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Why Goldman's Quitting Exec May Have A Point

ProPublica | Cora Currier | Posted 03.15.2012

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An executive at Goldman Sachs left the firm today with a bang, penning a New York Times op-ed accusing the company of increasingly putting profits ahe...

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The Internet Makes Trust and Insight Scarce Commodities, and Makes Newsroom Veterans More Valuable

Dr Johnny Ryan | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Baltimore Sun, Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Jay Rosen, David Simon, Journalism, Future of Journalism, Investigative Journalism, Internet Journalism, Online Journalism, Online Media and Journalism, Media News

While the Internet makes information plentiful, and this in turn may be a challenge to some aspects of the newspaper business, deep insight and trust remain as scarce as they have ever been.

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Maryland Teens Trading Cigarettes For Candy-Flavored Cigars

The Baltimore Sun | Andrea K. Walker | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Teens-Smoking, Baltimore Sun, Cigarettes, Smoking, Cigars, High School News, Flavored Cigars, High School News

The number of Maryland teenagers who smoke cigarettes dropped significantly in the past decade, but state health officials say new statistics show tha...

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Maryland Alcohol Tax Distribution To Schools: A Political Process?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The government transparency nonprofit group Maryland Reporter is alleging that rotten politics has played a role in how state alcohol ta...

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Has the Media Been Fair to Charlie Sheen?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faced with Sheen's self-destructive and strange behavior, should the media back off from this story, or are journalists, with captivated audiences in mind, providing an appropriate response?

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Rahm: Baltimore Wants You to Run There

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Supreme Court, Allan Keyes, Chicago Mayoral Race, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Baltimore Sun, Chicago News

The Baltimore Sun wants Rahm Emanuel to run for mayor of Baltimore if the Illinois Supreme Court rules against him in his appeal.

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Divisional Round Losses: Four Cities' Newspapers React

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

This weekend of the NFL playoffs saw both conference favorites -- Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots -- get knocked off, following a Wild Card week that had its own share of surprises.

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The Significance of John Boehner's Tears

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Over the past week, people have been debating John Boehner's emotions, not his motions. The expected next Speaker of the House has become known for his crying.

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WATCH: Vet Who Wrote About Addiction To Violence Barred From MD College

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community College of Baltimore County, Video, Charles Whittington, The South, Charles Whittington Essay, Charles Whittington War Is a Drug, Baltimore Sun, College News

An Iraq War veteran who wrote an essay about his addiction to violence for a community college English class has been barred from the school's campus....

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What Happened to the "Mama Grizzlies"?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

One of the early narratives written during this midterm election cycle highlighted Sarah Palin's "mama grizzlies" and the power and potential of some ...

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Baltimore Sun's Use Of English Language Confuses Readership

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, How Did This Happen, Limn, Media Criticism, Vocabulary, Baltimore Sun, Video, Media News

The Columbia Journalism Review tips readers off to the incredibly true story of that time the Baltimore Sun used a word in a headline that completely perplexed its readership.

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College Media Censorship: Year in Review

Dan Reimold | Posted 05.25.2011

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College media censorship has a lot in common with Mystique. The mutant supervillain associated with the X-Men is best known for her duplicitous shape-shifting aimed at doing harm.

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Gunning for the Pope?

Diane Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baltimore Sun, Vatican, Clergy Sex Abuse, Pope Benedict XVI, The New York Times, Religion News

Religious groups may aspire to a different standard of coverage but as long as they operate on this side of paradise, I expect journalists to give them the same treatment as they do any other human endeavor.

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Tim Wheatley, Baltimore Sun Business Editor, Killed In Crash

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HEREFORD, Md. — Tim Wheatley, the business editor of The Baltimore Sun, was killed Monday morning in a car accident in which his 9-year-old daug...

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Michael Steele's a Stand-Up Guy, How Dare You Knock Him

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the end of the first five books of the Old Testament Moses describes his own death and burial. Is it really too much to suggest that Chairman Steele's narrative falls into the same category?

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Johns Hopkins Student From New Jersey Kills Intruder With Samurai Sword

Joe Territo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burglary, Wall, Samurai Sword, Robbery, New Jersey, Johns Hopkins, Theft, Self-Defense, Baltimore Sun, New York News

A Johns Hopkins student from Wall, N.J., killed a man who broke into his Baltimore garage with a samurai sword, according to a report in the Baltimore...

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Culture Clash

Kevin Naff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Newspapers, Web Sites, Reuters, Online, Death of Print, Online Journalism, Baltimore Sun, Media News

Launching a major newspaper web site in 1996 offered hints of the trouble to come.

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Baltimore Sun Writers Launch Byline Strike To Protest Layoffs

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 05.25.2011

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A week after The Baltimore Sun slashed 60 newsroom jobs, including 18 top editing positions, some 50 newsroom staffers still at the paper have launche...

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Baltimore Sun Lays Off Nearly 60

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Sun has laid off nearly 60 people in its newsroom, including veteran editors and managers, columnists, photographers a...

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Washington Post, Baltimore Sun To Share Content

AP | MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Washington Post and The (Baltimore) Sun, facing cost pressures as advertising revenue continues to sink, said Tuesday that they...

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"Sing to Me of The Man..."

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Fagles, Swimming, Baltimore Sun, Odyssey, Beijing Olympics, Homer, Michael Phelps, Olympics, Media News

With the swimming competition of the Beijing Olympics completed, the game of finding an athlete comparable to 14-time gold medalist can begin.

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