Monthly Archives: January 2009

Incredible but true. Tanzanian witch doctors are flouting a government ban on the killing of Albinos, whose body parts they belive hold special properties. LINK

The BBC has come under fire for refusing to air a charity appeal to benefit Gaza saying it would compromise their impartiality. LINK

Could the honeymoon period be over so soon? The White House Press Corps are already complaining about lack of access to Obama. LINK

A student journalist stumbles upon a computer file of students names and social security numbers, and writes about it. The student gets reprimanded and the adviser is fired. LINK College Media Advisers sends a letter of censure to Western Oregon University president. LINK

Is Convergence Journalism going to live up to the hype. They’re not so sure at Kent State. LINK

At issue: the right to call your principal a “douchebag.” LINK

Caroline quits Senate run. LINK

Fascinating tales from the front in the Wilson Quarterly. LINK

Dow Jones building in New York, which houses the Wall Street Journal, gets envelopes containing white powder. LINK

Interesting to see how all the different papers here and abroad covered the Obama inauguration. LINK

Interesting profile of New Yorker journalist Malcolm Gladwell … admits he’s a parasite and apparently is phobic of midtown, so the New Yorker has to send his drafts back and forth to him by courier. LINK

Here’s an interesting history of the newspaper industry. LINK

All the networks apparently abandoned Bush and focused all their coverage on the Obama-related events – except for Fox News, loyal to the end. LINK

Amazing pix from a cell phone of courseLINK