Welcome to our new blog!
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Atlanta Press Club | No Comments »We are thrilled to finally have our blog, "This Just In", on its very own page on the Atlanta Press Club website (and on its own at www.apcblog.org). This blog will feature media news and commentary, information about local media comings ...
Gannett Cutting 1K Newspaper Jobs
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »According to a Reuters article posted this afternoon, Gannett Company Inc., has announced in a memo its plan to cut 1,000 newsroom jobs in its Community Publishing division, which accounts for more than 80 publications (not including USA Today). About ...
Olympics: Covering the Cringe-Worthy
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »I've found it interesting some of the stories coming out of Beijing these last few days since the Olympics started. First was the report that some of the fireworks we saw on TV during the Opening Ceremony were fake. Then there ...
R.I.P., Skip Caray
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Spirited Atlanta Braves announcer Skip Caray died in his sleep Sunday, having faced numerous health problems over the years including diabetes and congestive heart failure. A part of Braves history for more than three decades, he will be missed by ...
AJC Public Ed. Explains Changes
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »In her column published Saturday, AJC Public Editor Angela Tuck shared with readers how leadership at the paper made its decisions about many of its changes. "The newspaper puts more resources into covering those areas where we have the most ...
“We Ask the Tough Questions”
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Bob Edwards, host of The Bob Edwards Show on XM Satellite Radio and Bob Edwards Weekend on Public Radio International, reminded the audience at tonight's annual awards gala that our job as journalists is to ask the tough questions. Investigative ...
Congratulations and Thanks!
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Congratulations to the 2008 Journalists of the Year, Alan Judd and Andy Miller of the AJC, recognized tonight at the annual awards gala for their 2007 series on Georgia's mental hospitals. Congratulations also to the JOY category winners: Janet Conley of The ...
Big Week for Natl, Local Media Outlets
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Unless you were in outer space, you have heard about the controversy surrounding this week's The New Yorker magazine. It's said any publicity is good publicity! Personally, I was more taken with Jill Lepore's story on the evolution of children's ...
Another Gone Too Young
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »My same age and a lifelong news junkie like me, Chanda Taylor sounds like someone I would've been friends with. Unfortunately, I will never know the CNN producer and former WSB-TV news producer, who died last week of brain cancer. ...
Sad Losses
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Atlanta's media community has lost two of its own recently. Former WGCL-TV reporter Fred Powers died of cancer Monday. Though he had not been on the air for a few months, Powers was known for being willing to do most anything ...