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NEWSroom MELTDOWN

Editor Gets Punchy Over Article—Literally

'2nd worst story' ever pushes vet Post hand to violence

Nov 2, 09 3:59 PM CST
(Newser) - An editorial dispute in the Washington Post newsroom devolved into fisticuffs last week. The item was for the Style section, a department long known for taking an anything-goes attitude toward its reporters. When the story crossed the desk of veteran editor Henry Allen—grumpy about his part-time work and... More »

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Washington Post • reporter • Vietnam veteran • editor • Marcus Brauchli • newspaper industry • fistfight • Henry Allen • Manuel Roig-Franzia

 Lone AP Reporter 
 Logs 300 Executions 

Writer has seen more deaths than...anyone, perhaps

Oct 21, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fever pitch of executions in Texas since the 1980s has made the taking of a life at Huntsville’s prison almost de rigueur. Newsrooms that used to send a reporter every time an inmate was put to death now rely on the AP—and one AP writer in particular:... More »

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death penalty • newspaper • Texas • execution • reporter • Associated Press • witness

 Iran Releases 
 Newsweek 
 Reporter 



Humanitarian considerations thought to have played role

Oct 18, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran set free yesterday the Newsweek journalist it had held prisoner since the disputed June elections. Maziar Bahari was released on $300,000 bail, likely because of humanitarian conditions—the magazine reports that the 42-year-old is expecting his first child October 26, and the baby's mother has had serious health... More »

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Iran • media • Newsweek • reporter • Maziar Bahari

 NYT Reporter Recounts 
 7 Months as Prisoner 

David Rohde begins first-person account of capture, escape

Oct 17, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Times reporter David Rohde begins a gripping first-person account of his 7 months as a Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan before he managed to escape. In the first of the five-part series, he writes of his capture ("I waited for the sound of gunfire. I knew I might... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • New York Times • kidnapping • reporter • hostage • David Rohde

OBITUARY

Pulitzer Winner
Nan Robertson Dead at 83

She wrote of her own battle with toxic shock syndrome

Oct 15, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Nan Robertson died yesterday at 83, apparently of heart disease. Robertson is best known for a vivid recounting of her battle with toxic shock syndrome in the Times Magazine, which netted her the Pulitzer in 1983, and The Girls in the ... More »

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New York Times • women's rights • alcoholism • obituary • reporter • gender equality • Nan Robertson • toxic shock

(Newser) - It looks like Erin Andrews' peeping tom has been caught. FBI agents arrested a Chicago man at O'Hare airport last night and accused him of making nude videos of the ESPN reporter after altering peepholes in two hotel rooms. He tried to sell them to TMZ, then posted clips online,... More »

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ESPN • online videos • reporter • hidden camera • stalking • Erin Andrews • peeping tom • ESPN scandal

(Newser) - Who says journalism is dead? Sure, newspapers are slashing newsroom staff and shutting down bureaus, Simon Dumenco writes in Advertising Age, but there’s still one booming sector: hate. “Everything is a hate beat these days, because everybody is consumed with hating on everybody else.” And you... More »

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media • Michael Vick • journalism • reporter • Richard Fuld • newspaper industry • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • old media • hate • beat

British Army Blasts Rescued Times Reporter

'Irresponsible' Taliban abductee was warned of imminent danger

Sep 10, 09 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death of British soldier during the rescue of a New York Times reporter has British Army brass up in arms, the Telegraph reports. Corporal John Harrison and interpreter Sultan Munadi died early yesterday in an area of Afghanistan journalist Stephen Farrell had been cautioned about. “When... More »

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Afghanistan • New York Times • United Kingdom • England • reporter • soldier • rescue mission • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi • John Harrison • commando

 On Shared Birthday, 
 Obama Surprises 
 Reporter Thomas 

Veteran White House reporter asks for 'a real health care reform bill'

Aug 4, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama celebrated his own birthday today by leading the White House press corps in singing Happy Birthday to veteran reporter Helen Thomas. Obama is 48 today; Thomas turns 89. More »

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Barack Obama • birthday • reporter • health care reform • cupcakes • Helen Thomas • President Obama

 Jon Hangs 
 With Lilo's Pop, 
 Gal-Pal Scribe 
 in Hamptons 

Latest lady love reporter 'couldn't help falling for him,' she tells her paper

Jul 23, 09 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Associates of divorcing dad of 8 Jon Gosselin get more and more interesting. He hung out in the Hamptons this week with another quirky dad, Lindsay Lohan's father, reports People. "Jon is a friend, he's a great guy, and my doors were open to him and Kate Major,"... More »

