Professor, former dean, LSU Manship School of Mass Communication; VP/news, Knight Ridder; executive editor, San Jose Mercury News; president, APME. Author.
Baton Rouge, LA
Joined September 2009
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My favorite error to correct when I’m teaching journalism. But I’m worn down.
"they were" should be "it was," @arappeport. You called Arizona an it ("its") earlier in the sentence, so "they were" is not only incorrect but internally inconsistent. Stop making so many typos on my vacation, guys
This shouldn’t be big news in 2022. niemanlab.org/2022/07/the-ha…
Like many of us in journalism, I was greatly influenced by a high-school adviser. She died in June at 95. I wrote about her for her local newspaper, The Inter-Mountain of Elkins, W. Va., and for today's edition of the statewide Charleston Gazette-Mail. theintermountain.com/news/lo…
.@British_Airways My daughter and friends are trapped in Croatia without their bags, which British Airways has lost. It is impossible to get through to the airline. This is not right. Please tell me how she can talk to a live human being.
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Who says people don't care about the news? @allisonallsop's story about a plan for LA House members to be substitute teachers has attracted 1,400 likes & haha emojis, 237 serious & bemused comments & 203 shares on @houmatoday's Facebook page. #lalege houmatoday.com/story/news/lo…
Scan this “bibliography” and you’ll have some sense about the research that went into today’s astounding NYT revelations about ransom paid to France that undermined Haiti for decades. “Astounding” is not an exaggeration. nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world…
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The FBI thought he was dead. Now he's the last living witness of what led to the killings of four Black men by a man who would become a KKK leader in LA. Fascinating story by @LizRyanColdCase of the @LSU @ManshipSchool. theadvertiser.com/story/news… #lalege #lagov
Want to make your blood boil? Read this: ‘We’ve all made mistakes’ – Greg Norman’s gaffe over killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi | Sport | The Times thetimes.co.uk/article/weve-…
I couldn't quite figure out why a newspaper would say that the Supreme Court leak is a bad thing, so I wrote just that. Journalism professor: Leaks are meant to serve the public, not institutions theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/… via @theadvocatebr
This is a fascinating look from an organizational-behavior perspective about pack journalism--and about why the work of the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau on "weapons of mass destruction" largely was ignored. "Seeing Through Groupthink"
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Flown over 5 million miles on @AmericanAir and experienced the worst service I’ve ever had tonight after 4 hours on phone. After 30+ years, never flying with American again. RIP customer service.
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Letter from the Editor: Support student journalism, donate to our fundraiser this week lsureveille.com/opinion/lett… via @lsureveille
Thanks to @puglisigemma of @AmericanU for calling "Covering Politics in the Age of Trump" an "honest, passionate and eye-opening account of journalists sharing their experiences." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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For @NewBooksNetwork, @JennaSpinelle of Penn State interviewed me about my edited volume of essays by top Washington journalists who covered President Trump and his campaigns. newbooksnetwork.com/covering…
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Tune in to PBS tonight at 7 to see @LSU @ManshipSchool Statehouse reporter @PiperHutchBR talk about covering #LaLege & redistricting. She'll be on @lpborg's "Louisiana: The State We're In" hosted by @9andre & @ManshipSchool alumna Kara St. Cyr. It also streams on the LPB app.
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@ManshipSchool Statehouse reporter Piper Hutchinson is tracking the start of the special #LaLege session on redistricting today. You can follow her tweets at @PiperHutchBR & read her stories here, at manshipxgr.org & in newspapers & on websites around the state. #lagov
Despite working in Silicon Valley for almost 30 years, I found myself unable to recognize the place based on descriptions during and after the Elizabeth Holmes trial. My contrarian views are in today's issue of my former paper, @mercnews.mercurynews.com/2022/01/11/o… via @mercnews
Fun to read how much @carlbernstein respected my uncle, Sid Epstein, city editor of the Washington Star when Carl started. Carl was good enough to speak at Sid's funeral almost 20 years ago. nytimes.com/2022/01/07/books…
Southern University delaying start of spring semester because of omicron-related COVID theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/… via @theadvocatebr
