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Email ruling creates open-government precedent
Judge David Duggan issued his formal ruling today in our lawsuit against Knox County over emails the law director refused to release because he considered them to be “personal.” Strictly personal...
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It has to be tough to be a police officer, and I’m sure that having citizens use their cell phones to video-record what you’re doing doesn’t make the job any easier. Still, officers in Memphis were way...
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New comic ‘WuMo’ starting Monday
The News Sentinel is launching a new comic Monday. It is called “WuMo” after the names of its creators, Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler. These two Danes have been building their strip over the...
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Deb Fisher to head TCOG
Deborah Fisher, former senior editor at the Nashville Tennessean, will be the new director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government. TCOG is a non-profit organized to fight for transparency in...
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‘Rex Morgan’ returning to comics page
Dr. Rex Morgan Yikes! Who knew “Rex Morgan M.D.” still had so many faithful followers? We’ve found out the past two days at the News Sentinel as fans of the strip have besieged the newspaper with irate...
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Walter Pulliam’s 100th birthday party
Lisa Hood Skinner helps Walter Pulliam open a present — The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Clipping from a 1946 News-Sentinel article by Walter Pulliam accompanied by an editorial cartoon. The East...
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Ad inserts present production and deadline challenge
Stacks of advertising fliers await inserting in the News Sentinel’s packaging center. Holiday advertising inserts are stacking up in the News Sentinel’s packaging center these days. Inserting them into...
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Tennessee journalists met with Kennedy in 1963
Mike Miller, son of former Knoxville News Sentinel Editor Loye Miller, passed this photo onto me. It is of Tennessee editors and publishers meeting with President John F. Kennedy on Feb. 28, 1963. To...
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Staff recorded music for Battle of Fort Sanders documentary
With the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sanders arriving next week, we’ve posted a 14-minute, Ken Burns-style documentary produced by Erin Chapin of our digital team. Erin is a talented...
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News Sentinel slapped together extra after assassination
Here’s an above-the-fold view of the extra edition The Knoxville News-Sentinel produced the afternoon President Kennedy was shot. The bulletin from UPI was plugged into the right-hand columns and the...
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Hornback goes for ‘glorious’ libel defense
An old college textbook I have kicking around refers to truth as the “glorious defense” in libel suits. If so, Brian Hornback is going for the glory. The conservative blogger produced four affidavits...
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Farewell, Eric Vreeland
Eric Vreeland during farewell celebration. Today was Breaking News Editor Eric Vreeland’s last day at the News Sentinel. The longtime newsman has joined the communications staff of Knoxville Mayor...
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Starry night photo deserved special treatment
Page 6D of the Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, News Sentinel, viewed sideways. Photo directors are a creative bunch, and they like to see their staff’s images displayed well. That means that, from time to time,...
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Scripps launches website on new design
One of our sister properties in the E.W. Scripps Co., WEWS-TV in Cleveland, launched its redesigned website this week. Over the news few months, all of the Scripps TV stations and Scripps websites will...
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Orwellian control of images a dangerous trend
The White House press corps went off on Press Secretary Jay Carney today on the limited access photographers have had to the president. Carney promised to work on the issue but made a point of saying...
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Open government coalition marks 10th anniversary
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government marked its 10th anniversary this year. The new executive director, Deborah Fisher, recounts the organization’s origins and accomplishments on a revamped...
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Sentinel reporter frozen 60 years? Radio show brings him to life
University of Tennessee prof and former county commissioner Mark Harmon has produced two episodes of an old-time radio drama based on the premise that a New Sentinel reporter was frozen 60 years ago...
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Knoxville.com Facebook post reunites family, dog on Christmas
Chuck Campbell, editor of the News Sentinel’s Knoxville.com website, entertainment section and Facebook page, had a chance to perform the perfect Christmas deed — reuniting a family with a Christmas...
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End may be in sight for emails lawsuit
When all is said and done, it might be interesting to know how many tax dollars the Knox County law director has spent trying to prevent the public release of nine lousy emails. Knox County Law...
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Newspaper coalition broadens access to statehouse coverage
Readers might be noticing a label they haven’t seen in the News Sentinel for a few years. It is the logo of the Tennessee Newspaper Network, a stylized representation of press rollers arranged to...
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