By Kathleen Miller. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Shortly after lunch, it’s time to start assessing what information you’ve got, and what information you lack. It’s time to fill the…
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The Reporting Life, Part Two
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By Kathleen Miller. Around 10 a.m. Sometime around 10 a.m. every day, an editor would saunter over to my desk and hit me with the inevitable: what’s going on Kathleen?Editors…
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Post Runs PR Content as News
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The Post’s Howard Kurtz gives the following account of the newspaper’s decision to run an article from a hospital’s in-house PR magazine as “news.” Why did they do it? The…
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Print MSM to MoCo: Adios!
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So you thought the print mainstream media (MSM) was undergoing changes? Wait until you read this!Washington PostMoCo political reporter Ann Marimow is on maternity leave. We hear that when she…
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The Reporting Life, Part One
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By Kathleen Miller. A reporter’s day starts with a pit in your stomach as you trudge to the end of your driveway or turn on your computer to see exactly…
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The Reporting Life: A Preview
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One of our favorite MSM (mainstream media) reporters is Kathleen Miller. Ms. Miller covered Montgomery County for the Examiner and the state legislature for the Associated Press. We particularly appreciated…
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Post Ombudsman Covers Dinnergate
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Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander offers a thorough report on the Dinnergate scandal today. He details participation by four newsroom editors in planning the event, none of whom said it…
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DC Madam Lives Again
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This belongs in the category of “Can’t make this stuff up.” We have had a handful of readers access our “Washington Post Readers Erupt Over Dinnergate” post by searching for…
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The Washington Post’s readers are roaring with fury at the newspaper’s Dinnergate scandal. As of this writing, nearly 700 comments have poured into Howard Kurtz’s article on the debacle, more…
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Post Dinnergate Flyer
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Here is the flyer that triggered the Washington Post’s massive Dinnergate scandal.