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 ...
He Will Be Missed
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Tim Russert. Enough said.
Inspiring Journey
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Nursing a recent hip injury, I've been feeling a bit sorry for myself lately. Last Sunday, Memorial Day weekend, I caught a few minutes of Howard Kurtz's "Reliable Sources" media program on CNN. Those few minutes of TV immediately changed my ...
Rest in Peace, Mr. Jordan
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »A few months after a moving and powerful speech to the Atlanta Press Club, Hamilton Jordan, former President Jimmy Carter's chief of staff, died Tuesday of cancer. According to a statement, the 63-year-old Atlantan died peacefully at home. We at ...
High Honor for Atlanta mag
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Beating out the magazines New York, The New Yorker, GQ and Vanity Fair, Atlanta magazine has won its first National Magazine Award in the publication's 47-year history. The award, which is the Oscar of the industry, is for Paige Williams' ...
“1960 Interrogating 2060″
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »I agree with columnist James Poniewozik's essay in this week's Time magazine. He points out that while a woman and an African American man are running for President, nearly all the most prominent faces at TV news divisions (except Katie Couric ...
Sharp essay on writers vs editors
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »I laughed out loud at this essay by Michael Kinsley in a recent issue of Time magazine. Being on both sides of the writer and editor equation -- in the past and now -- I can "sympathize" and relate to ...
Would YOU read it?
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Rather than add my take on the ABC News Democratic presidential candidate debate the other day (yawn), I thought I'd share some "gossip:" The New York Post is reporting today that Katie Couric might write a memoir. She has a ...
Presidential changes at Cox Newspapers
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »Jay Smith, president of Cox Newspapers Inc., is retiring as of May 1, according to today's AJC. Sandy Schwartz, will succeed Smith and retain his current title as president of Cox Auto Trader. Smith has been climbing the Cox ladder since 1971, ...
Pulitzer Prizes Announced Today
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in APC programs | No Comments »However you pronounce it, there is no doubt you recognize the prestige of a Pulitzer Prize. The 2008 awards were anounced today and I am happy to say my hometown paper, The Washington Post, won six journalism awards, including for ...