Friday, October 27, 2006

Reporter Ed Lewis, CV ordered to pay $3.5m in libel case

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Ouch! The case arose from stories about PIttston businessman Thomas Joseph allegedly linking him to mob activity. James Conmy and the Lynett...

DA wants to limit media access to Hugo, other high-profile prisoners

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James Conmy of the CV reports the DA thinks news interviews constitutes "special treatment." In support of is cause, he cited some...
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Donnie Collins chats live with Times-Tribune readers

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The chat happened on Monday; Penn State football was the topic of discussion.
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Another turn of the screw story in the TL's fight over Hazleton civil-service exams

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Memo to Mark Guydish: Please keep jargon like “petition for allowance of appeal” out of the paper. Thanks.

TL complains that Sherwood ad portrays Casey Jones one-liner as the newspaper's one-liner

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A couple Casey Jones shots at Don Sherwood (“A better man would have stepped down" and "Sherwood owns what he did and there’s no g...
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TL reporter wins award for community activism

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Mark Jones, the TL's newsroom "community advocate," won the PNA's community advocacy award after two years of trying. His ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

CJR rips Scranton paper for story on Jews

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We're sorry to be a month late with this, but CJR online took apart the Times-Tribune for its hatchet job on the Hasidic Jews who may or...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Eric Mayes, Daily Item of Sunbury win award for Iraq work

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The Daily Item of Sunbury was lauded by the erstwhile Inland Press Association for the work of reporter Eric Mayes, who spent time in Iraq w...
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Friday, October 20, 2006

S. John Wilkin makes Wonkette

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Kudos to S. John Wilkin of the TL. His shot of Sherwood and Bush at Manning's in Clarks Summit went out on the wire and was perfect snar...
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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Local J-teacher wins national award

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The "award," which is really just a publicity gimmick for USA TODAY, goes to Les Nicholas, a Wyoming Valley West teacher who says ...
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Monday, October 16, 2006

Matt Kemeny goes live with Times-Tribune readers

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Is this The Times-Tribune of Scranton or the Washington Post? Live chats with reporters? Podcasts? "Blogs?" It started Monday with...
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Warm fuzzies handed out at reader advisory board meeting in Wilkes-Barre

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It's a new day in Wilkes-Barre, starting with winning pull quotes like this one: "But there will be more than symbolism achieved he...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Rich Mates, five others join Scranton Times 25-year club

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Kudos to Mates (not pictured) as well as David Haas, Michael DiGregorio, Nancy Curley, Janet Slavinski and Sandy Sheehan.
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Monday, October 09, 2006

The TL's Connor: Accentuate the positive

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"I still see the need for this newspaper to remember our obligation to reflect the good we see here," TL editor Richard Connor wri...
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Sunday, October 08, 2006

A 67-paragraph love letter to the Sunday Scranton Times?

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One would think that the 'news' behind the existence of the Sunday paper would be up there with man bites dog. But Chris Birk is dra...
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Saturday, October 07, 2006

Is the TL giving up its smashmouth ways?

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An editorial in the paper extolling the virtues of bowling scores and community calendars includes this line: "Sometimes career-driven ...
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Thursday, October 05, 2006

TL, Scranton Times make Wonkette

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How often does the Times Leader make Wonkette? The Scranton paper? Never. But the site took note of the Sherwood case. Read on.
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Monday, October 02, 2006

CV outs another possible TL investor

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James Conmy's story also reveals (possibly for the first time) the fact that Cecelia Haggerty had a big fundraiser for Bob Casey at her ...
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Chris Kelly again makes fun of those who doubt the Scranton Times

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It's a laff riot.
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Journalism day at LCCC

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Dave Weiss of the TL, Matt Engel of the CV and 50 Froggy 101 DJs recently spoke to high-schoolers at LCCC. Party on.