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Dara Chadwick Named 'Jamestown Press' Editor
Dara Chadwick has been named editor of The Jamestown (R.I.) Press. Previously, Chadwick served as editor of the Warwick Beacon and since 1995 has worked as a freelance writer. She succeeds Adrienne Downing, who will resume a previous role as sports editor. |
Murdoch Davis Appointed 'Toronto Star' Exec. Editor
Murdoch Davis has been appointed executive editor of The Toronto Star. Davis, 55, has served as editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal, vice-president editorial for CanWest newspapers, and publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press. He most recently was president of Midwest Suburban Publishing in Chicago. |
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 When Walter Cronkite Took a Stand on Vietnam
Yes, the JFK assassination and moon landing drew more viewers but this 1968 TV commentary would help save many thousands of lives, U.S. and Vietnamese, perhaps even a million. Here is the transcript -- and the context. - by Greg Mitchell - July 17, 2009
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Roll Over, Beethoven, and Tell Newspapers the News
More than 100,000 turned out for Beethoven in Central Park this week. But was this any place for a former rock 'n' roll editor back in the day when a generation's main exposure to Ludvig Van was via Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange"? - by Greg Mitchell - July 16, 2009
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 In Puerto Rico, a Nonprofit 'Sun' Rises Daily
Nonprofit business models are the talk of the newspaper industry on the U.S. mainland. But in Puerto Rico, 85 press workers, salespeople and journalists who lost their jobs when the San Juan Star folded last summer aren't just talking about the nonprofit model -- they've formed a cooperative that publishes the island's only English-language daily. - by Mark Fitzgerald - July 13, 2009
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