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DC news viewers: Get over yourself. Women have boobs, sometimes, Booby Balls

I see no reason why this newsworthy and educational video segment, shown on ABC7 news in Washington, should spur the ire of anyone from angry parents to the FCC. The news report, shown at the end of a national awareness … Continue reading

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Wild Blue Yonder

Heading to the California International Airshow tomorrow for a story – and ride on Fat Albert, a C-130 (transport) plane. I know, it’s the sexiest name for an airplane that you’ve heard of. I’ll go early in the day to … Continue reading

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More jailed journalists

Sad to see the six Gambian journalists I mentioned in yesterday’s roundup were sentenced to two-year jail sentences and fines of $20,000 each. I urge anyone who is following the story about the two American journalists who were recently brought … Continue reading

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Of boobs and beliefs

Jessica Simpson’s PR people seem to really like circulating the oft-repeated story about her boobs being too big for the Christian music circuit. After covering the Spirit West Coast music festival here in Monerey, California, on Saturday, I realized this … Continue reading

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What morning newscasters could do

I am flipping through the morning news shoes today here in Monterey. They are all showing weather reports and traffic reports every 10 minutes or so. Every station is reporting a traffic backup near the Bay Bridge. Live images of … Continue reading

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Rodeo Round-up

Digital skills have become de rigeur, but let me take a minute to remember and pay tribute to that most old-fashioned reporter’s tool: Curiosity. Mine took me to the California Rodeo Salinas last week for a bit of freelance reporting. … Continue reading

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EU election reporting: Crafty Bulgarian media stunt

According to an AFP report on EuroBusiness, Bulgarian reporters are crafting bogus weather reports to skirt a law that bans them from releasing exit poll data from the European elections. I love this! In the United States, everyone always fears … Continue reading

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EUXTV: European election results

This video ran on Dutch TV. I like the presenter’s chart. He does a good job showing first the results from this week’s vote in the Netherlands, then moves on to showing what the results mean in terms of seats … Continue reading

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Frontlines and deadlines

I am about halfway finished reading the book International News Reporting: Frontlines and Deadlines. The book explains a lot about how the news “works” (a lot of info I wish my media-bashing boyfriend would read!) and makes the case for … Continue reading

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Covering minority groups in Europe: Needs fixers?

I heard Mehmet Koksal speak at the European Investigative Journalism Conference. He gave a great insight into what it takes to cover minority issues in Europe. I think these communities are truly harder to penetrate in Europe than in the … Continue reading

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