My friend photojournalist Richard Adkins was faced with a complex story about a land dispute and almost no video to illustrate it. Take a look
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Paterno is Dead–NO–Wait he is Alive. News Sites Get it Wrong
Here we go again, another story that got rolling on Twitter, picked up steam, never got verified and turned out to be wrong. Joe Paterno
The Amazing Call Ordering the Cruise Ship Captain Back on Board
The BCC offers us this sound and translation of the ill-fated cruise ship liner’s captain who abandoned ship. You will hear Italian officials ordering him
Finding Stories All Around You
Look at these stories that won 2012 Alfred duPont Awards, considered my many, myself included, to be the most prestigious journalism awards in broadcasting. (disclosure,
19 Year old Works on a Cure for Cancer
When I teach college and high school aged writers, they love to see stories about people who are their age. So here is a really
NPR’s StoryCorp Story of Mother Who Tries to Scare Gay Son Straight
You barley know what to say about a piece like this, except that I find StoryCorp is a constant affirmation in the power of the
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