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Website plans columns by Corbett, Schwartz

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:28 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - Philly.com, a website affiliated with Philadelphia's two major newspapers, is drawing criticism from politicians and journalists for its decision to publish columns by Gov. Tom Corbett and one of his prospective re-election challengers, U.S Rep. Allyson Schwartz.

NM media group helping Uganda journalists

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:08:46 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A New Mexico-based media advocacy group is helping journalists in Uganda facing a government shutdown of printing and broadcasting outlets.

Bill would protect Calif. reporters' phone records

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:09 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - State agencies would be required to give journalists five days' notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state senator.

WWII historian taking on American Revolution

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:33 -0400

NEW YORK - An award-winning and best-selling World War II historian is turning to an older conflict for his next project: the American Revolution.

Review: 'We Steal Secrets' juicy look at WikiLeaks

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:41:29 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Prolific documentary-maker Alex Gibney delivers a gripping account of the wins and losses of hard-charging idealism on the front lines of the information wars in "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." Exhaustively researched and balanced in its view of the controversial key player, the film slips in ahead of DreamWorks' dramatic take on the exploits of Julian Assange, "The Fifth Estate," which is currently shooting.

Dick Irwin, veteran Md. crime reporter, dies at 76

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:19:26 -0400

BALTIMORE - John Richard "Dick" Irwin, a retired newspaper reporter who chronicled crime in Baltimore for more than 40 years, has died. He was 76.

Globovision owners hint at toned-down news stance

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:58:05 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela - The new owners of Venezuela's only television channel to take critical stands against the government say they will, in their words, "contribute to a climate of peace and not of conflict."

Foundations make grant for Okla. tornado victims

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:37:32 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Two foundations have teamed up to provide a $2 million grant to the United Way of Central Oklahoma to support relief and recovery efforts to Oklahoma tornado victims.

Ukrainian journalists disrupt government session

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:20 -0400

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian reporters on Wednesday disrupted a government session chaired by the prime minister, suggesting his family members could be the next victims of official inaction after police in Kiev stood by while pro-government activists attacked two journalists covering an opposition protest.

Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" remark

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:09:05 -0400

Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner.

Bob Schieffer to get journalism award in Phoenix

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:04 -0400

PHOENIX - CBS News correspondent Bob Schieffer will be honored by Arizona State University's journalism school at its awards luncheon in October.

A diversion in the air for 'Today'

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:45:23 -0400

NEW YORK - Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.

White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:39 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said Tuesday, showing solidarity with First Amendment advocates alarmed by a pair of high-profile federal probes into national security leaks.

Judge: Juror committed contempt at murder trial

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:17:15 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - A Topeka man who commented on a newspaper's website about an ongoing murder trial in which he was a juror must pay a $1,000 fine or spend three days in jail, a judge ruled.

Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:35:59 -0400

WASHINGTON - It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.

Young owner puts out first edition of weekly paper

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:12 -0400

ELM CREEK, Nebraska - The Elm Creek Beacon-Observer's 21-year-old new owner has published the first edition of the weekly newspaper he bought in March.

Gov't presses ahead on another leak case

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:01:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.

Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:56:56 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia's bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson likening Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan.

Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:42 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle.

NBC hires news division chief from Britain

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:34:34 -0400

NEW YORK - NBC went out of the company and out of the country to find a president for its news division, on Monday naming the first woman to hold the top job.

Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:18 -0400

AMMAN, Jordan - The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is not doing enough.

NC newspapers tout win over public notice bill

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:18:37 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina Press Association is claiming victory in a battle to maintain government notices in newspapers, but the war isn't yet over.

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:04:46 -0400

WASHINGTON - The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.

Ohio newspaper editor David Miller dead at 66

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:37:11 -0400

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Editor David C. Miller of The (Bowling Green) Sentinel-Tribune newspaper in Ohio died Saturday at a hospital in York, Pennsylvania, the paper said in a statement. He was 66.

Ohio AP media organization elects members

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:33:42 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Peter Mattiace, editor of The (Findlay) Courier, was elected president of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors association for 2013-14 at the group's annual convention Sunday.