
Barbara Fought
@bcfought
Born a Buckeye, then a Michigander, now bleeding Orange in Syracuse. Passionate about journalism, law and faith
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11-08-2008 23:35:52
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Attn journalists -- webinar next week Tues 12p to learn to improve immigration news coverage, with tips for localizing stories. From The Journalist's Resource with an attorney, Pulitzer-winning reporter and Syracuse University 's own Austin Kocher, PhD. Registration: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…






Anybody else missing the e-news edition of today's #Post Standard syracuse.com this morning?. This is the 2nd time. It's to me what coffee is to a lot of people. I need to wake up with it.

Way to go, WIRED, for dropping the paywall to stories based on information gained from FOIA requests. Yes, I too, hope other publications will do so. Tully Center for Free Speech Investigative Reporters & Editors The New York Times The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal freedom.press/issues/wired-i…

We knew it was coming. If you find value in WCNY , PBS, WAER Syracuse Public Media you can speak out to legislators and help the stations financially. From The Washington Post: Trump administration will ask Congress to cut funding for NPR and PBS wapo.st/3YozowT #IvoryTower


The conversation kept going after the show with Tara Ross OCC, and Anirban Acharya Le Moyne. They and ChadSparber, Colgate University, Ben Baughman, Ph.D. discuss mask harassment, local police doing immigration work and Gaza. #ivorytower WCNY. Thurs & Fri 8 p; Saturday 5:30



Host Barbara Fought (Syracuse University), Anirban Acharya (Le Moyne), Chad Sparber (Colgate University), Rick Fenner (Utica University), and Ben Baughman, Ph.D. (Gannon University) discuss the country’s mood, clergy reporting child abuse, and killing mosquitoes. Tune in tonight & Friday night at 8pm on WCNY-TV.


Syracuse Police have shut down access to its license plate surveillance data after Central Current showed it was not supposed to make it available. Had been searched 4.4 million times! Another example why journalism matters. centralcurrent.org/syracuse-polic…

You can check out #IvoryTower WCNY now Thursdays at 8 pm (still also Fri @ 8p and Sat 5:30p). Tonight you'll hear Ben Baughman, Ph.D., Luke Perry , Sarah Pralle and Tara Ross talk about whether local governments can do anything to to keep food prices down.


Huh! Just after I typed those names the Syracuse Mets got a home run, bringing in 2 guys on base. Must be the magic of those names!