What We're Reading
Date: 17 February 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Dan Wakin, John Schwartz and others.
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16th of February 2015 News
Ziņas, kas parādījās New York Times pirmajā lapā 2015. gada 16. februāris
Spider Martin’s Photographs of the Selma March Get a Broader View
Date: 16 February 2015
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Jennifer SCHUESSLER
Photographs by Spider Martin, one of few photojournalists to document Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr's 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Ala, are being given increased attention; Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas in Austin has acquired Martin's archive, and his work is being shown in exhibits in Austin, Selma and New York.
TV News and the Idea of Truth
Date: 17 February 2015
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
Anand GIRIDHARADAS
The Afghan Militant in the Photo? The Wrong Man, and He’s Not Happy
Date: 17 February 2015
By TAIMOOR SHAH and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Taimoor SHAH
Afghan spy agency accidentally provides wrong photograph to news organizations following airstrike killing of prominent Islamic State recruiter Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim; man in photograph is actually Kandahar resident Shawali Khan, who is attempting to quietly readjust to life following 12 years of detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Khan's lawyers brought mistake to attention of news organizations.
Arnaud de Borchgrave, Journalist Whose Life Was a Tale Itself, Dies at 88
Date: 17 February 2015
By SAM ROBERTS
Sam ROBERTS
Arnaud de Borchgrave, storied foreign correspondent known for his bell-ringing scoops throughout the Cold War decades, dies at age 88.
Vaccinations Are States’ Call
Date: 17 February 2015
By DENISE GRADY
Denise GRADY
News Analysis; legal experts say that states, not federal government, have power to compel citizens to vaccinate their children, though most allow exceptions and only require vaccinations for children entering school; some health experts have urged states to clamp down on exemptions or institute fines in order to encourage more vaccinations, particularly in light of measles outbreak.
David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students
Date: 16 February 2015
WITH DAVID CARR
David Carr Media Equation column, in last one under his byline, features excerpts from Boston University media journalism class syllabus taught by Carr, who died suddenly at age 58; students reminisce about Carr's demanding yet caring approach and his dedication to profession of journalism.
Polk Awards in Journalism Are Announced, Including Three for The Times
Date: 16 February 2015
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Anemona HARTOCOLLIS
Winners of George Polk Awards in Journalism for 2014 are announced.
Is Network News Dead?
Date: 17 February 2015
Do network news operations, with their high-priced anchors, have a future?
Verbal Warming: Labels in the Climate Debate
Date: 17 February 2015
By JUSTIN GILLIS
Justin GILLIS
Justin Gillis By Degrees column notes circulation of petition asking news media to abandon use of term 'skeptics' for those who discount global warming and to instead refer to such people as 'deniers'; petition points to power of words and labels in climate debate, with dissenters protesting that term 'deniers' is deliberate attempt to link them to Holocaust deniers.