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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Company Trains Journalists How to Protect Themselves in the Battlefield

Bob Meyers by Bob Meyers There are no comments.

British company offers training to journalists and others in how to protect themselves on the battlefield has packaged their protective training in downloadable books for $21.00 USD.

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Is Powerlessness Part of the Response To Trayvon Martin?

Bob Meyers by Bob Meyers There are no comments.

It is an outrage, a stain that will never go away – a kid with candy in his hand and a hoodie on his head, shot dead by an untrained Crime Watch volunteer, whose story keeps changing as to why he got out of his car to follow Trayvon Martin.

In my old neighborhood we would call that “looking for a fight.” Although in Sanford, Florida the weapons were uneven – Skittles and ice tea versus a loaded handgun.

Evidence-based journalism is vital, but it may not take us all the way. I’m relying on my gut here and speculating on whether there is more going on.

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Google’s Eric Schmidt gives keynote address at NPF Awards Dinner

Kerry Buker by Kerry Buker There are no comments.

Eric Schmidt, Google Executive Chairman, delivered the keynote address at the 29th Annual Awards Dinner on March 7th, 2012. He spoke of his vision for a wireless future and information.

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Paul Miller Fellow Karoun Demirjian wins David Lynch Memorial Regional Reporting Award

Linda Topping Streitfeld by Linda Topping Streitfeld There are no comments.

We’re very proud of current Paul Miller Washington Reporting fellow Karoun Demirjian, who this week won the David Lynch Memorial Regional Reporting Award for outstanding coverage of Congress. Karoun, writing for the Las Vegas Sun, reportedly filed 473 stories from DC in 2011, including blog posts and all the rest.

Saturday, December 17: An Evening With Austin H. Kiplinger

Bob Meyers by Bob Meyers There are no comments.

This event will feature two longtime friends of the National Press Foundation, Austin Kiplinger and Don Larrabbe.

From the Writer’s Center:

On Saturday, December 17th, The Writer’s Center is proud to honor Austin H. Kiplinger with a Life-time Achievement in Journalism Award.
Mr. Kiplinger, a distinguished author and publisher, will discuss his perspectives gained from more than five decades as a reporter, broadcast commentator, and editor focusing primarily on business and political affairs, as well as his active involvement in civic and cultural affairs. Much of which he details in his latest novel, Letter From Washington. The program will be moderated by the accomplished and respected journalist, Don Larrabee, past president of the National Press Club.

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