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Author, journalist, film maker John Pilger speaks at Socialism 2009 www.socialistworker.org; wwwhaymarketbooks.org Filmed by Paul Hubbard at the Womens Building in San Francisco 7-4-09.

Washington DC – October 5 – A new report by the Knight Commission examines the challenges facing media and journalism, the information needs of local communities, and it presents a vision for the future of journalism and the media. To read the entire report, CLICK HERE

SafeGround tent city residents Charles and Elizabeth Zimmerman had nothing but broken hearts. After both suffered heart attacks, Charles, a 22-year military veteran, and Elizabeth, as his dependent, should have access to care through the VA system. But due to a long battle trying to correct a paperwork snafu, the Zimmermans have been unable to collect Charles’ pension or access VA services.

The Atlantic’s Christina Davidson was able to change that. After chronicling the couple’s heartache, Davidson shared some good news on her Atlantic blog – a testament to the power of journalism:

“Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) apparently read my piece about the Zimmermans and contacted Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), who sits on the Committee on Veterans Affairs. As a result of their efforts, Charles Zimmerman had a mind-blowing meeting with a VA official…Charles called me as soon as the meeting had ended to tell me that the VA had apologized for delaying resolution of his case for so long. He said they told him he would start receiving full benefits within a matter of weeks, including an initial check that would cover backpay for the past 18 years since his retirement.”

“Are you sitting down?” Charles asks. “Yes,” I say. “They say they’ll be sending me a check for $972,000.”

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Win o’ the morning goes to the fanciful Wall Street Journal banking pamphlet, for its journalism! “Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered her first major international speech today in Hong Kong at an investor conference. The speech was closed to the media, but The Wall Street Journal reviewed a recording of the event.” And published [...]

WaPo’s Baghdad bureau chief Anthony Shadid will leave that position at the end of this year to join NYT’s Baghdad staff, E&P reports today.

In an e-mail to E&P, he adds that his wife, Post Baghdad staffer Nada Bakri, will also become a Times scribe in the bureau. He writes that the couple “are going to work in the Times’ Baghdad bureau, then eventually move elsewhere in the Middle East. We’re starting in January. I’ve been at the Post since January 2003, and this is my second stint for the Post in Baghdad. Nada joined the bureau in May.”

He also states: “It was a difficult decision to move. I still have deep affection and admiration for the Post. My time there represents my favorite years in journalism, and Don Graham remains an inspiration to me. Nada and I just thought it was time to seek new challenges.”

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

AP – President Barack Obama’s candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.

Now it is official, as Mike Huckabee — the famous ex-fat person whose chief economic proposal as a presidential candidate was to institute a sales tax of 25%, something he read in some book — hath decreed it. And this is a great example of it! The Politico, ostensibly a journalism outlet of the future, [...]

Politico – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rips the media.