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Bird’s Eye Views
Tag Archives: journalism
Me As Writer And Editor
Writers and editors can have love-hate relationships with each other. This is most true in the beginning stages of a writer’s career. The relationship happens whether the manuscript is literary or media related. I have not written a book yet, … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Hometown, Youth
Tagged broadcast journalism, editors, journalism, radio broadcasting, writers
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Bowdlerized (Op-Ed)
As a writer and someone who used to be employed as a media worker, all the recent hoopla about fake news feels terribly wrong. To point fingers and accuse entire news gathering organizations of being fake news is a bald … Continue reading
Posted in Controversy, cultural highlights, History, Politics, Youth
Tagged bowdlerize, censorship, journalism, literature, sanitize, Thomas Bowdler
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The Omaha Bee-News December 28, 1930
December 28th was just another Sunday in 1930. The Great Depression had been underway for over a year. Herbert Hoover was the US President and the 71st Congress was in session. The Executive Branch and the Congressional Branch were both … Continue reading
Celebrate Democracy OpEd
When I was an adolescent, two of my big goals were visions of idealism. The first was to run for the U.S. Senate, the second was to become a journalist. The first one has been placed on indefinite hold ever … Continue reading
Posted in Controversy, cultural highlights, Politics
Tagged democracy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, government, idealism, journalism, tyranny, United States of America
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JFK: A Vision For America (Review)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy would have been 100 years-old this year had he lived. The centennial year of Kennedy’s birth has inspired some new books about the 35th President of the United States. The first one I came across is JFK: … Continue reading
Posted in Books, cultural highlights, History, photography, Politics, Youth
Tagged John F. Kennedy, journalism, United States History
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Something About Erma Bombeck
Early mornings, after breakfast, when I was a youth, I liked to read the good parts of the newspaper. First the comics pages, then Ann Landers, and three times each week, Erma Bombeck’s column. You didn’t need to be a suburban … Continue reading
Posted in Books, cultural highlights, Health, Youth
Tagged cancer, Erma Bombeck, housewives, journalism, kidney disease, newspaper columnists
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Happy Columnists’ Day
After scanning the front page headlines of the Omaha paper every morning, I flipped to Ann Landers’ column. This was the daily routine I enjoyed during my adolescence. In fact, after reading Landers’ words of wisdom, I made sure to … Continue reading →
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