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	Posted, May. 16, 2008 Updated, May. 16, 2008

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My Boss Likes Me, He Likes Me Not

Today's leadership moment is inspired by the losingest team in sports history -- my baseball team, the Phillies. Am I sure these guys can teach us something about leadership? Perhaps. Consider this excerpt from the Phils' part-owner Bill Giles' memoir, "Pouring Six Beers...
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5/14/08: Telling Our Own Stories, Becoming Better Journalists
By Mallary Tenore
5/12/08: Cablevision Buys Newsday from Tribune
By Jim Romenesko
5/7/08: John Carroll: Three Questions for the New Era
This article is excerpted from a speech that the author delivered last month at the University of Kentucky. You can read the full text here. This excerpt picks up after Caroll's analysis of "what ails old media today."
By John Carroll
4/23/08: Can a Reporter Trade a Newswriting Career for a Song?
By Bob Baker
4/23/08: 'Hard Target' Journalism: An Excerpt from Pulitzer's Gold
In his new book Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism, Roy Harris Jr. explores the stories behind the winners of journalism's greatest award. Here is an excerpt from his chapter on The Boston Globe's investigation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
By Roy Harris
4/22/08: Creating Expertise Amid Cutbacks
By Butch Ward
4/21/08: Newseum's Main Exhibit: Hope for Understanding
By Steve Myers
4/18/08: Convention's Over, Boss: Start Your Brown-Bag
By Butch Ward
4/16/08: 'One Year Later': Covering the Virginia Tech Anniversary
By Mallary Tenore
4/15/08: Learning from Mandela: On Getting to Know Those You Lead
By Butch Ward
4/10/08: Live Blogging: How It Makes Us Better Journalists
Also, St. Pete Times sports reporter Greg Auman shares his take on what it's like to blog live from games.
By Mallary Tenore
4/8/08: Anatomy of a Pulitzer: Q&A with Hull and Priest
By Al Tompkins
4/1/08: No Casual Operation:
Inside a Citizen Journalism Newsroom
By Geoff Dougherty
3/31/08: Multimedia: An Adolescent, but No Longer an Orphan
Lessons from the NPPA Web contest
By Steve Myers
3/26/08: The Perils of Political Narrative:
One Reporter's Story
By J. Patrick Coolican
3/20/08: Nieman Narrations: Tips and Tales from Top Storytellers
Anne Hull, Dana Priest and others provide insider accounts. Plus: Roy Clark reports on the Benton blogging curve and Mallary Tenore blogs the conference.
By Bill Kirtz
3/20/08: Speech as Story Starter: Building on Obama
Read more coverage like this in Poynter's new Diversity at Work blog.
By Keith Woods
3/10/08: Improving Accuracy: Creating a Newsroom System
By Eduardo Lorea
3/10/08: Framing Your Spitzer Coverage: Issues and Questions
Where to draw the lines when a public official's private life spills into the news. Plus, Kelly McBride on breaking news of uncertain sourcing and some screengrabs of Web coverage.
By Roy Peter Clark
3/7/08: About that Obama Ad: Get Over it!
By James Crutchfield

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