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Rogue Writer
 Eric Morrison
After years of churning out superlative-laced copy at the behest of travel magazines beholden to their advertisers, Chuck Thompson wanted to write a book to expose an industry that uses fear and greed to manipulate the realities of destinations across the globe.
Home of the Meek, Land of the Fee
 Les Blumenthal
The Bush administration is trying to hide its mismanagement of federal lands by using new permit requirements and fees to limit filming and photography in national parks, forests and wildlife refuges, a congressional leader charges.
Journalist Deaths Still Climbing Every Year
 Haider Rizvi
For journalists across the world, this year has been the deadliest in more than a decade, according to a report released by a major media watchdog Tuesday.
Radio Realidad: The Popular Voice in Honduras
 Kari Lydersen
“What motivates youth to abandon the countryside and their homes, for the city or other countries?” asks Samuel, sitting in a small radio studio in a misty, mountain town in Honduras.
Mexican Reporter Gunned Down
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A Mexican journalist was chased and gunned down at a hotel and media rights groups Monday called for an investigation into whether he was killed because of his reporting.
Dear Deluded Mass Media, North American Union Agenda Exists
 Steve Watson
Despite official maps, documents, plans and bills in Congress the reality of the NAU and trans border superhighway is still denied as Ron Paul is attacked for speaking out about it.
Journalists From Zimbabwe, Mexico, Ethiopia, Iraq Gain Recognition
 Stephen Kaufman
Zimbabwe's Peta Thornycroft, Mexico's Lydia Cacho, Ethiopia's Serkalem Fasil, and six Iraqi women journalists from the McClatchy News Baghdad bureau all were recognized for 2007 by the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) for their dedication to their profession and their personal bravery.
Elena Poniatowska on Immigration
 Martín Martínez
Elena Poniatowska, a well-known Mexican journalist and author, denounced Mexico’s reliance on remittances instead of job creation in a recent visit to the University of California, Davis.
The Press and Liberty
 Phil Hoskins
The reliance upon a free and independent press as a necessary component of liberty not only found its way into our Constitution but is a bulwark of our culture. Yet today the freedom of the free press is faced with unprecedented challenges.
Royalties Trump Loyalties
 Matt Apuzzo
White House press secretaries, who speak for the president and appear before the nation on his behalf, have traditionally kept their secrets while their bosses are in office. That unwritten rule has faded in the face of big advances for political tell-all books.
Media Diplomacy: What Role for Transnational News?
 Economic & Social Research Council
There has recently been a huge growth in transnational English language television channels. What are the purposes of these channels? Who are they for and who is watching them? Do they constitute a global group of English speaking nations, an ‘Anglosphere’?
You, Too, Can Author a Conservative Column
 Tim Krueger
Writing a conservative column is an art, and like any art, it takes talent. Despite what you may assume, however, the ability to write a conservative column is not a genetic trait that one simply does or doesn’t possess; you too can learn to write a conservative column. In fact, consider it your civic duty.
Travel Classics Writers Conference 2008
 PVNN
Professional travel writers who've published a minimum of three major magazine articles within the last 18 months are invited to the 2008 Travel Classics Writers Conference at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy April 17-20, 2008.
EGYPT: Journalists Get Jail Sentences in New Crackdown
 Adam Morrow & Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
The government has stepped up its campaign against the independent and opposition press, with criminal courts delivering prison sentences to 11 prominent journalists within the last two months
US War Protests: Why No Coverage?
 Jerry Lanson
Coordinated antiwar protests in at least 11 American cities this weekend raised anew an interesting question about the nature of news coverage: Are the media ignoring rallies against the Iraq war because of their low turnout or is the turnout dampened by the lack of news coverage?
Media Foundation Honors Women Journalists from Iraq, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mexico
 Mona Ghuneim
An Ethiopian publisher who gave birth to a son while imprisoned, a group of Iraqi women reporters who risk their lives to cover the war, a Mexican journalist who receives threats to her life, and a VOA contributor from Zimbabwe are the recipients of this year's "Courage in Journalism" awards.
Suspect in Mexican Mutilation Killings Courted Clerks, Sought Inspiration in Writing
 Mark Stevenson
An aspiring writer who left a horror scene of body parts in his apartment was arraigned on Thursday on charges of murder and desecrating a corpse after he allegedly cut up and ate part of his girlfriend's body.
Why we curse. What the F***?
 Steven Pinker
When used judiciously, swearing can be hilarious, poignant, and uncannily descriptive. More than any other form of language, it recruits our expressive faculties to the fullest: the combinatorial power of syntax; the evocativeness of metaphor; the pleasure of alliteration, meter, and rhyme; and the emotional charge of our attitudes, both thinkable and unthinkable.
