My heart is in Muncie, Indiana, tonight, where my colleagues from the BSU at the Games team that covered the Sochi Olympics are gathered for a farewell party. I miss the gang but I want to send a special shout-out to the seniors who will…
Idaho native Bruce Reed, a former aide to two U.S. presidents and a vice-president, was the keynote speaker Monday night for the 17th annual awards banquet sponsored by the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Rights. Reed recalled being in a planning meeting with President…
Kim Barker, a reporter for the Spokesman-Review in 1995 to 1998, reviewed a book on Afghanistan for the New York Times Book Review that will be published Sunday. The book, titled No Good Men Among the Living, was written by Anand Gopal. Barker is a…
An unusual appeal by a Boston marathon runner worked. Runner Ruth Beberman sent me an email the day before Monday's race and asked if the newspaper could help her find a woman from Spokane named Katie, who she believed created the handmade scarf that Beberman…
The University of Montana has chosen an NPR reporter as the new dean of journalism. Larry Abramson will replace former Spokesman-Review newsroom exec Peggy Kuhr, who was promoted earlier to a vice president's role at the school. http://jimromenesko.com/2014/04/23/nprs-larry-abramson-is-named-dean-of-university-of-montanas-school-of-journalism/
The Washington Post published a story today about a report the National Low Income Housing Coalition compiled to show what the hourly wage is needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment. The story includes a U.S. map that readers can use to drill down to the…
Ruth Beberman sports her yellow scarf made by a Spokane woman named Katie. Photo courtesy of Old South Boston Facebook page. Ruth Beberman, 57, is a runner who finished the Boston Marathon on Monday in 4 hours, 36 minutes. She sent me an email on…
NPR's Ari Shapiro shares some interesting insights from his reporting in Ukraine. The anecdotes he describes are a good reminder of how complicated it has become in Ukraine. One of the few humorous passages is about one of the happiest women he's ever met.
Gabriel García Marquez was a literary giant known around the world, but in his early days he was a journalist. The University of Texas' Journalism in the Americas blog has this interesting take on the author's regard for journalism: Garcia Marquez began law school in…
Nick Pontarolo, left, and longtime friend Casey Johnson, who works in Afghanistan, reunited for a unique skiing adventure. Photo provided by Pontarolo. Reporter Jody Lawrence Turner interviewed Nick Pontarolo, a 33-year-old Cheney resident, who spent about $3,000 on travel, visa and accommodations to snow ski…
By The Associated Press The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners: ——— JOURNALISM Public Service: The Guardian US and The Washington Post Breaking News Reporting: The Boston Globe staff Investigative Reporting: Chris Hamby of The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C. Explanatory Reporting: Eli Saslow of The…
Associated Press is reporting today that an Afghan police commander opened fire on two AP journalists inside a security forces base in eastern Afghanistan, killing prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran correspondent Kathy Gannon. Niedringhaus, 48, who had covered conflict zones from the Balkans…
The University of Montana is bringing in leading experts, government officials and civic leaders from around the world April 15-17 to discuss the prevalence and challenges of human trafficking during the 2014 Mansfield Conference in Missoula. The topic is one that I became interested in…
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