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11.11.2009 11:34 am

Justice Kennedy insisted student newspaper let his office OK story

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The New York Times reports that Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy recently insisted that the student newspaper at Dalton High School in Manhattan allow his office to read an article about a speech he gave before it could be published.

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11.10.2009 10:57 am

Reader says local photo alone was inadequate Berlin Wall coverage

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
celebrating the fall of the wall Area high school students run through a mock version of the Berlin Wall on Monday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to mark the 20th anniversary of the taking down of the wall. The two sections of wall were pulled apart so students could “make their way to freedom.” Photo by J.B. Forbes.

Area high school students run through a mock version of the Berlin Wall on Monday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to mark the 20th anniversary of the taking down of the wall. The two sections of wall were pulled…

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11.05.2009 12:07 pm

High School principal explains decision to pull stories on tattoos

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Community Section of Wednesday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch carried a short item from the Suburban Journals in which the principal of Timberland High School in Wentzville defended his decision last month to pull stories about tattoos from the student newspaper.…

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11.02.2009 6:49 pm

Denver Post beat writers no longer predict outcomes of games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports writers at the Denver Post no longer predict the outcomes of games involving teams they cover.  Westworld.com reports that the Post’s editor, Greg Moore, says it’s a matter of ethics.

Moore told the Westworld news blog:

“Sports writers are no different than other…

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10.21.2009 11:26 am

George W. Bush signs on as motivational speaker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Talking Points Memo reports that former President George W. Bush has signed on as a motivational speaker.

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AFP/Getty Images photo

An ad on getmotivated.com touts Bush as the “special guest speaker” for the “Get Motivated Business Seminar” Oct. 26 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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10.16.2009 5:53 pm

Military revises policy on photos of casualties in Afghan war

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We owe thanks to Sid Hastings, a former photo editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for alerting us to another change in the military’s policy on photos of slain personnel in eastern Afghanistan.  Hastings pointed out the update in a comment…

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10.15.2009 11:29 am

Military bans photos of slain troops in part of Afghanistan

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The U.S. military has banned journalists embedded with troops in eastern Afghanistan from photographing military personnel killed in combat.

Daryl Lang writes on the Photo District News web site — pdnonline.com:

“Media will not be allowed to photograph or record video of U.S.…

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10.08.2009 11:27 am

Which country is the most misreported in the U.S. press?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Which country is most routinely miscovered in the U.S. press? Michael Massing asks in an article in the Columbia Journalism Review.

One could argue that most countries are miscovered through undercoverage. At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com, for example, our emphasis…

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09.18.2009 12:21 pm

Elite or prurient, the press sure is fascinated with Yale murder

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jack Shafer, the often-irreverent media critic for Slate.com, offers some theories for why murders at Ivy League schools get so much press coverage.  His column’s headline: “Murder Draped in Ivy. Why the press can’t get enough of Harvard or Yale…

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09.15.2009 12:02 pm

Lack of ACORN coverage spurs allegations of liberal bias

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In a comment on the Editors’ Desk blog post about Van Jones, Nonpartisan says:

You guys missed it….clearly. And you issued the same B.S. statement that the NY Times printed after they “missed it” as well. You guys didn’t miss, you…

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