Arbitrator Sets Deadline for Rehire, Back Pay for Fired 'Inky' Columnist The Philadelphia Inquirer has two weeks to rehire fired sports columnist Stephen A. Smith, who is also entitled to "a six-figure sum in back pay," Journal-ism's media writer Richard Prince reported Friday. - October 30, 2009
International AP Correspondent Hanns Neuerbourg Dies at 88 Hanns Neuerbourg, a roving Associated Press correspondent in eastern Europe who also covered the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and interviewed Elvis Presley, has died in Switzerland. He was 88. - October 26, 2009
Snakes on the Plame: Previews of Upcoming Film Based on CIA Leak Case Like everyone who covered extensively the CIA leak case, Judy Miller and the Scooter Libby trial, I am anxiously awaiting, with appropriate skepticism, the pending release of the first Hollywood treatment, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. Director Doug Liman offers a preview, and so does "anonymous." - by Greg Mitchell - October 28, 2009
At Inland Annual Meeting -- Cuts, Content and Quips Inland Press Association kicked off its 124th annual meeting in Chicago Monday with surprisingly robust attendance, but plenty of discussions, in and out of the meeting rooms, about the industry's preoccupations: monetizing online content and casting about for a new business model that works. - by Mark Fitzgerald - October 27, 2009
Twenty-Two Years After Black Monday: Newspaper Stocks Look Sickly The wider markets recovered handily from the stock market Crash of Oct. 19, 1987. The Dow, for instance, is up 475% since then. And newspapers? They've lost ground -- a lot if it -- since the Crash. - by Mark Fitzgerald - October 19, 2009
'Boy in Balloon' Captivates Media: Did They Blow the Story? Tragic story or hoax? TV media and the press for hours today covered the saga of a 6-year-old boy who allegedly climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft in Colorado and floated away. Did they hype without verifying? - by Greg Mitchell - October 15, 2009
Scott Stantis Goes from 'Prickly City' to Windy City "So far, it's going pretty well," Stantis says of his new gig at the Chicago Tribune, where he recently joined as the paper's first full-time editorial cartoonist in nine years. "You want to do great work out of the box, and I keep forgetting this is a marathon, not a sprint." - by Shawn Moynihan - October 15, 2009
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