“Wolves With Sheep’s Badges”
Columnist Takes Aim at Cops Accused of Murder The changeovers in Congress and in state capitals are commanding the big-picture headlines, along with the prospects...
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Tribune Co. Begins Next Phase
New Owner Could End Era of Cuts, Uncertainty “After an epic corporate drama, Chicago’s Tribune Co. sold itself in a deal that puts the 159-year-old...
Sports Columnist Larry Whiteside Dies
Boston Globe Pioneer, 69, Kept “Black List” “Long-time Boston Globe baseball columnist Larry Whiteside passed away this morning. He was 69,” Nick Cafardo wrote Friday...
Students Can Publish—With a Catch
Grambling Imposes “Prior Review” by Adviser Grambling State University lifted the ban on its student newspaper on Thursday, but imposed a requirement that all of...
AP Switches on Cho’s Name
Shooter’s Family Expresses Its Preference The Associated Press switched its policy on the rendering of the name of the shooter at Virginia Tech late Friday,...
Atlanta Paper Accused
Author Details Efforts to “Bowdlerize” Race Series The reporter who uncovered a 60-year pattern of expelling African Americans from communities around the country and wrote...
Roy S. Johnson to Edit Men’s Fitness
Previous Leader to Pursue “Humanitarian Issues” Roy S. Johnson, the veteran sports journalist who was named editor-at-large at Men’s Fitness magazine just three weeks ago,...
Ebony, Jet Swear Off That Epithet
Black Publications Take Stand Against “N-Word” In an editorial accompanying a discussion of the infamous racial epithet, Bryan Monroe, editorial director of Ebony and Jet...
8 Democrats Say Yes to Smiley’s Forum
Martin, Navarrette, Wickham Chosen as Questioners Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama and Bill...
Interns Lose Slots at Gannett Paper
Indiana Company Steps Up to Take 3 Students The Gannett Co. newspaper in Montgomery, Ala., was forced to make quick and drastic budget cuts last...
Grambling Paper Fails to Publish
“Unconstitutional” Prior Review Holds Up Edition The Grambling State University student newspaper failed to publish as planned Friday after the faculty adviser, newly instructed to...
Civil Rights Battle Shaped Halberstam
“Going Back, I’d Pay Money to Do That Now” David Halberstam, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist who died in a car crash Monday at...