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May 24, 2012
In Fight Over Flammable Parker County Water Well, Judge Decides Who Is, Isn't A Journalist
Tricky work deciding who gets the protections of a journalist in court. In the case of a natural gas production company suing a Parker County man who blames it for contaminating his water well, state district Judge Trey Loftin attempted to suss it out in a recent order compelling fracking blogger Sh ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
A Night of Linsanity in Dallas
It was about four seconds after I arrived at the American Airlines Center last night that I saw my first Jeremy Lin jersey, on an Asian reporter in the media parking lot. A journalistic sin, sure, but one you've gotta let slide on Jeremy Lin Appreciation Night. Mavericks games on any other night ar ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Soledad Speaks
It was about four seconds after I arrived at the American Airlines Center last night that I saw my first Jeremy Lin jersey, on an Asian reporter in the media parking lot. A journalistic sin, sure, but one you've gotta let slide on Jeremy Lin Appreciation Night. Mavericks games on any other night ar ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Dallas News Publisher Jim Moroney Talks to UT Students, Profs About the Future of His Paper
On Thursday, Jim Moroney paid a visit to Austin, where he told an audience of University of Texas journalism students and professors: Only The Major Metropolitan Newspaper can preserve, protect and defend democracy ... or something like that. The Dallas Morning News's publisher spoke of rapidly shri ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Catch a Wave
On Thursday, Jim Moroney paid a visit to Austin, where he told an audience of University of Texas journalism students and professors: Only The Major Metropolitan Newspaper can preserve, protect and defend democracy ... or something like that. The Dallas Morning News's publisher spoke of rapidly shri ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Rick Perry's Blossoming Bromance With Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Walking Civil Rights Violation
"When life's got you by the balls, beat life in the face with your baton."A week or so back, Politico reported that Rick Perry had reached out to Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one of America's fiercest illegal-immigration foes and a constant innovator in the competitive field of Being a To ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
The End of SMU's News War
On campus, as it is in the real world: Two news operations became one.You can't swing a mace and chain around Observer HQ without hitting someone who knows what it's like to fight in a real newspaper war. That Buzz fellow worked in San Antonio back when the Express-News toiled against the Lig ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Let's Watch Domingo Garcia, Redistricting Commission Discuss the Future of Dallas
Redistricting Commissioners Elizabeth Jones and Domingo Garcia, who have tough and thankless jobs for which they aren't paid a penny, are displeased with me at the moment for nay-saying their incomplete maps. Garcia chided me in the comments, writing that it appears I've graduated from " ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Mooney River: Once Again, D Magazine Misses the Trinity River Toll Road Story
Hey, I was out of town last week when the August issue of D hit the streets -- well, given the magazine's target demo, perhaps we should say it hit the winding lanes and parkways -- with an essay titled "Let's Ditch the Trinity River Toll Road." Wow. Pretty remarkable. From the time of the ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Small-Town Muckraker Joey Dauben Will Run the World Some Day. Just Ask Him.
In the little towns outside of Dallas, publisher and aspiring politician Joey Dauben is on a crusade to expose abuses of power, civic mischief and -- most of all -- himself.
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May 9, 2011
Six Letdowns at the James Beard Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards
Bite us, Jimmy.Not sure if you guys heard, but this year City of Ate picked up a nomination from the James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards for Group Food Blog, and I was nominated in the Humor category for a feature story we did on fried hamsters. Awesome! We City of Aters were so excited, ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Food Writers Fret About James Beard's Humor Division
This week's announcement of James Beard Foundation award nominees triggered another round of hand-wringing among food writers over whether the newly created humor award cheapens culinary journalism. The concern was raised yesterday on a listserv maintained by the Association of Food Journali ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
More On the Rogers Situation: Because, Really, Is Anything More Important?
Great. Tell me you're sick of journalists talking about journalists. I was too. I was perfectly ready to drop L'Affaire Tim Rogers -- whether or not he used his clout as the editor of D Magazine to get his kid bucked into a preschool program ahead of qualified poor kids. But Mr. Rogers feels ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
D Magazine Editor Tim Rogers Should Have Taken The Schutze Short Course On How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist.
Great. Tell me you're sick of journalists talking about journalists. I was too. I was perfectly ready to drop L'Affaire Tim Rogers -- whether or not he used his clout as the editor of D Magazine to get his kid bucked into a preschool program ahead of qualified poor kids. But Mr. Rogers feels ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Stephan Pyles Thanksgiving Cooking Class: You'll Never Want Another Butterball
Stephan PylesAmong other things, the Thanksgiving cooking class at Stephan Pyles taught me that the main things I know about journalism are wrong. I had a journalism professor open his class with, "You think you're going to be happy? You're not. You think this career is going to be easy? I ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
A Certain Type of Charm
Stephan PylesAmong other things, the Thanksgiving cooking class at Stephan Pyles taught me that the main things I know about journalism are wrong. I had a journalism professor open his class with, "You think you're going to be happy? You're not. You think this career is going to be easy? I ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Florida Prof Unearths Sixth Floor Museum Talks by Dallas Journo Legend Vivian Castleberry
As the women's editor for the Dallas Times Herald for nearly 30 years, from the 1950s to the '80s, Vivian Castleberry revolutionized the section's coverage -- addressing domestic violence, for example, in addition to lifestyle pieces on decor and fashion -- and became the first woman named to the ... More >>
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May 1, 2010
Sportatorium: Happy Birthday To ... Us!
I'm like you, I didn't know if this thing would make it two weeks. But, whatdya know, all the sudden it's been two years. Seems like just yesterday we launched this lil' corner of the blogosphere. After 730 days, 1,370 items and more than 20,500 comments we've survived to our second bir ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Boom
I'm like you, I didn't know if this thing would make it two weeks. But, whatdya know, all the sudden it's been two years. Seems like just yesterday we launched this lil' corner of the blogosphere. After 730 days, 1,370 items and more than 20,500 comments we've survived to our second bir ... More >>
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September 24, 2009
Ifill Towers
I'm like you, I didn't know if this thing would make it two weeks. But, whatdya know, all the sudden it's been two years. Seems like just yesterday we launched this lil' corner of the blogosphere. After 730 days, 1,370 items and more than 20,500 comments we've survived to our second bir ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Charitable Turkeys
I'm like you, I didn't know if this thing would make it two weeks. But, whatdya know, all the sudden it's been two years. Seems like just yesterday we launched this lil' corner of the blogosphere. After 730 days, 1,370 items and more than 20,500 comments we've survived to our second bir ... More >>
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August 7, 2008
Queen Question
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March 29, 2007
Life Stories
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January 18, 2007
A Voice for Radio
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August 17, 2006
Makeover Magic
Beauty expert to cover Dallas' flaws
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August 17, 2006
Rose Is a Rose
Beauty expert to cover Dallas' flaws
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June 28, 2001
Warrior Reporter
Channel 4's Becky Oliver is queen of ambush journalism, wielding her microphone like a sword. Sure it's cheap and sensational. It's also a lot harder than it looks.

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