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Good Saturday morning!
As AP's Kansas City chief of bureau, Fred Moen was my bureau chief during mydays as St. Louis newsman and Wichita correspondent and when he retired in1984, I had the privilege of succeeding him in Kansas City. He played a large rolein my career and I am proud to have counted him as my boss and my friend.
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Many of you on Connecting also knew, respected and werementored by Fred during his 38year AP career in Arizona,Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota and Tennessee. He waschief of bureau in Phoenix and in Nashville before moving toKansas City in 1971. Fred died on New Year's Day, 1991 25 years ago.
I was reminded of Fred when his son, Bob Moen, sent me aphoto of the Moen children gathering in suburban KansasCity to celebrate the recent 90th birthday of their mother,Helen Fred's partner throughout his AP career andbeyond. Bob followed in his father's career footsteps and
has been with the AP nearly 33 years, currently assigned as a newsman inCheyenne, Wyoming, after earlier assignments in Phoenix and Bismarck.
The photo above shows, from left: Bob Moen, Martha Rybak (Basalt, Colorado),Helen Moen, Gary Moen (KC), David Moen (KC) and Mary Ring (KC).
If you would like to send a 90thbirthday congratulatory note to Helen, her addressis: 12564 W. 82nd Terr. Lenexa, KS 66215.
I have many fond memories of Fred, including the remarkable friendship he forged withJames H. Hale when Jim was appointed by Capital Cities to be publisher of The Kansas CityStar and how Fred paved the way for my own friendship with the Texas newspapermanwhen I came to KX.
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At Fred's funeral services, Hale delivered a remarkable eulogy for his friend that touchedon their friendship and the respect Hale had for the AP. An excerpt:
"He was almost ecumenical in his pursuit of this Associated Press organization. He leavesbehind a rich legacy in that respect. As a friend, I trusted him completely. I had the utmostconfidence in him - I felt I could tell him anything and it would stay there.
"He often offered me advice. We spent a tremendous amount of time together and Iwould have to say that as Diogenes went about with his lantern looking for an honestman, he would have to conduct that same kind of search to find someone who did not likeand respect Fred Moen."
If you have a favorite memory of Fred - or another bureau chief for whom you worked -send it along to share with your Connecting colleagues.
Paul
News leaders to Kerry: Press Iran to free Jason Rezaian
By Hadas GoldPolitico A group of 25 media leaders has penned a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry,urging him to do more to help secure the release of Washington Post journalistJason Rezaian, who has been imprisoned in Iran since July 2014.
"Journalism is not a crime. Yet Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has beenimprisoned by Iran since July 2014 for doing his job. Iran has never offered anyevidence that even makes a pretense of
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evidence that even makes a pretense ofjustifying this imprisonment. We know youagree that Iran should release Jason and onbehalf of our organizations and journalistsaround the world, we are writing to urge youto maintain your efforts to forge a path to thatrelease.
"Americans are fortunate to live in a nation that respects the role of reporters andthe tenets of journalism. As journalists, we understand how central an informedcitizenry is to a well functioning democracy. The need for information does not stopat the water's edge. Many of our organizations employ journalists who, like Jason,operate in countries, like Iran, that do not always hold a high regard for the freeflow of information. We understand the risks involved, and accept them in fulfillingour commitment to provide Americans and audiences worldwide with theinformation they need to make informed decisions.
"At the same time, we depend on the United States and other democratic countriesto stand behind the values that Jason represents. Independent journalism isrecognized as a fundamental human right. Iran should recognize this, too, and freeJason. The United States has considerable leverage with Iran right now to pressthat point, and we urge you to continue to do so," the letter states.
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet, CNN president Jeff Zucker, ABCNews president James Goldston, NBC News chairman Andy Lack, CBS Newspresident David Rhodes, POLITICO editor Susan Glasser, Associated Press(executive) editor Kathleen Carroll and New Yorker editor David Remnick areamong the 25 who signed the letter.
