1999 - August 14 - Published Date

Frank D. Schroth, publisher of the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eagle, announced this week he had signed Jackie Robinson, Negro second baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers, to do a series of 10 articles on his life story.

Philip True, the Mexico City bureau chief for the San Antonio Express-News who was killed last December, has been honored with a posthumous award by the Inter American Press Association. True was recognized by the hemispheric free-press organization for promoting U.S.-Mexico relations through his reporting. True, an experienced hiker, was killed while on a trek in the Sierra Madre Occidental to research the Huichol culture. The posthumous award will be presented at the IAPA's 55th General Assembly Oct. 16-20 in Houston.

Insert, national ad spending up in June

High-profile year

For Mike Burbach, it's not too early to start thinking about some dramatic headlines to run when the Year 2000 rolls around.

CTP: fast

New York Daily News goes to market

EXAMINER-CHRONICLE

Tricky 'Dick'

PressPoint adds titles, retail outlets

Frank promoted to v.p., ad sales

Belo b-ball buy sparks

New CEO at Freedom Comm.

A 10 on the

The perils of

S.J. Guild may

Nothing but Net: Ex-print strip will be sold to Web readers

Obit 'bias' simply reflects times

Journal Register buys R.I. group

J-schools facing September exams

Seattle smoke-out

Longtime editor

Taking Big Al's show on the road

Being a media team player

Mercury News

New service to offer video online

CONNECTICUT

Harley R. Bierce, 58, who shared in a Pulitzer Prize won by The Indianapolis Star for exposing police corruption, died Aug. 3 while on a mountain-climbing trip in Colorado. A school teacher before becoming a reporter at the Star, Bierce in later years worked as an insurance executive and consultant.

Ohio weekly folds

Better take

PrePress since Chapter 11

PR Web site provides common ground

Science Institute hosts journalists and

Booster bought

Shopper not a

Stars and Stripes

U.S. speaking with one

Weekly stock prices of public companies with significant newspaper interests.

Olympic-size

A Chronicle of turmoil

WSJ Europe

There's still time

Does it come with a

Bush keeps silent on drug question

19-21 Special Sections Conference, Inland Press Foundation, Hotel Inter-Continental, Chicago

Setting The Sun

In defense of the Tailwind exposÉ