SPJnational update V: Bloggers win one; the phrase (and issue) that wonąt go away; and NY Times carries rare photos of funerals for Iraq fallen. The California Supreme Court ruled Nov. 20 that individuals cannot be held liable for publishing defamatory statements written by others. The ruling clarifies that a 1996 law, the Communications Decency Act, protects not only content providers, but also users of online services who republish content. More%20here.%20...%20The%20media%20didn%D5t%20cut%20and%20run%20when%20it%20comes%20to%20one%20of%20the%20White%20House%D5s%20favorite%20slogans,%20%D2stay%20the%20course.%D3%20On%20Oct.%2023,%20press%20secretary%20Tony%20Snow%20tried%20to%20banish%20the%20term%20by%20asserting%20that%10it%20mischaracterized%20U.S.%20policy%20in%20Iraq%20and%20that%20President%20Bush%20had%20stopped%20using%20it.%20So%20in%20a%20Google%20News%20search%20in%20the%20eight%20days%20after%20Snow%D5s%20press%20briefing,%20the%20number%20of%20stories%20about%20Iraq%20containing%20the%20term%20%D2stay%20the%20course%D3%20more%20than%20doubled%20over%20the%20previous%20week%D5s%20total,%20jumping%20to%202,570%20from%201,030.%20Compared%20to%20Oct%209-15,%20it%20nearly%20tripled.%20More%20here.%20...%20Images%20of%20the%20remains%20of%20Americans%20killed%20in%20Iraq%20as%20they%20are%20brought%20home%20for%20burial%20tend%20to%20be%20prohibited%20either%20by%20the%20military,%20local%20officials%20or%20families.%20But%20The%20New%20York%20Times%20on%20Oct.%2030%20ran%20a%20photo%20essay%20to%20mark%20what%20it%20calls%20the%20%D2regularity%D3%20of%20such%20moments.%20More%20here.
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Everyone%D5s%20a%20Critic
by%20Susan%20Tallant
Everything%20from%20%D2Friday%20Night%20Lights%D3%20to%20the%20Friday-night%20news%20got%20a%20healthy%20dusting%20from%20three%20area%20entertainment%20critics%20at%20the%20Fort%20Worth%20SPJ%20November%20meeting.%20The%20Star-Telegram%D5s%20Christopher%20Kelly,%20Kristian%20Lin%20at%20Fort%20Worth%20Weekly%20and%20Ed%20Bark%20(unclebarky.com),%20formerly%20of%20The%20Dallas%20Morning%20News,%20shared%20with%20the%20audience%20what%20it%20takes%20to%20be%20a%20good%20critic,%20not%20a%20jaded%20one.
Lin%20said%20that%20becoming%20jaded%20can%20definitely%20happen.%20%D2When%20you%20see%20250%20movies%20a%20year,%20you%20get%20a%20different%20idea%20of%20what%20something%20new%20is%20and%20place%20more%20value%20in%20that%20than%20the%20audience%20does,%D3%20he%20said.%20
Kelly%20teased%20about%20critics%20needing%20term%20appointments%20but%20said%20the%20key%20to%20staying%20fresh%20is%20audience%20awareness%20%D1%20%D2paying%20attention,%20asking%20why%20this%20%5Bmovie%5D%20is%20such%20a%20phenomenon%20and%20why%20is%20it%20connecting%20with%20people.%D3
Since%20leaving%20the%20DMN,%20Bark%20has%20a%20new%20internet%20role.%20%D2I%20found%20now%20that%20I%20am%20liberated,%D3%20he%20said.%20He%20added%20that%20being%20a%20critic%20is%20gratifying%20and%20exhausting%20work%20but%20that%20if%20one%20can%20establish%20that%20he%20is%20being%20fair%20and%20doesn%D5t%20have%20an%20ax%20to%20grind,%20the%20audience%20will%20respect%20him.
