Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/journalism-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/journalism-1.php http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:42:00 GMT According to authorities, the two reformist publications shut down were among the last remaining in Iran that offered any dissent. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/03/09/banned-iranian-journalist-mehrdad-balali-explains-the-reasoning-behind-the-recent-conflicting-treatment-of-journalists-in-iran.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/03/09/banned-iranian-journalist-mehrdad-balali-explains-the-reasoning-behind-the-recent-conflicting-treatment-of-journalists-in-iran.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:47:00 GMT Judyth Piazza is a wonderful mentor and I appreciate all the opportunities she has given to me this semester. http://thesop.org/journalism/2008/04/19/a-students-perspective-my-internship-with-the-sop http://thesop.org/journalism/2008/04/19/a-students-perspective-my-internship-with-the-sop lturnerg@students.kennesaw.edu (LaShelle Turner) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:45:00 GMT Members of the American Muslim community have sponsored the copies of the Quran through CAIRs Share the Quran " educational and non-proselytizing http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/01/27/cair-is-offering-free-qurans-to-media-professionals.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/01/27/cair-is-offering-free-qurans-to-media-professionals.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:12:00 GMT On the use of language in Russian mass media, Karamzin has said it is necessary to write how to speak, and to speak how to write. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2007/11/17/liberty-is-a-voluntary-and-joyful-limitation.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2007/11/17/liberty-is-a-voluntary-and-joyful-limitation.php mardysheva@mail.com (Maria Ardysheva) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:06:00 GMT Our depleted and anxiety-revving press establishment fails to focus the big picture, pursuing instead the worrisome, polarizing ephemera of the day http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/01/16/one-mans-vision-and-tenacity-tackles-a-gaping-press-failing.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/01/16/one-mans-vision-and-tenacity-tackles-a-gaping-press-failing.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:55:00 GMT Two excellent U.S. web-papers welcome new writers. You will get plenty of recognition. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/01/11/welcoming-new-writers-at-the-sop-and-newsblaze.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2010/01/11/welcoming-new-writers-at-the-sop-and-newsblaze.php (Askin Ozcan (Mentor)) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:45:00 GMT One reason American culture is bitterly polarized is Big Medias penchant for using categorical classifications. The subtleties of life get lost between the cracks of stickers, categories, genres and labels. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/12/18/how-antitax-politicians-get-away-with-their-big-lie.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/12/18/how-antitax-politicians-get-away-with-their-big-lie.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:46:00 GMT Robert Paul Reyes will be interviewd by the KTRH morning news anchors about what the Tiger Woods scandal says about race in America. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/12/08/robert-paul-reyes-to-be-interviewed-on-newsradio-ktrh.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/12/08/robert-paul-reyes-to-be-interviewed-on-newsradio-ktrh.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:29:00 GMT I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice will not sleep forever. This highly insightful and candid articulation was cited by one of the founding fathers of America; Thomas Jefferson. A man without a doubt, in conflict with himself. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/28/a-house-in-disrepair.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/28/a-house-in-disrepair.php twentyfirstcentury_writer@yahoo.com (M. Quinn) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:22:00 GMT Frost listens as a hunter quietly checks his snares for fresh meat and Nixon listens as a blind person pauses to investigate vehicular sounds before crossing the road. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/27/frostnixon-the-5-ways-of-listening.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/27/frostnixon-the-5-ways-of-listening.php fieldofblackbirds@cox.net (Clayton S. Jeppsen) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT Joelle Biele in the November-December issue of The American Poetry Review offers a fascinating examination of the papers of poet Elizabeth Bishop. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/19/what-happens-to-a-writers-notes-in-cyberspace.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/19/what-happens-to-a-writers-notes-in-cyberspace.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:06:00 GMT Without troublemakers like Greg Palast we're left to wallow in our own ignorance. Take his most recent article in Zeek. What are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, he asks, when it was Saudi Arabians who attacked us in 2001? http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/14/palast-shows-us-what-good-journalism-might-look-like.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/14/palast-shows-us-what-good-journalism-might-look-like.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:00 GMT Penn Jones, Jr. (1914-1998) is one of my heroes. He had the courage to stand up to the official version that was given by our "authorities for the shooting of John F. Kennedy in downtown Dallas. His voice was one of dissent. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/11/penn-jones-jr-a-lone-voice-of-dissent-in-the-early-days-of-the-jfk-assassination-probe.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/11/11/penn-jones-jr-a-lone-voice-of-dissent-in-the-early-days-of-the-jfk-assassination-probe.php jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:07:00 GMT The news media serve as the public's eyes and ears at trial. Even in places that allow trials to be televised, news stories include important information about a case's background. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/07/07/what-is-a-journalists-role-when-covering-a-jury-trial.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2009/07/07/what-is-a-journalists-role-when-covering-a-jury-trial.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT This is a list of online resources, membership groups and books for journalism students and professionals. http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2008/04/27/resources-handbook-of-independent-journalism.php http://thesop.org/story/journalism/2008/04/27/resources-handbook-of-independent-journalism.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2)