came to blows with one another over how a story was written for the Style section of the paper. […]
‘Uncle Jay Explains the News – September 24, 2007’
I found this while reading tweets on Twitter. This is a pretty humorous take on the news and blogging. I hope you enjoy: