St. Louis Journalism Review back issues from December 2007:
Commentary.(Cartoon)
Dec 01, 2007 ... NAME-CALLING .. HALF TRUTHS ... PERSONAL ATTACKS .. HAVE THESE PEOPLE NO SHAME? MY ...
Biondi's response.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2007; ... What follows are comments from the Rev. Lawrence Biondi, president of Saint Louis University, in response to questions sent to him by SJR Editor Roy Malone. They arrived too late for inclusion in the last issue. SJR: In response to your e-mail, I think you should first answer ...
Meyer's students stand with him.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2007; ... SJR: It's always a shame when those in power take aim at the freedoms of the press. It's an even greater shame when that ire is personally directed at those devoted to defending these freedoms. Such is the case at Saint Louis University. The university recently filed a lawsuit ...
Refreshing.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2007; ... SJR: Thanks for sending me the issues that allowed me to get acquainted with your publication. The latest issue has convinced me that it's time to ...
MetroLink figures deceptive.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2007; ... SJR: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch continues to publish misleading statistics about MetroLink, as does the St. Louis Business Journal and other media outlets. It doesn't seem to bother them that their reporting is wildly inaccurate or misleading. Recently, a Post article claimed ...
SJR fan.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2007; ... SJR: You all do a great job. ...
Clarifying remarks on Post staffing.(letters)
Dec 01, 2007; ... SJR: I'm writing to clarify a couple of points attributed to me in the Oct./Nov. SJR. I believe some nuances mentioned to your reporter were lost in the finished story. Attributed to me is the statement that "the influx of new blood at the Post follows years of ...
Defendinq unions.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2007; ... SJR: In regard to Roy Malone's commentary on unions (SJR Oct./Nov. 2007): In my more than 60 years in America, one of the qualities I have found about my adopted society is that often, as long as American masses feel comfortable, then it's treason or disloyalty to question ...
Embarrassment of riches.(off the record)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Picture this: Several thousand undernourished Somali refugees have settled in camps protected by a UN military force and one night they are treated to an outdoor movie. An Al Qaeda visitor has provided a tape of an American TV news show. On the screen, two young men, ...
Online news operation in works.(off the record)
Dec 01, 2007; ... The former St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalists who want to start an on-line news publication are feeling pretty good about their chances. "We're sure we're going to launch with considerable resources," said Margaret Freivogel, editor of the effort, which is to be called the St ....
Another Koster in the news.(off the record)(Chris Koster joins Democratic Party)
Dec 01, 2007; ... When the late Rich Koster was covering the Football Cardinals for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat back in the 1960s, it didn't seem to faze him when a locker room filled with large players became angry over something he wrote about the team. Today, his son, Chris, is facing an ...
Petition calls Biondi's lawsuit vengeful.(off the record)(Saint Louis University president Rev. Lawrence Biondi)
Dec 01, 2007; ... An online petition asking that the Rev. Lawrence Biondi, president of Saint Louis University, withdraw a lawsuit against Prof. Avis Meyer quickly gathered more than 160 names in November, mostly from SLU alumni. The petition, which will be sent to Biondi and the SLU Board of ...
Dine's book on unions gets national attention.(off the record)(Phil Dine's book titled State of the Unions)
Dec 01, 2007; ... It's been a whirlwind several weeks for St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Phil Dine since his book "State of the Unions" came out. He has had nationwide speaking engagements, media appearances and bookstore events. The book hit No. 1 in its category on Amazon.com, and early ...
KTVI gets scoop on Devlin story.(off the record)(Michael Devlin's kidnapping case)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Immediately after the guilty plea agreement was struck in the Michael Devlin kidnapping case, Kingsley Smith, news director at KTVI (Channel 2), felt that months of closely following the story and nurturing the station's sources would pay off. And it did--in a scoop for Channel ...
Why target the Post-Dispatch.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)(Reprint)
Dec 01, 2007; ... We have been asked more than once why SJR consistently picks on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This is a fair question. The answer is rather simple: the Post is the major news collection organ in this region. After all, its daily circulation is more than 250,000 and on Sundays ...
Missouri plays bit part in presidential primaries.(politics & media)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Poor Missouri! It might regain its battleground-state status in the November 2008 presidential election, but it will continue to be a sideshow in both the Republican and Democratic nomination contests. Missouri's being on the periphery is not for lack of trying. During the past ...
Under the radar: are the news media explaining the red-light cameras coming to your neighborhood? Are the cameras just money makers, like speed traps?
