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IFJ List of Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2013
December 31, 2013
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued a list of 123 people killed in 2013 (link below). The IFJ classified 15 of those deaths as accidental and 108 were classified as targeted killings. In releasing the list, the...
Press Club to honor Rick Hummel
December 30, 2013
The Metropolitan Press Club of St. Louis is honoring United Media Guild member Rick Hummel as its 2014 Media Person of the Year. He will accept the award at a dinner and awards presentation Jan. 21 at the Edward Jones...
Nominations for 22nd Annual Terry Hughes Award
December 19, 2013
Terry Hughes was 36 when she died of breast cancer on July 22, 1991. A columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, her writing was clear, witty and descriptive, with a flair for portraying society’s underdogs. Some of her columns chronicled...
Lee Enterprises rewards top executives as revenues shrink
December 4, 2013
Media blogger Jim Romenesko passed along this item that should warm the hearts of Guild members who suffered financial hardship through wage cuts and multiple furloughs: On November 11, St. Louis Post-Dispatch parent Lee Enterprises reported a $1.71 per share...