Connecting mailbox David Martin's Fully Charged released
David Martin I worked as a newsman in Philadelphia in 198687 and as acorrespondent in central Pennsylvania (State College) in 198789. A documentary I
wrote and directed, Fully Charged, has just been released
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wrote and directed, Fully Charged, has just been releasedon Amazon. Click here for the Amazon link. Based on Tom Rath's international bestseller, FullyCharged features the world's leading experts on behavioralhealth, the psychology of spending, social networks,behavioral economics, willpower, and the role of meaning inour work. Fully Charged profiles a company whereemployees are energized by treadmill desks; a church thatgave its members $500 to spend on others; a "guerrillagardener" who plants vegetables in South Central LA'sabandoned lots; the US Army Surgeon General; and the cofounder of an organization that has helped thousands of
lowincome students make it to college. Filled with expertise and provocative realworld stories, Fully Charged reveals some of the most practical ways we can allenergize our work and life. Among the experts interviewed: Amy Wrzeniewski, YaleSchool of Management; Roy Baumeister, coauthor ofWillpower; NicholasChristakis, coauthor of Connected; Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating. 0
More additions to Connecting
John Willis Connecting is frequently the bearer of sad news that one of ourcolleagues has exited this planet for another realm. Whether it be a former techfrom Spokane or a wellrespected political writer. I notice, however, that we seem to have more additions to the Connecting familythan we have had subtractions. For that, I am grateful. Connecting has becomean integral part of my day. Thanks to all who make it happen.
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Disagrees with AP decision
Robert Weller Re AP not releasing images of Charlie Hebdo cover: I do notbelieve that there can never be a reason to censor or not show news art, or writeabout a "news" event for that matter. In this case, I disagree. It reeks too much ofcooperating with ISIS.
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Remembering Blizzard of '96
Mark Mittelstadt I'm sure many of my East Coast friends remember theBlizzard of '96 that buried New Jersey under several feet of snow. As this storyfrom the StarLedger's web site explains, it was also an event that showed thepower of continuously updated information on the Internet and changed the waynews was delivered. One of my memories was deeming myself as essentialpersonnel in a state of emergency to use the AP bureau chief car on largely emptyroads to rescue a stranded photographer.
Another view: AP SelfCensorsAnniversary Charlie Hebdo Cover By SCOTT SHACKFORD, Reason.com
Once you decide not to show an image for fear of offending people, the number of thingspeople say they find offensive, and therefore worthy of silencing, may well multiply.
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So it goes today. On the cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo this week, theanniversary of the terrorist slaughter that killed much of its staff in Paris, you will not findany images of Mohammad. The image is a figure of God-the Judeo-Christian visualizationof him-with an assault weapon strapped to his back. The text on it, translated fromFrench, says "One year on: The killer is still at large." Even though this image does not include Mohammad, the Associated Press, nevertheless,has decided not to pass along images of the cover of the issue to its many, manysubscribing media outlets. There actually were some images available from AP contentproviders earlier, but they've been yanked. Erik Wemple of The Washington Post takesnote:
The Vatican doesn't like it, asserting that it doesn't "acknowledge or ... respect believers'faith in God, regardless of the religion." The Associated Press doesn't much care for it, either: "We made a determination thatshowing a caricature of God in this context was just as offensive as showing a caricature ofa prophet and hence decided to not to use the cover image," said Santiago Lyon, AP's vicepresident and director of photography, in a statement to the Erik Wemple Blog.
Wemple concludes that "once you start censoring, you have to do more censoring to stayconsistent." Indeed.
The Associated Press, as a private media service, has every right to decide what sort ofimages to pass along to customers, though as a former newspaper editor, I would be veryannoyed if I were a paying member to the AP only to have them tell me what sort ofimages were appropriate for me to publish. I'm the one who decides what my readersshould be seeing, thank you very much.
There is a price for letting the "heckler's veto" win and we're seeing it play out right now.When you censor not over editorial standards but over fear of a backlash (regardless ofwhat the AP says about offensiveness, an image of Muhammad holding a sign is not asexual or violent image, and the AP obviously wouldn't self-censor an image of a humanmale running around carrying a gun), then suddenly everybody is going to find any imagethat challenges their beliefs to be "offensive." We can guess full well that some sensitiveChristian souls complained about treating differently from Muslims. Rather than says,"Gosh, they're right-let's think about how we're actually making these decisions," they've
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doubled down on it and made the problem even worse. It's made all the more repulsivethat the cover is obviously criticizing not God, but the behavior of the followers of religion.People are offended over not what the image says about God but about them. Read more about the terrible, censorious way people have responded over the last year tothe Charlie Hebdo attack from Anthony Fisher here.
Click here for a link to this story. Shared by Robert Weller.
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Stories of interest
In 21 states, local newspapers lack a dedicated reporter keeping tabs on
Congress (Pew)
Recent shifts in the media landscape have meant big changes within theWashington press corps including a decline in the number of Washingtonbasedreporters who work for local newspapers. Between 2009 and 2014, the number ofD.C.based reporters for local newspapers around the country who are accreditedby the Senate to cover Congress declined by 11%, according to data from the U.S.Senate Press Gallery, which accredits Capitol Hill journalists.