Dec 01, 2007; ... Similar stories as the following are reported across the country as red-light cameras become popular additions at signalized intersections. Red-light cameras will be installed at four intersections after the city council approved a contract with a vendor that will install and ...
Red-light cameras not about the money; raking it in nonetheless.
Dec 01, 2007; ... State Sen. Jason Crowell who is trying to pass legislation to regulate red-light camera use in Missouri said municipalities "violently opposed" a suggestion that camera revenues be transferred to schools. "If it weren't about the money, why would they care if the money goes to ...
AAA: 'Qualified support' for red-light cameras.(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... I don't know that there is any signalized intersection Where you couldn't sit for 20 minutes and see at least half a dozen people bust a red light," said Mike Right, vice president of public affairs for AAA Missouri AAA has "qualified support" for red-light cameras, he said. ...
Online harrassment--a hoax, a suicide--a journalistic dilemma.
Dec 01, 2007; ... It was a sad story--Megan Meier, 13, of Dardenne Prairie, committed suicide last year after being bullied and taunted through messages on her MySpace profile. The messages came from a boy named Josh Evans, who Megan did not know but seemed, at first, to show an interest in her ....
Now it can be told: in keeping with the ethical standards championed by this publication, I'm obligated to disclose that I am related to the person who is the subject of this profile ... I am Helen Weiss's son.(Viewpoint essay)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Also in keeping with the kind stories the St. Louis Journalism Review frequently prints, it will be contrarian. You will find here revelations that may change forever the way you regard this widely admired woman who retired earlier this year after 46 years in public relations for May Co ....
Post protected Eagleton: Columnist Novak did not.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thomas F. Eagleton and Robert Novak)
Dec 01, 2007; ... During the tumultuous 1972 presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, a Democrat from St. Louis, was forced to quit as George McGoveru's running mate when it was disclosed that he had undergone electroshock therapy for depression and exhaustion. Eagleton, during the ...
Bad behavior reigns.(sports & media)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Off-the-field activities are providing larger and more headlines, and considerably less amusement these days than game stories, sidebars and features, which continue to grind out statistics-based pap. Aren't comments like "He's hit safely in 12 of his last 17 games," or "That's ...
New ratings: Big Brother or big bother?(am/fm)
Dec 01, 2007; ... The St. Louis urban community is already reeling from the loss of the diverse voices and and WGNU. Now comes word from New York that a new method of gathering ratings is a potential disaster for stations appealing to an urban audience. Arbitron is the company that measures ...
1938: KXOK goes on the air.(Radio History)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Elzey Roberts had every reason to be proud and a little nervous on Monday, Sept 19, 1938. That was the day his new radio station KXOK (630 AM), went on the air. It was a long time coming. The station was officially owned by Roberts' newspaper, the St. Louis Star-Times. By the ...
Soeteber surfaces.(Sources say ...)(Ellen Soeteber, Arizona State University's new professor of journalism ethics and diversity)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Ellen Soeteber, who resigned as editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch two years ago, has landed a job as visiting professor of journalism ethics and diversity at Arizona State University. Soeteber, 57, will teach in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication ...
What is plagiarism?(Sources say ...)(83 year old columnist John Merrill charged with plagiarism)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... When the Columbia Missourian newspaper of the Missouri School of Journalism, last month fired columnist John Merrill, an 83-year-old professor emeritus, it caused headlines such as "Journalism Professor Admits Plagiarism." Merrill, in writing about a new women's and gender ...
'An unfortunate thing'.(Sources say ...)(Patty Wente, director and general manager of public radio station KWMU, was arrested for driving while intoxicated)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Patty Wente, director and general manager of KWMU, St. Louis' public radio station, was charged with DUI in Sarasota County, Fla., on Nov. 17. She was held overnight but had her bond waived. Sgt. Connor Cardwell of the Florida Highway Patrol stopped Wente, who was alone in a rental car, ...
Conflict of interest?(Sources say ...)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Chris Carey, former business reporter for the Post, is gaining attention as an investigative reporter for Sharesleuth.com, which delves into public companies and discloses fraud or other unknown information. It is owned by Mark Cuban, the wealthy owner of Broadcast.com ...
Boyd 'collateral victim'.(Sources say ...)(former New York Times managing editor Gerald Boyd)(Brief biography)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... New York Magazine (Nov. 19 issue) did a long post-mortem on the late Gerald Boyd, the native St. Louisan who was forced out as managing editor of The New York Times because of stories fabricated by reporter Jayson Blair. The piece explores the racial overtones of the scandal ...
