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 Post subject: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:28 pm 
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I've jst read the first couple of pars of this Poynter piece on newsroom training.<p>I need a cup of tea a Bex and a good lie down.


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:44 pm 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Paul Wiggins:
I've jst read the first couple of pars of this Poynter piece on newsroom training.
<hr></blockquote> Gee, thanks for sharing. (grin)<p>Fair warning to everyone else: Click that at your own risk. Lord knows I wish I hadn't.


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:47 pm 
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Oh, man. Where's Sister Conan when you need her?


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:10 pm 
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Every time I think Poynter can't get worse ....


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:25 pm 
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You mean it wasn't sublime self-mockery?<p>Dear God. No.<p>Well, at least he has to go through life as a "journalism trainer."


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:25 pm 
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Imagine that Poynter choir!
Will there be a sing-along at our international convention? Maybe we should be working on a theme song! <p>[Sorry, the chirping of the cicadas is getting to me.]


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 10:48 pm 
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(Come visit Cleveland. We are cicada-free, and the mosquitos breeding in the floodwaters won't be out for a few more days ...)


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:07 am 
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Hearing voices. Theft. Promiscuity. <p>Throw in some cheap vodka and you've got a routine weekend at my alma mater.


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:27 am 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Word Herder:
Throw in some cheap vodka and you've got a routine weekend at my alma mater.<hr></blockquote><p>When's the next reunion?


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 Post subject: Re: What the!!!
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2004 6:50 pm 
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I emailed a copy of the article to the city and news editors, and asked them if we could do this. I'll let ya'll know when we begin auditions.


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