December 2011
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Dec 24th
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'Peggy' called back!
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been trying to reach someone at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give me a status update on my Freedom of Information Act request for a database. I submitted the request on Oct. 4 and received a response saying the agency was taking a 10-day extension. After that, nothing. As of today, the request is on the verge of being several weeks past the...
Dec 19th
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Putting boots on the ground
These past few months, I’ve been consistently reminded why the world needs “traditional” reporters and media institutions. While media continues to transition into a hard-to-predict, amorphous blob of new technology and evolving mindsets, it’s difficult not to hear folks talking about the death of newspapers and traditional media.  I got the chance last week to watch Page...
Dec 5th
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