Archive for September 2008

The Costly Free Market

Sep 25th, 2008

Written by: Nick Caleb
Researched by: Casey E. Sanders
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington, Daniel Kwak, and Eric Blaine
Managing Editor: Amy E. Seely
ATTENTION:  The final buzzer may have just sounded on the Wall Street Era.
The global marketplace is in the midst of a serious financial crisis of which the effects are in no way limited to American International [...]



Reporter Sources and Confidentiality

Sep 18th, 2008

Written by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Researched by: Steve Glista
Edited by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Managing Editors: Stefanie Herrington and Lauren E. Trent

“Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it.” -Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786
A press that is free to publish [...]



Owning the News: How the AP is Trying to Take Its Ball and Go Home

Sep 10th, 2008

Written by: John Deininger
Researched by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Edited by: Steve Glista and Adam Gottlieb
Managing Editor: Amy E. Seely
This just in: “Patriots Lose Brady….” That’s it. “Aaron Rodgers added a….” Nope, sorry. “X-rays on Young’s knee….” Seeing a pattern to the quotes?  Anything more and the Associated Press (AP) may demand payment for quoting [...]



English, the Language of Shakespeare…and Golf?

Sep 3rd, 2008

Written by: Jeff W. Richards
Researched by: Jay D. Hall and Brady Iandiorio
Edited by: J. Aaron Landau and Mary Anne Nash
Managing Editor: Lauren E. Trent
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), perhaps subscribing to the theory that any publicity is good publicity, inflamed sensibilities this week when news leaked that it will soon require players to [...]