'¡Ask a Mexican!' Walks a Bold but Delicate Satirical Line
 Sam McManis
What began as a lark, a total journalistic goof, in the pages of the alternative OC Weekly three years ago has unexpectedly catapulted the career of Gustavo Arellano. Arellano, 28, pens the satirical "¡Ask a Mexican!" column that now appears in 28 papers, and reaches an estimated 1.8 million readers.
Fuentes Discusses Mexican Identity
 Tasnim Shamma
Carlos Fuentes, a renowned Mexican novelist, scholar and diplomat, presented his view of Mexican history and national identity at a recent lecture at Princeton University.
Out and About... in Washington
 Twila Crawford
I´ve just returned to Vallarta from Washington, DC, from the best conference I have ever attended. The Society of Professional Journalists seemed to have everyone from the world of communication there.
Who Killed Brad Will
 John Ross
Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin America share an understanding that there's always a bullet out there with our names on it. Brad Will traveled 2,500 miles, from New York to this violence-torn Mexican town, to find his.
US House Passes Bill Shielding Reporters
 Associated Press
The House on Tuesday strongly backed the right of reporters to protect the confidentiality of sources in most federal court cases, saying that right was crucial to a free and effective press. The White House threatened a veto, saying the bill would encourage leaks of classified information.
More Attacks on Free Expression Reported
 Laura Wides-Munoz
At least 13 employees of media organizations were killed and two disappeared in the past six months in the Western Hemisphere, according to preliminary reports presented Sunday by members of a press association that promotes free expression in the Americas.
Despite Progress, Latin American Journalists Still Face Threats
 Frances Robles & Andres Viglucci
When a gunman was quickly caught and convicted for killing the deputy managing editor of Colombia’s newspaper La Patria, his 29-year prison sentence came to illustrate the first signs of a growing movement: No longer do killers of Latin American journalists go scot free, as they routinely did just a few years ago.
Dallas Consultant Says Telling Fox's Story Long but Easy Process
 Laurence Iliff
Vicente Fox left office Dec. 1 as the first president from an opposition party in 71 years. Three days later, he sat down at his Guanajuato ranch with Dallas political consultant Rob Allyn to write a political memoir now making waves.
Whitewashing the Work of Killers
 Richard Lardner
Public relations giant Burson-Marsteller has vast experience steering companies through tough times. But there's a limit to how much it can help Blackwater USA, a new client that's been battered by negative publicity.
Bringing Millennium Goals to Life
 Diana Cariboni
"Daniel San Juan Tolentino dug his own grave. A pile of earth fell on him and buried him." So begins the article on child labourers in Mexico that won first prize in the "Latin America and the Millennium Development Goals" Journalism Awards, organised by IPS and UNDP.
Eminent Guidebook Writer Joins Faculty at 13th Annual SATW Institute for Travel Writing & Photography
 satwinstitute.org
Attending the 13th annual SATW Institute for Travel Writing and Photography intensive one-weekend travel writing course, January 25-27, 2008, in Orlando, FL is the way to jump-start or accelerate your travel writing career - and make valuable professional contacts.
A Real Need For a Shield Law
 Dale McFeatters
The excesses of the CIA-leak investigation made clear the need for a federal shield law to protect reporters and their sources. Indeed, the need for such a law has been clear since 1972, when the Supreme Court upset a long-standing understanding that journalists were more or less immune from government investigations into their reporting.
CPJ to Honor Five Journalists
 CPJ.org
The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor four courageous journalists from Russia, Pakistan, China, and Mexico with 2007 International Press Freedom Awards in November. Each has put their life or liberty on the line to report on stories of global significance.
AFP Launches Worldwide Training Foundation
 Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse opened a new dimension in its services Thursday with the formal launch of the AFP Foundation to promote higher standards of journalism worldwide.
TravelClassics West 2007 Writers Conference
 PVNN
Just a few attendee spaces remain for travel writers at Travel Classics West 2007, scheduled to take place this November 1st-4th at the 4-Diamond Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Calling All Travel Writers to Enter Planet Earth Awards
 PVNN
The San Francisco Bay Area Travel Writers (BATW) has opened a new annual travel book and travel article competition to Travel journalists, writers and authors from around the world whose works were published between Jan 1-Dec 31st, 2006. Submissions will be accepted through August 31, 2007.
Mexican Newspaper Director Beaten in Ongoing Violence Against Journalists
 Oswaldo Alonso
The general manager of a local newspaper was attacked by three unidentified assailants who warned him that he was a marked man. Eolo Pacheco Rodriguez, general manager of El Regional del Sur, in the central city of Cuernavaca, was dragged by three assailants into a truck and then beaten.
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