Journalism News: Page 10
Novak Storms Off Set in a Huff (August 4, 2005): For those of you who missed CNN anchor Ed Henry's trial by fire today, Media Matters has the video clip of Inside Politics today when syndicated columnist and Valerie Plame blabbermouth Robert Novak yelled "Bullshit!" and stormed off the set during the middle of the show.
Mainstream Media Tries to Blog (July 27, 2005): Variety's Brian Lowry reports on some of mainstream media's attempts at blogging and he isn't impressed: Lowry also explains how difficult it would be to blog "events like press tour or the network upfronts.
Depp Ready to Shoot Thompson's Ashes Out of a Cannon (July 14, 2005): The date is set and Johnny Depp is ready to go.
Judith Miller Heads to Jail (July 11, 2005): Reporter Judith Miller of The New York Times has been sentence to jail for refusing to name her source in the Plamegate scandal.
SF Gates's Mark Morford Wins Best Online Column Award (July 5, 2005): SFGate.
Douglas Adams: A Man Ahead of His Time (June 29, 2005): Douglas Adams, the popular author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and other popular mystery and science fiction novels, was clearly a man ahead of his time.
New Dictionary Words Show How Society is Changing (June 22, 2005): Reuters reports that latest edition of The Collins English Dictionary contains hundreds of words that the dictionary's editors say show how society is changing.
Woodward and Bernstein: Together Again (June 10, 2005): Now that Mark Felt has been revealed as the mysterious Deep Throat, Bob Woodward is moving at light speed to finish his latest book, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Screenwriter Talks Tabloids (June 6, 2005): Unless you've been living in Antarctica, you've no doubt heard some of the gossip about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Candace Bushnell Sued By Former Manager (June 2, 2005): Candace Bushnell is being sued by her former manager who claims she cheated him out of $1 million in fees for helping her sell the story that inspired the TV show Sex in the City.
Johnny Depp, Hunter Thompson and the Cannon (May 31, 2005): Funerals don't get much weirder than this.
Food Bloggers Unite to Write Book (May 24, 2005): Food bloggers are uniting to write a book.
Writer's Bump Headed for Extinction (May 21, 2005): Writer's bumps are headed for extinction.
Laura Bush, Desperate Housewife? (May 2, 2005): Laura Bush's speech at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner Saturday night drew lots of laughs when she described herself as a "Desperate Housewife" and gently poked fun at her husband and his friends: Joke writer Landon Parvin has written comedy for political figures from Ronald Reagan to Vernon Jordan.
Journalist Zheng Yichun Stands Trial in China (April 27, 2005): The Committee to Protect Journalists reports on the trial of Zheng Yichun, who was tried yesterday in China on charges of "inciting subversion.
Who Writes Those Letters to the Editor? (April 24, 2005): Think that those well-written letters to the editor in your local newspaper are always written by real people? Think again, says the Contra Costa Times.
Rupert Murdock, Digital Migrant (April 14, 2005): Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp.
A Bonus for Oprah's Editors (April 12, 2005): Oprah Winfrey handed out tax-free $5,000 bonuses to 100 editorial and advertising staffers of O, The Oprah Magazine on Sunday night according to a Page Six report.
Grammar Check: Awhile or A While? (April 4, 2005): James J.
Women Who Write Tough and the Men Who Love Them (March 13, 2005): Maureen Dowd shares her thoughts about the controversy about the lack of women writing Op-ed columns, in an interesting article.