Cantor: President’s stance on Israel ‘unworkable’
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »ATLANTA (AP) - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says President Barack Obama's support of a return to Israel's 1967 borders to make way for an adjacent Palestinian state is "unworkable." Cantor says he is "very concerned" with what he described as ...
Letter to Governor Deal following exclusion of journalist at press conference
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »To The Honorable Nathan Deal: We want to express our concern that your office used the Georgia State Troopers and police to keep a member of the media out of a news conference on Friday, May 13th. We consider this action ...
Nicholas Kristof to speak at Kennesaw State
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Reservations are still available for two speeches by New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof at Kennesaw State University this Thursday, March 17. Slated to speak on campus last month, Kristof was unable to leave Egypt, where he ...
R.I.P., Ludlow Porch
Friday, February 11th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Unfortunately, it seems too many recent posts are about local media legends leaving us too soon. "Folksy" radio talk show host Ludlow Porch died today at age 76, after having suffered a stroke. According to Atlanta Press Club board member ...
Murdoch Unveils “The Daily”: Will You Read?
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »So Rupert Murdoch has launched his new digital "newspaper" for the iPad...have you seen it? Read it? What is your take on a product such as this? Read the article about "The Daily" from Salon.com here.
Hundreds Say Goodbye to Royal Marshall
Monday, January 24th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Royal Marshall's funeral this past weekend was packed with loved ones and fans, according to the AJC's Rodney Ho, who also is an Atlanta Press Club board member. Were you in attendance to pay your respects? Please share your memories ...
R.I.P., Royal
Saturday, January 15th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Atlanta's media world is stunned and saddened by the death early this morning of WSB Radio producer Raymond Royal Marshall, who was just 43 years old. He collapsed in his home, and paramedics were unable to revive him. He is ...
New Year, NEW Posts!
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hello, Atlanta Press Club members and friends! Happy New Year to all. Yes, it's me, Melanie Lasoff Levs, former Press Club blogger extraordinaire. I took some time off to have my second kid and reestablish my freelance life, and now I ...
Inside the World of Self-Publishing
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »An informative evening on self publishing was sponsored by The Atlanta Press Club with The American Society of Journalists and Authors at The Commerce Club Wed., May 26. Attendees were well fed with tasty hors d'oeuvres from Dania's Restaurant including ...
Christiane Amanpour Speaks to the Atlanta Press Club
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »When the announcement was made this spring that ChristianAmanpour would leave CNN for ABC News my initial reaction was, there goes someone else out CNN’s spinning door. But it’s way more than that. Amanpour is among a select group of ...