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Media/ Books | December 23, 2009

"Blue Book" Perseveres In Age Of Google

by Thomas MacMillan | December 23, 2009 2:04 PM | Permalink

Thanks to a hot new book Susan Bysiewicz hand-delivered to City Hall, New Haven's mayor won't have to turn on his computer to learn how many barbers work in Connecticut, or how to summon Colchester's Second Continental Light Dragoons. Not to mention the names of each town's justices of the peace and the identity of the official Connecticut animal.

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Media/ Books | December 1, 2009

Huffington Calls Murdoch's Bluff

by Paul Bass | December 1, 2009 4:03 PM | Permalink

Washington, D.C. -- Is Rupert Murdoch really taking on Google and launching Web War I? Or is he "whining" for show -- while imitating news aggregators and positioning for a better deal?

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Media/ Books | November 13, 2009

In Search Of Rational Readers

by Abram Katz | November 13, 2009 11:26 AM | Permalink

Many people in the U.S. are incapable of rational thought. That makes the explanatory job of science journalists all but impossible. So Newsweek Senor Editor Sharon Begley said during an appearance at Yale.

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Media/ Books | October 30, 2009

They Don't Need Editors

by Abram Katz | October 30, 2009 7:45 AM | Permalink

In Jason Silva's and Max Lugavere's newspaperless future, everyone with a computer and an idea will be able to disseminate their views on the Web, without worrying about editors, fairness, or objectivity.

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Media/ Books | October 14, 2009

Politicians Break The News

by Paul Bass | October 14, 2009 10:21 AM | Permalink

When mayoral candidates squared off in a debate Tuesday night, the first news reports and punditry came not from reporters -- but from elected officials.

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Media/ Books | October 2, 2009

Expert Confronts Author On "Killer" Cartoons

by Thomas MacMillan | October 2, 2009 8:25 AM | Permalink

In the wake of a literary tempest, the author of a controversial new book about Islam came face to face with a man responsible for, in some critics' view, censoring her work.

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Media/ Books | September 25, 2009

City, Police Union Strike Tentative Pact

by Melissa Bailey | September 25, 2009 7:21 AM | Permalink

It took lunch at Lorenzo's -- and a personal intervention from Mayor John DeStefano -- to finally settle a police union contract.

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Media/ Books | September 21, 2009

Public Defender: I Don't Want Annie Le Reporters Investigated

by Paul Bass | September 21, 2009 3:42 PM | Permalink

New Haven's top public defender is demanding an investigation into leaks about the Annie Le murder -- but he promised he doesn't want journalists subpoenaed.

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Media/ Books | September 21, 2009

What Annie Le Story?

by Paul Bass | September 21, 2009 11:30 AM | Permalink

Life has changed for Joe Avery -- back to normal.

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Media/ Books | September 15, 2009

NBC Producer Trampled At Annie Le "Briefing"

by Paul Bass | September 15, 2009 5:13 PM | Permalink

When Joe Avery had no news to report about Yale graduate student Annie Le's death, the national news media made its own -- by rushing the police spokesman and injuring a TV producer.

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Media/ Books | September 5, 2009

3 New Friends

by Paul Bass | September 5, 2009 11:19 PM | Permalink

Indy spirit hits Vermont, Upper West Side, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Media/ Books | August 27, 2009

Look Out Locutus, Your Love Muffin Is Back

by Paul Bass | August 27, 2009 7:55 AM | Permalink

Public radio signs corporate-exiled Colin McEnroe to 13-week pilot. Christine Stuart reports.

Media/ Books | August 17, 2009

Courant Firee Blows Whistle on Spiked Story

by Paul Bass | August 17, 2009 3:01 PM | Permalink

George Gombossy, on new blog. Stuart reports on firing.

Media/ Books | August 14, 2009

New Book In Tow, Sanders Mines Medicine's "Narrative Art"

by Abram Katz | August 14, 2009 10:45 AM | Permalink

If Dr. Lisa Sanders' stories sound a little like the fictional Dr. House, it is no coincidence.

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Media/ Books | June 26, 2009

JRC Boss Hangs Up Hatchet

by Leonard J. Honeyman | June 26, 2009 7:34 AM | Permalink

NEW YORK -- After a federal judge announced he was delaying a decision on the New Haven Register parent company's bankruptcy, the chain's interim CEO made an announcement of his own to a reporter: The layoffs are over.

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Media/ Books | June 24, 2009

A Sentinel Remembered -- & Welcomed

by Staff | June 24, 2009 10:58 AM | Permalink

They recalled a cherished community institution that died an unceremonious death -- and welcomed a new one by the same name.

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Media/ Books | June 16, 2009

Bromage: Burlington Bound

by Paul Bass | June 16, 2009 10:55 AM | Permalink

Gov. M. Jodi Rell finally has some good news: a reporter who has been calling her bluff is leaving Connecticut.

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Media/ Books | June 2, 2009

Teens Triumph Over Trauma Through Video

by Allan Appel | June 2, 2009 3:39 PM | Permalink

The turning point for Macie Barrow came when her cousin, who had decided to leave the drug life, was killed before he could turn the corner.

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Media/ Books | May 29, 2009

Secret of The Frozen Bagel, Revealed

by Staff | May 29, 2009 10:39 AM | Permalink

The tale begins in Lublin, Poland. It leads to New Haven's Baldwin Street. And it rests on a secret recipe -- old-world family values mixed with new-world ingenuity.

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Media/ Books | May 21, 2009

Rules Of The Road

by Paul Bass | May 21, 2009 8:44 AM | Permalink

Yes we do censor reader comments. We'll continue to.

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