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Editor’s Note: This post contains material of a highly sensitive nature including description of events leading to the death of Nex Benedict that may be triggering for some individuals. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren describes how many of us feel about the death of Nex Benedict after a beating in a school bathroom in Owasso, Oklahoma.… Read more
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The Daily Iowan, the independent newspaper of the University of Iowa, announced this week it is buying the Solon Economist and Mount Vernon Sun beginning Feb. 1. The stated intent is to provide learning opportunities for journalism students. Fine with me. The newspaper seemed likely to fold as it changed hands multiple times since Doug… Read more
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I will insert seven newspaper articles I wrote from 2014-2015 in my autobiography. The insertion will display that form of writing and indicate my thinking at the time. They record some memorable events which advance the book’s narrative. I winnowed the articles from the 100 I wrote and picked these: I am glad to have… Read more
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When I was in eighth grade at Holy Family Catholic School, we were required to keep a current events scrapbook. I still have mine. It has four sections: Vietnam, Nation and World, Local, and Misc. My grade on the project was an “A.” I clipped this Associated Press photograph from the Times-Democrat, a precursor to… Read more
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U.S. newspapers close at a rate of two per week, according to David Bauder of Associated Press, referring to a recent study. In most cases, there is no replacement, creating a news desert. Lack of local news is bad for our society. The Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University… Read more
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The North Liberty Leader, a local newspaper with about 300 subscribers, announced today will be their last issue. If that’s all the subscribers they had in a city with a population of more than 10,000 they deserve to go out of business. Harsh assessment, yet true. The Dubuque corporation that bought them, Woodward Communications, Inc.,… Read more
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Since the general election I’ve been laying low, listening to people talk — in person — about the new administration and what President Donald J. Trump means to them. It was about jobs. Most supporters found a lot of what the president said and stands for to be objectionable, yet voted for him because of… Read more
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