TweetI intend to always keep this blog on-topic. I created a side blog in case I felt the need to write about non-journalism stuff, though I haven’t been good about writing in it. But I’ve been tagged by Sara Bozich to participate in this trendy meme, and I planned to ignore it. Then I thought: …
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TweetThis is my favorite time of the year in the newsroom: The annual march of the interns. In my newsroom, we have four in the various departments, and it’s so much fun having them around. They bring a lively approach to their writing, they haven’t had all the hope squeezed out of them yet, and …
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TweetKeep your hand down, Steve Boriss. I know your answer is “zero.” This question struck me when I read the fond adieu that the blogger at Left of Centre wrote to Adam Smeltz, a Centre Daily Times reporter and long-time friend of mine who recently accepted a job at the Cherry Hill Courier-Post. The anonymous …
TweetThere was a great piece of investigative reporting the other day by Dena Pauling in the Centre Daily Times, my hometown newspaper and former employer. It revealed mold problems in a local high school, and how the school’s administration failed to notify the public about it. It also prints the outright denials by school officials …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Centre Daily Times UNIVERSITY PARK — When highly touted football prospects such as quarterback Pat Devlin and wide receiver Vidal Hazelton visit campus, Penn State junior Brad Wilson does what he can to help urge them to become Nittany Lions. But Wilson created an unfair advantage for Penn State when he distributed …
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