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American journalistic odyssey ends in Seattle

Their van has acquired an impressive dent (wounded in a parking garage), and some of their luggage, two laptops and a camera were ripped off in a smash-and-grab in San Francisco. But Sunday in Seattle, as this team of three wrapped up [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

What an American journalist might tell Rupert Murdoch about ...

What would an American journalist tell Rupert Murdoch if she could lunch with him? I pondered that and other questions from London, having crossed the pond this summer to teach a class on international journalism to American students. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

UBC journalism class wins top North American award

Their news documentary on electronic waste, which aired on the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE/World last year, has won the Society for Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. The documentary, Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground, has [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

American journalism needs public support

American journalism is at a transformational moment, in which an era of dominant newspapers is rapidly giving way to one in which the gathering and distribution of news is more widely dispersed. As is the case with regional newspapers. In [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Birth of American Journalism

Journalism is said to be the second oldest profession – people’s curiosity about themselves, their government and commerce being so compelling. The only difference in journalism of 3,500 B.C. clay tablets and today’s mass [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Robert McChesney Warns of American Journalism Crisis

Speaking to a crowd of students, faculty and community members Thursday, famous media critic and prolific author Robert McChesney presented his research on the current crisis in American journalism. According to McChesney, the crisis is now [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

American Amateur Press Association

The American Amateur Press Association is a nation-wide non-profit organization of amateur journalists founded in 1936. The purpose of the association is the promotion of amateur journalism and fellowship of amateur writers, editors, printe [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Arthur Scott Bailey American author

Today there is little known of the man and his life, but The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints vital statistics database records that he was born on 15 November 1877 in the town of Fairfield, Franklin county, Vermont. He married E [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Shana Alexander - An American journalist

Shana Alexander (October 6, 1925 – June 23, 2005) was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point-Counterpoint&q [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Rush Limbaugh American Broadcaster

Rush Limbaugh made a name for himself in the 1990s as an outspoken ultra-conservative and ultra-popular radio talk show host. Limbaugh got his start in radio while still in high school. In the 1980s he landed in Sacramento, California and p [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Well-known American columnists

Well-known American columnists have included Finley Peter Dunne, Heywood Broun, Ernie Pyle, F. P. Adams (F. P. A.), Drew Pearson, Dorothy Thompson, Arthur Krock, Westbrook Pegler, Walter Lippmann, James Reston, Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Rus [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

American Society of Journalists and Authors

ASJA - American Society of Journalists and Authors was founded in 1948 which is now the nation's leading organization of independent nonfiction writers. Its headquarters are in New York City. It also has active regional chapters in Northe [...]