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Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2016
And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to the right picture

Spotlight deserved to win.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Film, News, Media, Spotlight, All the President's Men, Ted Cox, Dann Gire, Daily Herald, Boston Globe, pedophilia, Ingmar Bergman, the Mekons

Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2015
Spotlight and the end of journalism's good old days

The new film spotlights a newspaper era on its way out.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Film, Media, News, Boston Globe, Boston Archdiocese expose, pedophilia, Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight, " Chicago Headline Club, social media, media branding, Jada Yuan, New York Magazine

Film, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
The Boston Globe's pedophile priests investigation gets dramatized in Spotlight
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Fall Arts, Fall Preview 2015, Spotlight movie, Thomas McCarthy, Boston Globe, Abuse in the Catholic Church, Michael Keaton, Walter Robinson, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Liev Screiber, Billy Crudup, Jamey Sheridan

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2014
Cubs win! Red Sox lose!

Zero-sum thinking in the press box
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, Jon Lester, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Steve Rosenbloom, Gordon Wittenmyer, WEEI FM, Boston Globe, Dan Shaughnessy, Albert Pujols

Music, Music Feature Jun 18, 2014
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Patrick Haggerty carries on the spirit of Lavender Country

Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record has teamed up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Lavender Country, Patrick Heggarty, country music, Seattle, Seattle Pride, Chicago Pride Parade, Seattle Pride Parade, gay country music, Charlie Dickinson, Country Music Hall of Fame, The Journal of Country Music, records, albums, Paradise of Bachelors, reissues, 1970s, Mike Cooper, Boston Globe, Nashville Scene, Pitchfork, Grantland, Bobby Taylor, J.B. Boughton, Memory Lane, WLAC-AM, radio, Harvey, Illinois, SIU, Southern Illinois University, Nashville, Bobby Taylor Blues Band, Western Washington University, Peace Corps, Stonewall riots, University of Washington, LGBTQ community, LGBTQ history, history, Velvet Underground, ACT UP, New Alliance, NOI, Nation of Islam, Doug Stevens & the Outband, Mary Burnley, Landlord-Tenant Act, country standards, Stella Davie, Bremerton Health and Rehabilitation, Washington State, Bremerton, Washington, Brendan Greaves, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2014
What moved LBJ to target poverty?

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was more than a play for votes.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Poverty, Politics, News, Lyndon Johnson, LBJ, War on Poverty, State of the Union address, John F. Kennedy, JFK, Kennedy assassination, Chicago Tribune, socialism, Barry Goldwater, free enterprise, New York Times, David Lawrence, Los Angeles Times, Doris Fleeson, Boston Globe, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Dwight MacDonald, New Yorker, Richard Reeves, President Kennedy: Profile of Power, Richard Scammon, Census Bureau, Robert A. Caro, The Passage of Power, Walter Heller, Council of Economic Advisers, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, Head Start, Social Security, Vietnam War

Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2013
Does the future of journalism hang on a Tiffany bracelet?

The 1 percent solution to journalism's woes
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Style, $$$, Media, New York Times, T Magazine, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Margaret Sullivan, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, print advertising, digital advertising, Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr.

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
The presidency: take this job and love it

If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Election 2012, Politics, News, Barack Obama, second term, reelection, presidents, unemployment, poverty, inequality, foreclosures, European debt crisis, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Taxmageddon, spending cuts, tax increases, Congress, White House, inauguration, Syrian massacres, bombings in Iraq, Shiites, Sunnis, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Iran, uranium enrichment, North Korean missiles, terrorism, Russia, China, Secret Service, Mitt Romney, midterms, Bush tax cuts, minimum wage, carbon fuel standard, cap-and-trade, Guantanamo, Ryan Lizza, term limits, New Yorker, Bill Daley, Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court, Theo Epstein, Cubs, Boston Globe, major league baseball, climate change

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2012
Mitt Romney's Seamus problem

The scatological tale of Seamus, the Romney family dog
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Media, Politics, Free Shit, Swag, Clout City, Mitt Romney, Gail Collins, Neil Swidey, Boston Globe, Next Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Jim Romenesko, Seamus

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2011
Casino money for the arts?

Will a Chicago casino steal audiences from cultural events?
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Onstage, Music, Visual Art, Clout City, Performing Arts, Arts, Gambling, Illinois, Chicago casino, Massachusetts, Boston Globe

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2011
Video
Hand Held

Oscar nominee Don Hahn documents Michael Carroll's journey from photographing Romanian orphans to building a relief organization for them, in the documentary "Hand Held," screening Saturday 4/2 at St. Xavier University.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, Romania, Nicolae Ceaucescu, orphan, AIDS, revolution, Oscar, Don Hahn, Boston Globe, Michael Carroll, Disney, beauty and the beast, St. Xavier, university, lion king, waking sleeping beauty, photographer, photo, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2008
Patricia Smith (remember her?) nominated for a National Book Award

Fallen journalist Patricia Smith is a National Book Award finalist for poetry.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, Green Mill, Patricia Smith, Reginald Gibbons, National Book Award, Boston Globe, National Poetry Slam

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And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to the right picture

Spotlight deserved to win.

Spotlight and the end of journalism's good old days

The new film spotlights a newspaper era on its way out.

The Boston Globe's pedophile priests investigation gets dramatized in Spotlight

Cubs win! Red Sox lose!

Zero-sum thinking in the press box

Video
Patrick Haggerty carries on the spirit of Lavender Country

Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record has teamed up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.

What moved LBJ to target poverty?

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was more than a play for votes.

Does the future of journalism hang on a Tiffany bracelet?

The 1 percent solution to journalism's woes

The presidency: take this job and love it

If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?

Mitt Romney's Seamus problem

The scatological tale of Seamus, the Romney family dog

Casino money for the arts?

Will a Chicago casino steal audiences from cultural events?

Video
Hand Held

Oscar nominee Don Hahn documents Michael Carroll's journey from photographing Romanian orphans to building a relief organization for them, in the documentary "Hand Held," screening Saturday 4/2 at St. Xavier University.

Patricia Smith (remember her?) nominated for a National Book Award

Fallen journalist Patricia Smith is a National Book Award finalist for poetry.

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Spotlight deserved to win.

The new film spotlights a newspaper era on its way out.

Zero-sum thinking in the press box

Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record has teamed up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was more than a play for votes.

The 1 percent solution to journalism's woes

If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?

The scatological tale of Seamus, the Romney family dog

Will a Chicago casino steal audiences from cultural events?

Oscar nominee Don Hahn documents Michael Carroll's journey from photographing Romanian orphans to building a relief organization for them, in the documentary "Hand Held," screening Saturday 4/2 at St. Xavier University.

Fallen journalist Patricia Smith is a National Book Award finalist for poetry.

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