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The Radio Television Digital News Association is deeply saddened over
the deaths of at least 10 journalists working in the southern part of
the Philippine Islands. The reporters are among nearly 50 people known
so far to have been murdered as part of violence surrounding elections
in the Maguindanao province.
“These journalists have given their lives covering vital news for
the people of their region,” said RTDNA Chairman Stacey Woelfel. “That
is the ultimate sacrifice a journalist can make for a story.”
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By Stacey Woelfel, RTDNA Chairman
 Here it is Thanksgiving week and I feel the need to write something
connected to that holiday. I began to tick off my possible topics and
realized I’d already robbed Peter to pay Paul in some earlier blogs. I
recall writing about what I am thankful for in modern newsrooms way
back in the summer (great timing there). I also wrote about football
regarding our ongoing scrimmages with athletic conferences and their
shortsighted media policies. So if thankfulness and football are out
as Thanksgiving topics, what’s left? It could only be gluttony.
We’re raised to think that gluttony is a sin. It’s literally on a list, of course.
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The Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) will honor RTDNA
President Emeritus Barbara Cochran (top left), National Association of
Broadcasters Education Foundation President Marcellus Alexander (top center) and the
NABEF and at the 20th Anniversary First Amendment Awards Dinner. The
Dinner will be March 4, 2010, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington.
More than 500 attend the black-tie dinner each year.
Alexander, NABEF and Cochran will join a prestigious list of news
leaders expected to be honored that evening. Other honorees include
Harvey Nagler, vice president of CBS Radio News, who will receive First
Amendment Service Award; David Westin, president of ABC News, who will
receive the First Amendment Leadership Award; and Brian Williams,
anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, who will receive the
Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award.
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In today's edition of RTDNA Podcasts we chat with Steve Crabtree, the
vice president for of news and station operations at WVLT-TV in
Knoxville, TN.
Crabtree chats with RTDNA about the station's recent coverage of an
arrest involving three University of Tennessee football players.
WVLT-TV got exclusive video of the arrests overnight and through some
smart decision making and fact checking came out on top of the local
market in covering this big local story.
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By Ryan G. Murphy, Digital Media Editor
 The weekly alternative newspaper “Creative Loafing” (Tampa Bay edition) is
making waves this week by auctioning off editorial content in its Jan.
20 edition to the highest bidder to support The Children’s Home
charity. Items up for bid include the paper’s cover, a story inside the
edition, a 5-start restaurant review (never previously given), a band
review and photo shoot, and a raving review (again with photos) of a
party thrown by the highest bidder.
If nothing else, the paper is generating publicity – a clear
intention if you look past the altruistic gesture to The Children’s
Home.
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