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Counsel of a newspaper. In fact, i dont know of any precedent for this but david mccraw is not just any deputy general counsel. Hes the newsroom lawyer for the New York Times where he has worked for a decade and a half now. That means he gets to do a lot of interesting and stressfulthings. He gets to defend the times against actual and threatened suits, advise reporters on stories, file suits seeking government documents, hidden from view and work for the release of journalists kidnapped by extr...

News and data has not made our world more comprehensivible. Speed and technology is one thing. Context, Something Else all together. For me and my colleagues in the school of journalism, serious journalism, real journalism, the idea of journalism we share with our students begins with the simple idea. It is about being there. Not just to get the story, but to help illuminate places. It is often about reporters crossing frontiers in the hope they can bring light to the stories of people who live ...

At here is the past of investigative reporting. Well, thank you. Things, despite the makeup of the panel, i think things are changing in the newsrooms, there are a lot of women, africanamericans, hispanics and asians all taking posts of responsibility in all these groups so while we have been behind and not as aggressive as we should have been and be more diverse in our organizations thats very much a top line question. In terms of the topics tackled its a fair point that the people who are in t...

Illinois 10th Congressional District has one of the most expensive races in the country as democrats try to take control of the seat for the first time in more than 30 years. Theyre aided by the recent remap of the district which makes it the most democratic Congressional District in the country that is held by a republican. The newlydrawn 10th Congressional District runs along Lake Michigan and up to the illinois wisconsin border and includes northern sub you ares such as buffalo grove, lake fo...

Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we...

Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we...

Wind ssw 39 mph major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays new overnight a fight at walmart leads to a highspeed chase in brown deer. Police were called to the walmart on brown deer road just before ten last 27yearold woman had been beat up by two other women. Who looked like they were in their teens. Officers say the two suspects were also with a man. Police say one of the suspects told the victim that she and her husband had walked to close to one of the wome...

Along our constitutional lines between the executive branch and outside of that. Host is there a spectrum crunch . Guest theres certainly a lot of demand for spectrum and we stopped making spectrum a long time ago. There isnt any more so were having to come up with ways of accommodating all the various uses. Certainly, the growth of cellular has been astronomical. Were continuing to look for ways to provide that portion of our community more spectrum. Unlicensed use has grown tremendously. The a...

Sure, gary. My name is Lindsay Hamilton and i was wondering since you worked on the government side of this and the private side of this, um is there a difference in your success rate in the different roles and if you are in the situation would you go to the fbi or private sector first . That is a tough question. My answer is i would go to both. There are things that the government can do that no one else can do. Clearly. And we sort have been bashing the government a little bit. And these are d...

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