Papers that do employ these reporters who are tasked in part with interpreting thedecisions and policies of Washington for readers back home are not clustered inany one part of the country, but rather are spread out around the United States. But21 of 50 states do not have a single local daily newspaper with its own dedicatedD.C. correspondent accredited to cover Congress.
Click here to read more. Shared by Bob Daugherty.
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How the Las Vegas Review-Journal Unmasked Its Owners (New Yorker)
Last month, reporters at the Las Vegas Review‐Journal undertook a remarkableinvestigation into the secret identity of the buyer of their own newspaper. The paperhad changed hands in early December for the wildly inflated price of a hundred andforty million dollars; New Media Investment Group (formerly GateHouse Media),which had purchased the paper only months earlier, reported flipping it for anestimated sixtyninepercent profit. Six days after the sale was announced, onDecember 16th, Review‐Journal reporters revealed that the acquiring company,News + Media Capital Group, which had been represented in the sale by anexecutive named Michael Schroeder, was in fact controlled by membersof Sheldon Adelson's familyand that, as many had suspected, the money hadoriginated with the casino magnate himself. "My money that the children have withwhich to buy the newspaper is their inheritance," Adelson told the Macau DailyTimes. He said that he wasn't directly involved with the purchase, and wasn'tinterested in owning a newspaper.
Click here to read more.
Today in History January 9, 2015
By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2016. There are 357 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 9, 1916, the World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended after eight months with anOttoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew.
On this date:
In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew betweenPhiladelphia and Woodbury, New Jersey.
In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day theStar of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federaltroops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, retreated because of artillery fire.
In 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in YorbaLinda, California.
In 1914, the County of Los Angeles opened the country's first public defender's office. Thefraternity Phi Beta Sigma was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
In 1931, Bobbi Trout and Edna May Cooper broke an endurance record for female aviatorsas they returned to Mines Field in Los Angeles after flying a Curtiss Robin monoplanecontinuously for 122 hours and 50 minutes.
In 1945, during World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of LingayenGulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victoryover Imperial Japanese forces.
In 1957, Anthony Eden resigned as British prime minister for health reasons; he wassucceeded by Harold Macmillan.
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In 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end ofthe American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
In 1972, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking by telephone from the Bahamas toreporters in Hollywood, said a purported autobiography of him by Clifford Irving was afake.
In 1987, the White House released a Jan. 1986 memorandum prepared for PresidentRonald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iranand the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
In 1997, a Comair commuter plane crashed 18 miles short of the Detroit MetropolitanAirport, killing all 29 people on board.
Ten years ago: Confirmation hearings opened in Washington for Supreme Court nomineeSamuel Alito. "The Phantom of the Opera" leapt past "Cats" to become the longest-running show in Broadway history (a record that still stands). Actor Don Stewart died inSanta Barbara, California, at age 70.
Five years ago: Federal prosecutors brought charges against Jared Loughner, the manaccused of attempting to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killing six peopleat a political event in Tucson the day before. British movie director Peter Yates, who sentactor Steve McQueen screeching through the streets of San Francisco in a Ford Mustang in"Bullitt," died in London at age 81.
One year ago: French security forces shot and killed two al-Qaida-linked brotherssuspected of carrying the rampage at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that hadclaimed 12 lives, the same day a gunman killed four people at a Paris kosher grocery storebefore being killed by police. Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, a champion of the independent filmmovement and son of one of the founders of Hollywood, died in Los Angeles.
Today's Birthdays: Author Judith Krantz is 88. Football Hall-of-Famer Bart Starr is 82.Sportscaster Dick Enberg is 81. Actress K. Callan is 80. Folk singer Joan Baez is 75.Rockabilly singer Roy Head is 75. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is 72. ActorJohn Doman is 71. Singer David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) is 66. Singer CrystalGayle is 65. Actor J.K. Simmons is 61. Actress Imelda Staunton is 60. Nobel Peace laureateRigoberto Menchu is 57. Rock musician Eric Erlandson is 53. Actress Joely Richardson is 51.
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Rock musician Carl Bell (Fuel) is 49. Rock singer Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) is 49. Rocksinger-musician Dave Matthews is 49. Actress-director Joey Lauren Adams is 48. ActressAngela Bettis is 43. Roots singer-songwriter Hayes Carll is 40. Singer A.J. McLean(Backstreet Boys) is 38. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is 34. Pop-rock musician DrewBrown (OneRepublic) is 32. Rock-soul singer Paolo Nutini is 29. Actress Nina Dobrev is 27.Actor Tyree Brown is 12.
Thought for Today: "Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really needit." - Swedish proverb.
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Volunteering benefit your colleagues by sharing volunteer stories with ideason such work they can do themselves.
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