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Kaila Stein / American Journalism Review:
A Digital Guy at the Helm
— Trif Alatzas, the new executive editor of the Baltimore Sun, is excited about the opportunities for journalism in a transformative era for newspapers. — Kaila Stein (kstein1010@gmail.com) is a student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
May 9, 2013, 6:25 AM - In context
Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:
Back to Work
— Peter Kovacs, who lost his managing editor position when New Orleans' Times-Picayune abandoned daily publishing, takes the helm as editor of the Advocate in Baton Rouge. He talks about plans to augment the paper's New Orleans presence and beef up its enterprise reporting.Thu., May 2, 2013.
May 5, 2013, 10:25 PM - In context
Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:
Launching a Startup in Iraq
— When ExxonMobil hired a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq as a consultant on its oil business there, an upstart news service broke the story. The February disclosure was the second major scoop involving Exxon for 32-year-old Ben Lando, who founded the Web-based Iraq Oil Report …
Apr 11, 2013, 2:00 AM - In context
Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:
End of an Era
— As many U.S. news organizations wind down their presence in Iraq, journalists reflect on an all-consuming, fascinating and sometimes career-defining assignment.Wed., April 3, 2013. — Jackie Spinner (jackiespinner@mac.com) is a journalist based in the Middle East …
Apr 4, 2013, 6:30 AM - In context
Cary Spivak / American Journalism Review:
Solving the Hyperlocal Puzzle
— Joe Ricketts doesn't think small. Ricketts helped revolutionize online stock market trading by creating TD Ameritrade. More recently, he has been using his money to torment President Barack Obama and — with family members — buy the Chicago Cubs.
Apr 1, 2013, 5:50 AM - In context
Leigh Ann Renzulli / American Journalism Review:
Homicide Watch DC, Chapter II
— Last August 14, Laura Amico asked her readers for $40,000 to keep Homicide Watch DC running in her absence. Twenty-seven days later, she had it. On October 15, just over a month after the funding came through, Homicide Watch was up and running again …
Feb 21, 2013, 12:20 PM - In context
Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:
If newspapers are to survive, they must abandon the defensive crouch and take a proactive approach.
— The quote jumped right out of the excellent new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. “If there's any business in the world that is built around the excuse …
Feb 12, 2013, 12:05 AM - In context
Allison Goldstein / American Journalism Review:
Blogging about the Mob
— A longtime organized crime reporter takes a buyout from the Philadelphia Inquirer and tries his hand at blogging for a new Web site that provides gavel-to-gavel coverage of big trials. A couple of big differences: no editing, and he doesn't have to resort to ‘expletive deleted.’ " Fri., December 14, 2012.
Dec 17, 2012, 6:00 AM - In context
Amy Rosewater / American Journalism Review:
When History Is Rewritten
— Bonnie Ford, a senior writer for ESPN.com, remembers looking at the U.S. Figure Skating record book and seeing a name she found strange as the winner of the women's national championship title in 1994. Rather than seeing names such as Michelle Kwan or Nancy Kerrigan, one word was listed instead: Vacant.
Dec 8, 2012, 4:25 AM - In context
Paul Farhi / American Journalism Review:
Mistaken Nation
— In journalism, as in real life, stuff happens. It happened to Ben Smith on March 22, 2007. That morning, Smith, then a crack reporter and blogger at Politico, got a dynamite tip: John Edwards, the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, would be announcing the suspension …
Dec 3, 2012, 6:05 AM - In context
