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I admit it: when news broke of another shooting at Virginia Tech last week, I promptly dove under my desk. Blacksburg may be a couple hours away but in the Spring of 2007, almost every news crew within this hemisphere made a beeline for the small Virgi…
Read More →Battle of the Long Count
“News is public domain. A news outfit in quest of a news beat might steal a story from under the opposition’s nose, but they won’t buy it!” – Norman Alley On September 22, 1927, heavyweight boxer Gene Tunney was scheduled to defend his title against William Dempsey at Chicago’s Soldiers Field. In a foreshadowing of […]
Read More →Orlando Crew Hangs Out at Disney With Jamie Foster Brown
Orlando-based DP/Partner Dan Beckmann spent a day at Walt Disney World with Jamie Foster Brown, “The Barbara Walters of Print.” Jamie has been the publisher and sole owner of Sister 2 Sister (S2S) magazine since 1988. The monthly publication has made her one of the most prominent black women in entertainment journalism. She’s the consummate confidante to the stars, […]
Read More →Tools to do investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is the stuff that awards and big-time careers are made of — and it’s a passion for journalist Lynn Walsh. Walsh is an investigative producer at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Fla. “I really like being able to provide people with answers that they don’t have the time or the patience to uncover themselves,” […]
Key to the City! (Featuring Tesla)
I’ve always heard about important people receiving a “key to the city”… a key that may or may not be able to open any door within the city limits. I never believed the legends, because no man could possibly be trusted with such power. I mean… they …
Read More →Key to the City! (Featuring Tesla)
I’ve always heard about important people receiving a “key to the city”… a key that may or may not be able to open any door within the city limits. I never believed the legends, because no man could possibly be trusted with such power. I mean… they …
Read More →Alley tries to shoot Capone’s mob
1920s Prohibition-era Chicago was a place with a notorious reputation as a lawless city. At the helm with seemingly inexorable power over politicians, police and the supply of alcohol demanded by the Chicagoans, was Al Capone and his extensive network of underlings. With the height of the gang-fueled feudalism as the backdrop, newsreel photographer Norman […]
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