MediaBistro’s TV Newser reports that Sam Donaldson of ABC News will retire from the network after 41 years.
Donaldson to Retire From ABC
Author: OPC of America
Donaldson to Retire From ABC
MediaBistro’s TV Newser reports that Sam Donaldson of ABC News will retire from the network after 41 years.
Recap: Securing the City Book Night
With 32,000 police, the New York Police Department is the country’s largest police force and has been hardest-hit by terrorist attacks. It’s an operation that needs to have more than a few tricks up its sleeve.
One of these is the NYPD’s Intelligence Unit—an elite group of 600 officers and analysts stationed in New York City and throughout the world. The work of the unit, which was created after 9/11, is detailed in the new book “Securing the City” by Christopher Dickey. Dickey is the Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor for Newsweek magazine.
Holstein’s 10 Commandments to, Er, Dislocated Journalists
Journalist and author William J. Holstein provides colleagues with the top 10 ways of coping in today’s media world.
Journalists Blast European Commission on “Spy” Smear
Journalists’ groups in Brussels Thursday criticized the European Commission for suggesting that reporters may provide cover for potential spies in search of sensitive and classified information about the European Union.
Russia February 9, 2009
Members of the OPC are both alarmed and indignant at the news that Aleksei Venediktov, editor of the independent radio station, Ekho Moskvy, has received a not-so-veiled threat to his life.
NYPD’s Kelly: Don’t Even Think to Attack NYC
Jane Ciabitarri writes this recap of the OPC’s most recent book night with Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City, and NYPD Commission Ray Kelly.
Venediktov Receives Threat
The prominent editor of independent radio station Ekho Moskvy received a veiled threat when he found an ax stuck into a log by his door and a video camera left in front of his apartment.
Mexican Journalist Gutiérrez Released by U.S. Immigration Pending Hearing
Advocating on behalf of journalists in jeopardy can be a discouraging business. To most appeals the response is likely to be silence. That’s what makes the case of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, US asylum prisoner A #077 491 780, as heartening as it is.
Kenya February 4, 2009
Members of the OPC were horrified to hear of the brutal murder of Francis Kainda Nyaruri, whose slashed and decapitated body was found January 29, 2009, in the forest near his hometown of Nyamira, in the southwest of your country.