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Mayor Bloomberg Defends NYPD's Handling Of Press During Raid

Posted 12.09.2011

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Mayor Bloomberg is still defending the NYPD's raid on Occupy Wall Street in November. In two separate incidents this week, the Mayor addressed cri...

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Journalist Group Calls For End To Use Of Controversial Terms For Immigrants

Posted 11.30.2011

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The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) voted on Tuesday to recommend that newsrooms across the country discontinue using the phrases "illegal a...

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Flawed Earthquake Report a Bullwhip On the Backs of Haitians

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.02.2011

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In this age of public relations ploys masquerading as news, and personal and political agendas disguised as newsworthy "leaks," it is imperative that readers, writers, and editors apply critical thinking before jumping onto the information bandwagon.

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Journalism Organization Ends Helen Thomas Award

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — The board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists has voted to retire a lifetime achievement award named for long...

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WATCH: Megyn Kelly Compares Calling 'Illegal Immigrants' Undocumented To Calling Rape Nonconsensual Sex

Posted 05.25.2011

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Megyn Kelly made a curious analogy on Fox News Wednesday afternoon when criticizing a Society of Professional Journalists column calling for the media...

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Journalistic Ethics Code: How to Use it to Defend Yourself

Jonathan Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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What I want to do here is to give anyone dealing with unethical journalists an invaluable tool that can be used, now, for mitigating damage.

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Kentucky's Ultimate Watchdog Journalist

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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In April, Al Cross is being inducted in the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. No one worked harder or longer to gather all the nuances of a story than Al Cross.

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