Congratulation$.(Sources say ...)(St. Louis Magazine's special issue)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... St. Louis Commerce Magazine is out with its special issue of the Greater St. Louis Top Award Winners--companies honored for their contribution to the region. The magazine, with a circulation of 12,600, said the issue will be one of the most read. So other companies ...
Union battle goes to cyberspace.(Sources say ...)(Lee Enterprises Inc uses a web site to communicate with union members)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Lee Enterprises, owner of the Post, has maligned the St. Louis Newspaper Guild by telling its employees, including the union members at the Post, "Unions are not in the best interest of our employees or our mission of serving our communities." The company set up a Web site ...
A life's worth.(Sources say ...)(Saint Louis Post editor Arnie Robbins' policy of not featuring its employees' obituaries on their paper)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Post's policy on who gets a news-style written obit continues to be uneven and an irritant to the paper's employees and retirees, who for many decades got a retirement story and obit. That's when the paper was owned by the paternalistic Pulitzer family. Present editor Arnie ...
Sunday Post gets lighter.(Sources say ...)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... While the Post has annoyed readers with its cost-cutting changes and teasers about stories that can be read only on STLtoday.com, one more cutback in content has hit them, especially those who buy only the Sunday paper from stores or racks: No more PD TV guides in the Sunday paper. And ...
Forest Park in pictures.(Sources say ...)(Forest Park: The Jewel of St. Louis)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... "Forest Park: The Jewel of St. Louis" is a new pictorial history produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of the 130-year-old park. It includes nearly 200 archival photos. The accompanying text is written by Sally J. Altman and husband Richard H. Weiss. ...
2007 Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists Excellence in Communications Awards.(MEDIA AWARDS)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Best in Public Relations News Release: Ollie Dowell, Ollie Dowell Communications--"Chicken Little Growth Fund" Best in Radio Radio Talk Show: Alvin Reid, host, KMOX Radio--"Dave Winfield Interview" Best in Broadcast Journalism Cable ...
KETC (Channel 9).(MEDIA AWARDS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Jim Kirchherr, senior producer, won the annual William Barnaby Faherty, S.J. Award from the Historical Society of St. Louis County. Kirchherr, who produces ...
KSDK (Channel 5).(MEDIA AWARDS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Lynn Beall, president and general manager, has been named to the YWCA 2007 Academy of Leaders. Beall is one of 10 area women honored for ...
St. Louis Journalism Review.(MEDIA AWARDS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Rose and Charles Klotzer received the Elijah Lovejoy Society Award for journalism for their defense of the First Amendment and over the years having "the ...
KETC (Channel 9): Beth Savage.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Beth Savage has been named vice president of development. She was formerly director of principal giving at the St. Louis Science Center. New officers elected to the board of directors are: Dan Burkhardt, chairman; ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Gilbert Bailon, publisher and editor of a Spanish-language newspaper in Texas, has been named editor of the editorial page. Bailon, 48, has been in charge of Al Dia, which is published by the Dallas Morning News and serves north Texas. He had been a reporter at several ...
Suburban Journals.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bob Williams, director of sales and development for Lee Enterprises, has been named publisher of the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis. He will move from corporate headquarters in ...
KETC (Channel 9).(MEDIA)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The station has the highest per capita audience in the nation among public television stations, according to a report by A.C ....
KSDK (Channel 5).(MEDIA)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Vicki French has been named ...
The Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis.(MEDIA)
Dec 01, 2007 ... St. Louis American City Editor Alvin A. Reid ...
Direct Impact.(AWARDS AD/PR)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The agency was recently honored with two awards by the St. Louis chapter of the Business Marketing ...
Stan Gellman Design, Inc.(AWARDS AD/PR)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The agency won six ...
Standing partnership.(AWARDS AD/PR)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Melissa Lackey, senior vice-president and CEO, was named by ...
Falk Harrison Creative.(Ad/PR)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Daniel Walz has joined the agency as an assistant art director. ...
The Vandiver Group.(Ad/PR)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The agency announced the promotion of Mack A. Bradley to ...
A vibrant theater, culture scene.(Commentary)
Dec 01, 2007; ... The first half of the 2007-2008 theater season comes to an end this month. So far, it and the entire local culture scene is one of the most impressive in more than 35 years Hopefully this is a harbinger of good things and not just a last-drink-before-the-hangover-starts moment. The ...