Category Archives: Old NewsliBlog Postings

The Aside Bar – Notes from the Editor

The old saying is that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but it seems to be applying very much to February. If I’d been writing this during the early part of the month, I could … Continue reading

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Call for Division award nominees

Just a reminder… Nominations for the News Division’s Joseph F. Kwapil and Agnes Henebry awards are due to Amy Disch by February 15. Please include the name of the person, the name of the award and your reason for the … Continue reading

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New Library Profiler

Please welcome Brian Fulton, the library manager of the Scranton (Pa.) Times Tribune, to the News Library News/NewsliBlog staff. He will be taking over as our library profile writer from NPR’s Hannah Sommers, who had to step back from NLN … Continue reading

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New Year News

Shira Kavon of CNN reported on NewsLib that the Virginian-Pilot‘s Jakon Hays received a research credit on “the breaking story about incoming Commander Owen Honors of the USS Enterprise, whose suggestive humorous videos, which included anti-gay slurs, implied lewdness, and … Continue reading

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Maudie Lawson, 1955-2010

Maudie A. Lawson, news librarian at the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader, has passed away from colon cancer at the age of 55. She once worked as an obituary writer, and took the unique opportunity to write her own obit. She asked … Continue reading

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Library Profile – Sandi Fox

Tell us about where you work. Do you work mostly on a team? Solo? What are your deadlines like?I am the Research Librarian for The PBS NewsHour, a national television and digital/online/internet news and analysis program broadcast over many PBS … Continue reading

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