June 2004

Registered Monkeys

BugMeNot.com offers communal registrations for newssites that require logins.

June 14th, 2004

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Interweb

Boozin’ Stats

While the overall number of “alcoholics” is down, the rate of heavy drinking is up, reports CNN.com. Perhaps they should have looked into “social drinkers” who are “very social.”

June 14th, 2004

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News You Can Use

“FUNNYMAN Dave Chappelle has his sights set on a super-freaky movie role — he’s in early talks to play famed funkateer Rick James. Chappelle — who puncuates his comic impersonations of James on his hit Comedy Central show by yelling “I’m Rick James, bitch!” — would portray the musician in a film based on James’ [...]

June 14th, 2004

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Reflections

This has been an amazingly busy first week. I don’t usually write personal things in this blog — I’m a reporter, not a diarist — but since my personal life has now become a 24-7 examination of my professional life, it seems fit to record what I’m thinking for posterity.

June 12th, 2004

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About Me

Hopes Dashed

Like many Arizonans, I was hoping against hope that McCain would magically run with Kerry in the upcoming election — both because of my respect for the man, and my fear that it might be necessary in order to defeat Bush. But, alas, CNN reports it is not to be.

June 12th, 2004

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The site

Hey gang. This wil be the site that all of our stories at Poynter will be posted on: Check it out. Pointssouth.net/2004. (There is nothing there yet.)

June 11th, 2004

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About Me

Poynters….

Howdy gang. I’ve been too busy to even breathe since I got to Poynter — but in a fantabulous way. Yesterday we were given the name of one individual — local “strip club king” Joe Redner — at 8am, and given until 3pm to research as much about him as possible through public records. Later [...]

June 9th, 2004

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Journalism & the Media