Censorship undercuts goal of student newspaper

Source: Greenwich Time

To the editor:

For the past year as executive editor of The Beak, I witnessed both the good and bad of Greenwich High School’s student newspaper. But in my capacity, I never had the opportunity to assess it in a public forum and especially wouldn’t be allowed to criticize it. (Continue Reading)

Zimbabwe bans political rallies

Source: BBC News

Zimbabwean police have banned political rallies “with immediate effect”, amid growing tension over the country’s disputed presidential election. (Continue Reading)

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Cuban blogger wins award for journalism

By Monica Cruz
Source: The Daily O’ Collegian
Spanish newspaper El Pais awards the Pulitzer Prize equivalent for Spanish speaking journalists. The Ortega and Gasset prize in the digital category was awarded to independent blogger Yoani Sanchez. Her merit goes beyond good writing and the blog’s popularity, which registered 1.2 million hits in February. (Continue reading)

To read the winning blog click here

Wounded photographer

This photograph won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for best breaking news photograph.

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Awarded to Adrees Latif of Reuters for his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar.

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Are We Failing Young Journalists?

Has the newspaper industry turned its back on aspiring young journalists?

By Ken Krayeske

published in the Poynter Institute webpage on June 2006

“I didn’t realize I would end up as a journalist,” Wolinsky said. “But it absolutely contributed to my development as a professional. You need it. It gives you a real-life version of a newsroom.” (Continue reading)

Read this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners

Enter the webpage and click on “2008″

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The inside story behind Preston Gannaway’s Pulitzer Prize

Source:Concor Monitor
By Mike Pride

The family of Carolynne St. Pierre faced the ultimate grief. Despite her courage, a rare cancer was killing a mother and wife long before her time. Yet she and her husband Rich invited photographer Preston Gannaway and reporter Chelsea Conaboy to chronicle Carolynne’s death and its impact on their family. (Continue reading)

Unnecesary Censorship

Really funny

Struggle Over Student Censorship Continues

Source: ACLU Southern California

A lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Southern California on behalf of student journalists in Bakersfield fighting to have their stories about gay students at their high school published in the school’s newspaper moved to deposition stage in late August. (Continued)

Student fights to keep position on OSU publications board

Source: Student Press Law Center

OKLAHOMA — A copy editor at Oklahoma State University’s student paper is vowing to fight an attempt by the journalism department’s director to remove her from the school’s publications board.  (Continue Reading)