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Student Journos in Court Over Murder Investigation

Northwestern's acclaimed Innocence Project under fire

Nov 11, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Illinois journalism students found themselves in court yesterday, accused of flirting with and paying off sources during a 2003-2006 investigation for the Medill Innocence Project. The Northwestern students claim to have uncovered evidence exonerating Anthony McKinney, convicted in 1982 of murdering a security guard. Both sides went... More »

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murder • journalism • Illinois • wrongful conviction • journalist • Innocence Project • Northwestern University • Anthony McKinney

 Palin Will 
 Headline 
 Gridiron 
 Dinner 

Former Alaska governor accepts invitation to speak at group's winter dinner

Nov 6, 09 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has accepted an invitation to speak at the Gridiron Club's winter dinner. She'll address the high-profile journalists' group at its Dec. 5 gathering; Rep. Barney Frank is the Democratic speaker. Though Palin is making a series of appearances to promote her book, Going Rogue, the Gridiron dinner is... More »

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Washington DC • journalist • Sarah Palin • Gridiron Club

ANALYSIS

 Where Bush Was 
 Bashed, Obama 
 Gets Free Pass 

GOP faithful can't fathom why press goes so easy on new president

Oct 27, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of George Bush are miffed about the passes the media has given President Obama for trespasses the former president would likely have been excoriated for. “We have a joke about it. We’re going to start a website: IfBushHadDoneThat.com,” former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie tells Politico.... More »

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Bush administration • White House • Fox News • journalist • American media • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

 Iraq, Afghan War Reporter Said to Be a Spy

... or so Gawker thinks

Oct 26, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A war correspondent whose rescues in the Mideast have cost several lives is a spy for Washington, Gawker claims, declining to name names or reveal, for "blazingly obvious reasons," the sources for this report, except to say that they are current and former special forces troops. "We... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • military • spy • journalist • war correspondent

OPINION

 New Safires 
 and Cronkites 
 Needed, Not 
 Ranters: Noonan  

Time for the next generation of media elders to put the national debate on an even keel

Oct 2, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elder statesmen of the media like Walter Cronkite and William Safire are dropping at an alarming rate, and their replacements need to step up, writes Peggy Noonan. Ranters on the right and the left—like MSNBC's Ed Schultz, who says Republicans "want to see you dead"—are proliferating,... More »

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journalism • journalist • Walter Cronkite • Irving Kristol • William Safire

Salvador Cop, Gangsters Busted in Filmmaker's Murder

Alleged killers come from same gang Christian Poveda chronicled in film

Sep 10, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - El Salvador has arrested four gang members and a police officer for last week's murder of French photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, CNN reports. Another man who allegedly ordered the killing is already in prison, authorities say. The gangsters belong to the same Mara 18 gang that was the subject... More »

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Latin America • murder • documentary • film director • journalist • El Salvador • gangsters • Christian Poveda

 Times Scribe 
 Recounts Ordeal 
 as 'Taliban Embed 
 at Gunpoint' 

Afghanis, negotiators angered by operation that killed Steven Farrell's interpreter

Sep 10, 09 3:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four days in the hands of the Taliban often felt more like a tour of insurgent territory than a hostage ordeal, writes rescued New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell. The militants struck his interpreter, Sultan Munadi, with a rifle when the two were seized, but did not mistreat them afterward—... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • New York Times • journalists killed • journalist • British military • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi

Russian High Court Reopens Case of Murdered Journalist

Suspicion of Anna Politkovskaya's killers leads to Chechnya

Sep 3, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's supreme court ordered a new investigation into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the crusading journalist whose killers have not yet been found, reports the Guardian. The move received a cautious welcome from Politkovskaya's lawyer, who welcomed a new manhunt but said, "Whether the general prosecutor will use this... More »

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Russia • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Ramzan Kadurov • Natalya Estemirova

Journos: Koreans Grabbed Us on Chinese Soil

Laura Ling and Euna Lee describe their capture ordeal

Sep 2, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The two American journalists detained for months in North Korea were on Chinese soil when they were seized by border guards, they write in Current.com. Laura Ling and Euna Lee say they were reporting on the human trafficking of North Korean refugees in China when their guide briefly brought... More »

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China • North Korea • Current TV • journalist • human trafficking • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