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reporter • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • sextuplets • Hailey Glassman • Kate Major • television program

TRIBUTE

Cronkite Shook Our Faith
in American Institutions

The most trusted man in America often undermined the system

Jul 18, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Armed with a “splendid poker face and a voice that incarnated authority,” Walter Cronkite symbolized the very credibility of American institutions that his reporting came to undermine, Todd Gitlin writes in the New Republic. Whether it was the Pentagon or the president of the United States, Cronkite broke... More »

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reporter • journalist • CBS News • Walter Cronkite

 'Harry' Charms 
 Kid Reporter 

Radcliffe exudes class at premiere

Jul 13, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe didn't need his onscreen counterpart's wand to charm a very cub reporter at the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. As journos pressed in on all sides, Radcliffe zeroed in on the nervous 11-year-old Scholastic News reporter, New York reports. He continually—but politely—... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • celebrity • movie premiere • reporter • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

(Newser) - Helen Thomas has covered a lot of presidents, and she’s not much of a fan of how the current one manages the press. The 89-year-old reporter tells CNS that Obama’s White House tries to stage-manage news conferences and other media events like no other. “Nixon didn’t... More »

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media • White House • reporter • Helen Thomas • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps

 Post Sells Access to  
 Officials, Reporters 


For $25,000, lobbyists can meet with lawmakers, WaPo staff

Jul 2, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lobbyists who pay $25,000 to $250,000 can attend off-the-record Washington Post gatherings with administration officials, members of Congress, and members of the paper's staff, Politico reports. The offer, described on a flier passed along by a lobbyist, “essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private... More »

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Congress • media • newspaper • Washington Post • journalism • reporter • Obama administration • Katharine Weymouth

 Iran Arrests 
 Newsweek 
 Reporter 

Life photojournalist also missing

Jun 22, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian authorities have arrested a Canadian journalist who works for Newsweek, reports the magazine. Maziar Bahari—who has covered Iran for a decade from his home there—was asleep when officers raided the apartment he shares with his mom, seized his laptop and videotapes, and took him away. A... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Newsweek • reporter • detention • Iranian election

(Newser) - A woman who insisted on trying to hand a letter to President Obama today got a special delivery courtesy of LAX airport security instead. Brenda Lee, 58, was carried away from the press area of the airport just before Air Force One touched down, reports the Orange County Register. Lee,... More »

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Secret Service • reporter • President Obama • letter • Brenda Lee

OPINION

Web Didn't Kill Sportswriting; Lame, Humorless Writers Did

Writers today just don't know how to have fun

May 14, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the working day is done, sportswriters just wanna have fun—or at least they did 50 years ago, when hot-type dinosaurs like Gary Cartwright and his gonzo cohorts roamed Dallas in capes and leotards pretending to be Italian acrobats. But today’s mirthless philistines are doing more to butcher... More »

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sports • media • Internet • newspaper • Texas • Dallas • reporter • sports writer • Gary Cartwright • Blackie Sherrod

Mo. Paper Axes Journalist Shot on the Beat 

Reporter was wounded in '08 Kirkwood city council rampage

Apr 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A St. Louis-area reporter shot last year while covering a city council meeting has been laid off from his paper, the Riverfront Times reports. Todd Smith spent days in the hospital last February after taking a bullet in the hand in an attack that left seven dead. “This is... More »

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layoffs • St. Louis • recession • reporter • editor • Kirkwood, Missouri • gunshot wounds • newspaper industry • Todd Smith

Jackson Hopes to Win Journo's Release

Saberi's 1st interview subject requests visa for travel to Iran

Apr 22, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse Jackson has filed for an Iranian visa and is hoping to make a diplomatic trip as a “free agent” to argue for the release of Roxana Saberi, the Malaysia Star reports. The veteran civil rights activist says he was Saberi's first interview subject when she was a journalism... More »

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Iran • Jesse Jackson • espionage • reporter • journalist • Rainbow Coalition • Roxana Saberi

Ahmadinejad: Ensure Jailed Journo's Rights

Make sure Saberi can defend herself, Iran prez tells prosecutor

Apr 19, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In connection with the case of jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to Tehran's prosecutor to urge him to "make sure that the accused people will enjoy all freedoms and legal rights to defend themselves." Saberi's lawyer, who plans to appeal her 8-year sentence, approved... More »

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Iran • espionage • appeal • reporter • jail • journalist • sentence • Roxana Saberi

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