More Air Time for a News Anchor on Cable
Date: 28 February 1999
By Eleanor Blau
Eleanor Blau
Article on Paula Zahn, who has joined Fox News, fledgling 24-hour cable news channel, where she will anchor main news at 7 PM starting March 1; photo (M)
Reluare duminică, 28 februarie 1999
28 februarie 1999 era un duminică sub semnul stelut al lui ♓. Era ziua 58 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 27 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum sâmbătă, 28 februarie 2026, 103 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe duminică, 28 februarie 2027, peste 261 zile. Ați trăit 9.965 zile sau aproximativ 239.163 ore sau aproximativ 14.349.808 minute sau aproximativ 860.988.480 secunde.
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28th of February 1999 News
Știri așa cum au apărut pe prima pagină a New York Times la 28 februarie 1999
A New Offensive in Britain's War of Words
Date: 01 March 1999
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
In Britain, which lacks American-style tradition of freedom of press, Labor Government has had rocky relationship with news media since it came to power on tidal wave of good will nearly two years ago; Labor officials are irked by what they see as rough treatment from BBC interviewers; many journalists say that in absence of strong Conservative Party, it is up to news media to ask tough questions; photo (M)
Journalism's Greatest Hits: Two Lists of a Century's Top Stories
Date: 01 March 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Two new lists rank best news stories of century and best works of 20th-century American journalism; Freedom Forum's Newseum is reponsible for first list; New York University's journalism department offered second list; NYU list focuses less on events than craftsmanship, including events that were important mostly because of who was watching; in some ways, two lists converge: No. 1 news event on Newseum's list is dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima; No. 1 work of journalism on NYU list is John Hersey's book Hiroshima; 1940's and 1960's dominate both lists; photos; lists (M)
Media Talk; Web Publications Break Away From Print
Date: 01 March 1999
By Matthew J. Rosenberg
Matthew Rosenberg
New study finds growing number of news articles written exclusively for Web sites of newspapers and magazines; study focused on elevation of newspaper and magazine Web sites to status of full partner with their print counterparts, and willingness of journalists to use Internet to find sources and use E-mail to get information from them (S)
F.Y.I.
Date: 28 February 1999
By Daniel B. Schneider
Daniel
FYI column answers questions on why New York is nicknamed Empire State, old saying posted at Mayflower Doughnut shop in Manhattan and whether WINS all-news radio uses actual Teletype machine as background sound (M)
Our Towns; Young Activist Forces Debate On Hot Topics
Date: 28 February 1999
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson Our Towns column on Hanna Ingber, senior at Goshen (NY) High School whose activism has drawn media attention to safe sex campaign to have school dispense free condoms to students; photo (M)
Cops on the Freeway in Pursuit. Who Can Turn It Off?
Date: 28 February 1999
By Deanne Stillman
Deanne Stillman
Deanne Stillman article on her obsession with televised vehicle pursuits; notes pursuits are often broadcast in Los Angeles; drawing (M)
Suit Is Trying to Unmask A Principal's Accuser
Date: 28 February 1999
By Steve Strunsky
Steve Strunsky
Paramus Catholic High School principal James Vail files suit seeking to compel America Online to reveal who is sending e-mail messages to students, teachers and reporters accusing him of misdeeds, including sexual assault (S)
WHITMAN DISMISSES STATE POLICE CHIEF FOR RACE REMARKS
Date: 01 March 1999
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
New Jersey Gov Christine Todd Whitman dismisses State Police Superintendent Col Carl L Williams after published report in which he stated that race was issue in drug crimes and that cocaine and marijuana traffickers are most likely to be members of minority groups; says Williams's service has been valuable and his career honorable, but that comments are inconsistent with efforts to enhance public confidence in State Police; names Lieut Col Michael Fedorko acting Superintendent; black leaders hail decision, which immediately follows article in Star-Ledger of Newark quoting Williams in wide-ranging interview as linking minority groups with drug trafficking and making other comments that seem to fuel racial controversy involving State Police; photos (M)
Weddingchannel Backers
Date: 01 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Weddingchannel.com, bridal registry, says Goldman Sachs Group and venture capital firms RRE Investors and Idealab Capital Partners have invested $12 million in company (S)