Clean Up

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Job Security

“I have a job to do, a noble task that I must not, cannot ignore. I have decided to be a journalist.” 

—Rabiah Abdullah, high school student

• Editorial Comment: Go, Raba. Start in that messy corner and work your way out.




• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on writing and bus drivers from Garrison Keillor ? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café 
• Legally Blond: USU professor smooches student in stage drama, by Heidi Smith
• Mendon must raise $1.2 million for water well; sets public hearing, by Brandon Fonda

• Country swing dance emporium coming to Smithfield? Stay tuned, by Katie Swain
• Guest column: Don’t come to Canada, American secessionists, by Sherry King
• Silent auction set for ‘found bikes’ in Smithfield, by Katie Swain
• Aggie TV News (11/14/12)—No parking! After-school program boosts reading, Aggies go weightless on the ‘vomit comet,’ sports & more!, anchored by Kelsey Keller & Emily Landeen
• ‘Botanizing Utah’—scientist follows 1890s photo safari of the West, by D. Whitney Smith
• Reminder: Overnight parking ban starts Nov. 15 in Logan, by Brandon Fonda
• Reporter’s Notebook: Night in a cop car with ‘hell trying to break loose,’ by Dani Hayes


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Know Thyself

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Realistic Goals

“I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers’ work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.”

—Garrison Keillor, author and radio host, 1999

• Editorial Comment: That describes my wildly successful career in nucular engineering.


• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on wastebaskets from Isaac Bashevis Singer? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café 
• Guest column: Don’t come to Canada, American secessionists, by Sherry King
• Silent auction set for ‘found bikes’ in Smithfield, by Katie Swain
 • Aggie TV News (11/14/12)—No parking! After-school program boosts reading, Aggies go weightless on the ‘vomit comet,’ sports & more!, anchored by Kelsey Keller & Emily Landeen
• ‘Botanizing Utah’—scientist follows 1890s photo safari of the West, by D. Whitney Smith
• Reminder: Overnight parking ban starts Nov. 15 in Logan, by Brandon Fonda
• Reporter’s Notebook: Night in a cop car with ‘hell trying to break loose,’ by Dani Hayes

• Weekly News Roundup (11/12/12) 
• Failure to appear for court a common reason for arrest, cops say, by Jessica Sonderregger    
• Paradise Town Council finances pass auditor’s muster, by Katie Swain   
• Washington view: Life of the intern in the DC office of the SL Tribune, by Betsy Blanchard 

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Good advice

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Friends

“The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend.”  

—Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991), writer and storyteller

• Editorial Comment: More of us need the wisdom and good fortune to make more friends... 



• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from law school prof Carrie Leonetti on the press watchdog as a sick duck? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café 
• Aggie TV News (11/14/12)—No parking! After-school program boosts reading, Aggies go weightless on the ‘vomit comet,’ sports & more!, anchored by Kelsey Keller & Emily Landeen
• ‘Botanizing Utah’—scientist follows 1890s photo safari of the West, by D. Whitney Smith
• Reminder: Overnight parking ban starts Nov. 15 in Logan, by Brandon Fonda
• Reporter’s Notebook: Night in a cop car with ‘hell trying to break loose,’ by Dani Hayes

• Weekly News Roundup (11/12/12) 
• Failure to appear for court a common reason for arrest, cops say, by Jessica Sonderregger    
• Paradise Town Council finances pass auditor’s muster, by Katie Swain   
• Washington view: Life of the intern in the DC office of the SL Tribune, by Betsy Blanchard  
• HAM radio: Old-time ‘social media’ still important, by Dani Hayes  
• Journalism and PR students scramble, learn in crisis simulation, by Kristen Munson  
• American, 25, postpones life to save abandoned children of Ethiopia, by Mackinzie Hamilton (special from The Oregonian) 

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A View from the Legal Eagles

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Watchdog

“The Framers of the American Constitution and the United States Supreme Court envisioned the press as holding a special role within the First Amendment framework that is frustrated by sloppy reporting. For journalism to serve its special role, it depends upon the trust of its readers. Fact checking, source attribution, and prompt error correction are fundamental prerequisites to a credible press, which is itself a democratic imperative. When the public lacks confidence in the competence of the institutional press, it effectively loses its sole independent watchdog.” 

 

—Carrie Leonetti, University of Oregon School of Law, “Quacks Like a Duck: A New Test for News Media Libel in the United States,” Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 2012. 

• Editorial Comment: That watchdog is a sick duck.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from comedian TV News9 in Oklahoma City on what high school kids dont know? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café 
• Reminder: Overnight parking ban starts Nov. 15 in Logan, by Brandon Fonda
• Reporter’s Notebook: Night in a cop car with ‘hell trying to break loose,’ by Dani Hayes
• Weekly News Roundup (11/12/12) 
• Failure to appear for court a common reason for arrest, cops say, by Jessica Sonderregger  

• Paradise Town Council finances pass auditor’s muster, by Katie Swain  
• Planning Commission says N. Logan’s form-based code law is finished, by Jessica Sonderregger  
• Washington view: Life of the intern in the DC office of the SL Tribune, by Betsy Blanchard • HAM radio: Old-time ‘social media’ still important, by Dani Hayes  
• Journalism and PR students scramble, learn in crisis simulation, by Kristen Munson  
• Aggie TV News: Election 2012, 2 Valley suicides, sports & a snowy forecast, (Nov. 7) anchored by Ryan Humphries and Romina Nedakovic   
• USU students run exit polls as Republicans sweep Utah in Obama win, by D. Whitney Smith  
• American, 25, postpones life to save abandoned children of Ethiopia, by Mackinzie Hamilton (special from The Oregonian)

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