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Blum the Fifth Village Voice Editor This Yearnew

Editor & Publisher  |  08-14-2006  1:45 pm  |  Industry News

OC Weekly Reporter Hits Critics of Gary Webb in Upcoming Book

As first reported by AAN News in January, OC Weekly News and Investigations Editor Nick Schou has written a book about Gary Webb, the late investigative reporter who penned the "Dark Alliance" series exploring connections between the CIA and crack cocaine. In Kill the Messenger, Schou alleges that Webb's editors at the San Jose Mercury News made the decision to focus his series on the CIA link against Webb's wishes. Schou also criticizes national newspapers for their treatment of Webb: "So much of the reporting was personal and an attack on Gary Webb, it was unbelievable," he tells Editor & Publisher. Kill the Messenger will be published by Nation Books in October.
08-09-2006  8:24 am  |  Industry News

Campus Newspapers Are Thrivingnew

Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)  |  08-09-2006  6:31 am  |  Industry News

Missoula Independent Gets Gawker's Attention

This morning, the bloggers at Gawker.com turned their focus away from New York long enough to post a calendar item from The Missoula Independent. This is the sentence that Gawker found "disturbing": "Bowling and karaoke go together like Israeli bombing and U.S. bombs during Solid Sound karaoke at Westside Lanes."

responds that Gawker missed the point: "that bowling and karaoke don't go particularly well together at all."
08-07-2006  10:20 am  |  Industry News

Political Editor George Howland Jr. Leaves Seattle Weeklynew

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (low in story)  |  08-07-2006  10:32 am  |  Industry News

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