While%20Kelly,%20Lin%20and%20Bark%20have%20similar%20roles,%20they%20face%20varied%20challenges.%20Kelly%20said%20he%20tries%20to%20see%20new%20values%20in%20each%20film.%20%D2My%20goal%20is%20to%20try%20and%20look%20at%20%5Bthe%20film%5D%20and%20find%20something%20I%20haven%D5t%20seen%20before.%20I%20ask,%20%D4Is%20there%20something%20here%20no%20one%20else%20sees?%D5%20%D3
Lin%20tries%20to%20look%20at%20each%20film%20from%20different%20perspectives%20but%20has%20learned%20to%20trust%20his%20instincts.%20%D2The%20main%20thing%20is%20to%20keep%20an%20open%20mind%20and%20stay%20true%20to%20yourself.%20If%20you%20can%D5t%20trust%20that%20initial%20impulse,%20what%20can%20you%20trust?%D3%20
Bark%20noted%20that%20the%20web%20is%20a%20tough%20market%20to%20break%20into%20with%20so%20many%10sites%20available.%20He%20also%20said%20that%20reviewing%20television%20is%20a%20totally%20different%20process%20than%20reviewing%20movies.%20%D2You%20can%D5t%20just%20review%20a%20%5Btelevision%5D%20show%20in%20a%20vacuum.%20You%20have%20to%20look%20at%20what%20it%20is%20up%20against.%D3%20
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PEOPLE%20&%20PLACES
John%20Miller,%20professional-in-residence%20in%20broadcast%20journalism%20at%20TCU%D5s%20Schieffer%20School%20of%20Journalism,%20has%20been%20appointed%20to%20the%20nine-member%20jury%20for%20the%20Alfred%20I.%20duPont%20Columbia%20University%20Awards.%20WFAA-TV%20received%20duPonts,%20considered%20broadcast%20journalism%D5s%20most%20prestigious%20award,%20in%201991%20and%201996,%20when%20Miller%20was%20news%20director%20there.%20As%20a%20past%20winner,%20he%20accepted%20Columbia%D5s%20invitation%20to%20become%20a%20screener.%20Members%20of%20the%20jury%20serve%20three-year%20terms,%20renewable%20for%20up%20to%20nine%20years.%20Miller%20joined%20the%20TCU%20faculty%20in%202003%20after%20a%2035-year%20television%20news%20career%20in%20the%20Fort%20Worth-Dallas%20market,%20including%20news%20directorships%20at%20WFAA%20and%20KTVT/CBS%1011.%20He%20is%20the%20faculty%20adviser%20for%20TCU%20News%20Now,%20the%20Schieffer%20School%D5s%20weekly%10newscast.%20The%202005-06%20du%20Pont%20awards%20will%20be%20presented%20Jan.%2017%20in%20a%20nationally%20televised%20ceremony%20at%20the%20Low%20Library%20at%20Columbia%20in%20New%20York%20City.%20...
Bill%20Lawrence,%20APR,%20Fellow%20PRSA,%20was%20named%20to%20the%20PRSA%20College%20of%20Fellows%20in%202005,%20but%20the%10induction%20dinner%20was%20postponed,%20along%20with%20the%20entire%20Miami%20conference,%20due%20to%20Hurricane%20Wilma.%20He%20was%20honored%20with%20the%202005%20and%202006%20inductees%20at%20this%20year%D5s%20Annual%20Assembly,%10Nov.%2011%20in%20Salt%20Lake%20City,%20Utah.%20A%20TCU%20graduate%10and%20principal%20in%20Lawrence%20and%20Associates,%20he%20joins%20Greater%20Fort%20Worth%20PRSA%20members%20Mary%20Dulle,%20APR,%20Fellow%20PRSA;%20Dr.%20Doug%20Newsom,%10APR,%20Fellow%20PRSA;%20and%20Carolyn%20Bobo,%20APR,%20Fellow%20PRSA,%20on%20the%20elite%20list.%20Of%20PRSA%D5s%2022,000%20members,%20436%20have%20been%20elected%20to%20the%20College%20of%20Fellows.%20Also%20at%20the%20assembly,%20Kristie%20Aylett,%20APR,%20was%20elected%20delegate-at-large.%20She%20will%20represent%20PRSA%20members%10who%20are%20not%20affiliated%20with%20a%20local%20chapter%20at%20the%202007%20assembly%20in%20Philadelphia.%20She%20also%20is%20the%20national%20PRSA%20membership%20chair.%20Aylett%20leads%20the%20KARD%20Group,%20a%20PR%20consulting%20firm%20based%20on%20the%20Mississippi%20Gulf%20Coast.%20...
UTA%10Shorthorn%20exes%20Reese%20Dunklin,%10Mike%20Hashimoto,%20Mary%20Schlangenstein,%20Michael%20Currie,%20Tom%20Pennington,%20Matt%20Slocum,%20Heidi%20Cannella,%20Mark%20Hoffer%20and%20Steve%20Wilson%20all%20won%20a%20Katie%20Award%20in%20the%20six-state%202006%20competition.%20The%20Press%20Club%20of%20Dallas%20presented%20its%2048th%20annual%20Katie%20Awards%20on%20Nov.%2018%20at%20the%20Hyatt%20Regency%20Hotel%20in%20Dallas.%20Other%20Fort%20Worth%20pros%20in%20the%20win%20column:%20Steve%20Pickett,%20Billy%20Sexton,%20Sandie%20Newton,%20Ram%20Guzman,%20Mona%20Khanna,%20Jay%20Gormley,%20Karen%20Borta,%20Tracy%20Rowlett%20and%20Kris%20Kennedy%20(KTVT/CBS%2011);%20Jeff%20Prince,%20Betty%20Brink%20and%20Peter%20Gorman%20(Fort%20Worth%20Weekly);%20Barry%20Shlachter,%20Leila%20Fadel,%20Clif%20Bosler,%20Ross%20Hailey%20and%20Khampha%20Bouaphanh%20(Star-Telegram);%20Robert%20Francis%20and%20Nathan%20Rich%20(Fort%20Worth%20Business%20Press);%20Sandra%20Velazquez%20and%20Jose%10Castillo%20(Diario%20La%20Estrella);%20John%20Pendolino%20and%20Rick%20Hadley%20(WBAP);%20Brian%20Curtis,%20Kristi%20Nelson%20and%20Raul%20Rangel%20(KXAS-TV/NBC%205);%20and%20Drenda%20Witt%20(JPS%20Health%20Network).
