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We toot our horn
This blog won “Best Blog” not affiliated with a news organization from the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists in awards announced Friday night. Lots of great regional journalism was honored; read through the list.
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An Appalachian stereotype you may have missed
Success is not one of the stereotypes of Appalachia or its people. If you watch TV, the images are of the violence and drugs of “Justified,” moonshiners like Popcorn Sutton, the crazy dancing outlaw Jesico White of West Virginia and a host of other images in which “role model” never comes to mind. My cousin,…
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Let’s take a moment to bloviate on reporters
Rachel Maddow in Seattle. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rachel Maddow, appearing on Wednesday on Howard Stern’s radio show: “What I’m worried about with news is we’re moving to all these business models where nobody is paying the reporters. Everybody’s paying people to comment on what reporters turn up. Nobody’s paying the reporters. There have to be…