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The future of journalism is in safe hands
A talented practicum student we had at the Knoxville News Sentinel during the University of Tennessee’s spring semester has created an interesting new Web site called sfevent.tv Franck Tabouring, who came to the U.S. from Luxembourg to go to college, received a bachelor’s degree in journalism this year from the University of Tennessee and moved…
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Birds at the beach
These photos were shot at dusk from the porch of the condo where we’re staying in Chincoteague Island, Va. On a nearby pier is a bar where a guy is playing guitar and singing Steve Miler’s “The Joker.” Cause I’m a picker I’m a grinner I’m a lover And I’m a sinner I play my…
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Anonymity is not a guarantee for online commenters
Federal prosecutors who had made a broad request for user information of commenters on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Web site backed down a bit, but an American Civil Liberties Union attorney representing four anonymous commenters on the newspaper Web site says it’s still an important, precedent-setting case. (Maggie) McLetchie said that this case is an…