"Atlanta Press Club and National Press Club Take a Look at the Future of Journalism For the first time the National Press Club is taking its programs across the nation to help...
"According to CBC: The federal New Democrats have lost a candidate over a very public love of cannabis. The NDP has confirmed that Dana Larsen submitted his resignation to the party’s provincial campaign manager. Party spokesman Brad Lavigne said information came to light...
"With 1000 films and about 4 billion cinema tickets per year, Indian film industry is attracting world's attention for another reason; it's phenomenal growth, about 17 per cent, during the last two years. On...
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A widow of an anthrax victim is now saying that it's time for the government to settle her lawsuit and pay her what she wants.Other victims said today that they are satisfied with the investigation's outcome that blamed the whole affair on scientist Bruce Ivins.""This...
"Senate Comes to Scrutinize Big Media in BC What's it like to live in Canada's media concentration capital? Just fine, a senate committee has already been told. They'll hear...
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By Akhand in India An Indian Local court on Saturday awarded six month jail term to a Regional News Paper Editor for publishing false and malicious reports after a girli's death in Capital city of Indian Coastal state Orissa, Bhubaneswar. The court also awarded six months...
"Just over three-years since whistleblower John Francis Smith died in a filthy NHS hospital, the Director General of MI5 has told his family that no data can be released relating to his Government Service because of...
One of the newest and best contributors is leaving NowPublic because, as many of us know, things aren't great here. Here's a comment I left for Zichi, the guy who's leaving, and one in which I describe some of our...
Carelessness or deliberateness ?"Batam, (ANTARA News) - A senior editor of a Singapore paper Michelle Lim Hong Eng is facing five years in jail for causing the death of an Indonesian domestic helper after the motorcycle driven by her employer was hit by the car driven by...
I've been keeping my eye on Wikileaks over the past few months, as a potential source of eyewitness footage and contextual documentation for news stories that we've covered on NowPublic. Although the site maintains...
The debate over the portrayal of children in the magazines are hotly debated in Australia and the current debate has got even Prime Minister involved. "A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the front cover of an Australian art magazine has re-ignited a row over the...
"Two months ago the editor of News Alliance visited the National Archives in Kew to study the findings of the Home Office investigation into misconduct and corruption in Public Office during 1974-1976.What should...
Imagine, if you will, a world without flat-panel monitors. Beyond that, though, limited quatities of halfnium, gallium, and (one day) zinc will seriously afffect our ability to mass produce the tools and gadgets that...
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An absolute "must" read for any professional writer who must face down veiled business interests and the cult of personality. Having myself already faced jail for not revealing a source, as well as thugs trying to scare me off a corruption probe, I find myself agreeing...
Not content simply to dabble in the political blogosphere (aka becoming "the most linked to blog on the web"), the esteemed HuffPo is bring the news to your own backyard. If you live in Chicago, that...