OPINION

 Can the Catty Remarks
 on Clinton's Weight

Focus on appearance is dragging down both politics and journalism

Sep 1, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Remarks like Tina Brown's recent crack on MSNBC that Hillary Clinton "needs to get back in the gym," are dragging public debate down to a high-school level, Chloe Angyal writes at SpliceToday. Nobody's looking too hard at the waistline of male politicians or diplomats, Angyal notes, but... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Michelle Obama • women • Tina Brown • sexism • journalism • journalist • female politicians • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain

Racist Media Gunning for Me: Paterson

NY gov says Obama, Deval Patrick also
face white hostility

Aug 21, 09 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York's governor says they're all out to get him, and President Obama, and other black politicians, the Daily News reports. Calling for more "black" media outlets to balance things out, David Paterson blamed his 30% popularity rating on white reporters and commentators. "We have a media... More »

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media • New York • Democrat • racism • journalist • governor • David Paterson

 Afghanistan Forbids 
 Reports on Election Violence 

Karzai government says gag will 'control the negative impact of the media'

Aug 18, 09 10:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan government ordered journalists to stay silent on any insurgent attacks that may happen during the presidential election Thursday, the Guardian reports. The gag order is necessary in order “to encourage people and raise their morale to come out and vote,” said a spokesman for President Karzai.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • journalist • journalistic ethics • election • gag order • Afghanistan election • media blackout

Appreciation

 To Friends, 
 Hardliner Novak 
 Was a 'Pussycat' 

Hard work made him 'the ultimate insider journalist'

Aug 18, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Novak called himself a “rough and tumble” journalist, “but to his friends and colleagues, he could be a pussycat,” writes Eleanor Clift in Newsweek. Despite their widely divergent views, Novak—who died today at 78—helped Clift get a spot on the then-all-male McLaughlin Group. When... More »

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Valerie Plame • journalist • columnists • Robert Novak • appreciation

 Reporters to Supporters: 
 You 'Gave Us Hope' 

Ling, Lee thank supporters in online video

Aug 14, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Laura Ling and Euna Lee use a new video on Current TV's website to thank Americans “from the bottom of our hearts” for support during their North Korean captivity. “We learned about this grassroots movement on Facebook, about people writing in to their congressmen, to the president,”... More »

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North Korea • online videos • journalist • reporters • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Freed Journo Ling Shops Book With Sister

Book to explore issues of sisterhood, journalism

Aug 12, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - That was quick: One of the journalists imprisoned in North Korea and freed earlier this month is shopping a book proposal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Laura Ling’s book will be written in collaboration with her sister, Lisa, and proposes to deal not only with Laura's detention but... More »

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North Korea • publisher • journalist • book deal • Laura Ling • sister

(Newser) - Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling did in fact cross into North Korea while reporting from the border, Ling's sister tells CNN. "She did say that they touched North Korean territory very, very briefly," she says. "She said it was maybe 30 seconds. And then, you know,... More »

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North Korea • Current TV • journalist • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

ANALYSIS

 Bill and Al: 
 Buddies Again? 


Aug 5, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today's warm embrace between Bill Clinton and Al Gore was just like old times, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times. The two have largely been on the outs since 2000, but they shared a "long and emotional hug" after Clinton's North Korean trip. While they've had spotty... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Al Gore • Bill Clinton • journalist • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Mogul Bing Foots Bill for Clinton Mission

Longtime pal donated use of jet, plus $200K for fuel, other costs

Aug 5, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wealthy Hollywood insider, Democratic donor, and Clinton family friend Steve Bing is footing the bill for the trip to North Korea that brought back two jailed American journalists, ABC News reports. Bill Clinton flew on Bing’s private jet, and the mogul will pony up about $200,000 for fuel,... More »

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North Korea • Hollywood • Bill Clinton • journalist • producers • Euna Lee • Laura Ling • rescue mission • Steve Bing • mogul

UPDATED

 Kim Jong Il Pardons Journalists 

Ling, Lee could be back in US tomorrow: official

Aug 4, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kim Jong Il has pardoned two American journalists who had been sentenced to hard labor for entering North Korea illegally, and ordered their release during the visit of former President Bill Clinton, the AP reports. Clinton had an emotional meeting today with the two women, an official tells ABC News,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Al Gore • Bill Clinton • Current TV • journalist • detainees • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Iran Charges American Hikers With Illegal Entry

Says case is being used by West for propaganda

Aug 4, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has charged the three American hikers who stumbled across its border with illegal entry, a security official announced today. “They are definitely Americans. We don’t know whether they are tourists or not. We are questioning them,” he said. Authorities accused the West of using the case... More »

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Iran • journalist • tourists • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

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