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...that American photojournalist Daniel Smith (pictured) was once kidnapped by members of the Mehdi Army and taken to meet Muqtada al-Sadr?
...that 1992 was the only year the American Society of Journalists and Authors presented the Conscience-in-Media Award to more than one journalist?
...that Stewart White has presented the regional BBC News programme Look East for 24 years?

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...that Bob Woodward (pictured) has twice won the Worth Bingham Prize: in 1972 for reports on Watergate and in 1987 for covering covert action in United States foreign policy?
... that Kari Blackburn, daughter of Irish educationist Robert Blackburn, taught in a primary school in Tanzania before joining the BBC?
...that when Manolo Reyes created and hosted one of South Florida's first Spanish-language newscasts in 1960, the station received a number of complaints from non-Spanish speakers?

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...that the Gerald Loeb Award, administered by the UCLA Anderson School of Management (pictured), is considered the most prestigious honor in business journalism?
...that Augie Hiebert not only built Alaska's first television station, KTVA, but also founded the state's first FM radio station, KNIK-FM?

...that Ah Jook Ku, a journalist and writer based in Hawaii, was the first Asian American reporter for the Associated Press, as well as the first Asian American female reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin?

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...that although Norman Rockwell (pictured) felt Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Worship were the most successful of his Four Freedoms painting series, Freedom from Want has had the most enduring success?
...that Anne Montgomery, who has been a sportscaster for several local television stations as well as SportsCenter, was the first female football referee in Arizona?
... that the Statesman Journal is the second oldest newspaper in Oregon?

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...that The Guardian newspaper (building pictured) was founded 189 years ago in Manchester, England as a direct response to the Peterloo Massacre?
...that an advertising spot immediately following Xinwen Lianbo, a daily news programme shown by most terrestrial television stations in mainland China, can sell for an estimated US$100,000?
...that at the height of Wally Phillips' radio career, roughly half the entire Chicago listening audience, or about 1.5 million listeners, tuned into his show?

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...that Jay Barbree (pictured) is the only journalist to have covered every manned space flight in the United States, beginning with Alan Shepard's maiden voyage in 1961?
...that the proposed BBC television special Planet Relief, created to raise awareness of climate change, was cancelled before it was made, for fear that it would be biased against climate sceptics?
...that journalist Néstor Mata was the sole survivor of the 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash which killed Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others?

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...that Tajikistan (pictured) was one of the deadliest countries for journalists in the 1990s, with dozens of journalists killed, including Belarusian documentary filmmaker Arcady Ruderman and Bukharan Jewish journalist Meirkhaim Gavrielov?
...that Robert Raymond founded Australia's longest running current affairs television program?

...that the Intelligencer Journal of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, established in 1796, is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States?

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...that New York Journal cartoonist and illustrator Nell Brinkley created the "Brinkley Girl" (pictured) an iconic representation of independent working women popular in the early 20th century?
...that Selvarajah Rajivarnam was the fourth journalist to be killed on April 29, during the last three years of the Sri Lankan civil war?
...that Time predicted 1973 to be a "gilt-edged year" for the stock market, just three days before the stock market crash of 1973–4 began, wiping 45% off the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

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...that Valentyn Rechmedin (pictured), a Ukrainian journalist and writer, received the Order of the Red Star after World War II?
...that Romanian poet, dissident, and journalist Dorin Tudoran was only allowed to leave Romania for the United States after a 42-day-long hunger strike in 1985?
...that poet, film producer and journalist Pritish Nandy is credited with opening India's first Internet cafe in 1996?

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... that Omaha's zoo (pictured) was renamed in honor of longtime Omaha World-Herald publisher Henry Doorly in 1963?
...that the Colombian journalist Diana Turbay was killed while kidnapped by the Medellin Cartel in order to create pressure against the Colombia-USA extradition treaty?
...that Ove Karlsson is both the name of a Swedish sports player and a Swedish sports journalist?

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... that Canadian broadcaster Linden MacIntyre (pictured) wrote his memoir during a fifty-day lockout at the CBC?
...that Chen Chi-li, late head of Taiwan's United Bamboo Gang, claimed to have killed dissident journalist Henry Liu out of patriotism, and refused the $20,000 payout he was offered?
...that the Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii), a hawk of West Africa, was named after French journalist Alphonse Toussenel?

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... that the Gazette Building (pictured) in Little Rock, Arkansas served as headquarters for the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign?
...that BBC journalist Leonard Miall worked on psychological warfare in New York and San Francisco with the Political Warfare Executive during World War II?
...that photographer Burt Glinn was at a New Year's Party when Fidel Castro took over Cuba, and he arrived at the scene before dawn?

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... that the statue of Daniel Webster that sits on top of the Daniel Webster Memorial (pictured) in Washington, D.C. was a gift by the founder of the Washington Post?
...that Percy Hoskins, was the only journalist working for a national British newspaper to defend suspected serial killer Dr. John Adams when he was arrested for murdering patients in 1956?
... that publication of Malaysian newspaper Makkal Osai was suspended following its printing of a caricature of Jesus holding a cigarette and a can of beer?

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... that the global media alliance Project Klebnikov is dedicated to investigating the July 2004 murder of journalist Paul Klebnikov (pictured)?
... that music journalist Jim Carroll co-founded the Choice Music Prize, known for its tendency to come to "some pretty eccentric decisions"?
...that sportswriter and Green Bay Packers employee Lee Remmel was one of twelve people to cover the first forty Super Bowls?

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... that Nollaig Ó Gadhra's biography of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (pictured) is regarded as one of the most comprehensive biographies ever written in the Irish language?
... that in 2006 the Philadelphia City Council proclaimed "Edie Huggins Day" in honor of her 40th anniversary as a reporter and journalist for WCAU-TV?
... that Sherman Maxwell, who is believed to be the first African American sportscaster, was rarely paid for his radio broadcasts?

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... that Thelma Keane (pictured) was not only the inspiration for "Mommy" in The Family Circus, but also headed the negotiations in which her husband, cartoonist Bil Keane, regained full copyrights to the comic strip?
... that British TV presenter Dermot O'Leary once played as a punt returner for the Colchester Gladiators?
... that the Minden Press-Herald, a daily newspaper in Minden, Louisiana, was not established until 1966 though an earlier Minden Herald dates to 1849?

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... that Irish journalist Doireann Ní Bhriain was given one of the final Jacob's Awards (pictured) in 1993 to commemorate her career with RTÉ Radio 1?
... that publisher Gopal Raju, considered a pioneer of ethnic media in the United States, founded India Abroad, which claims to be the oldest Indian American newspaper in North America?
... that Australian composer and ABC broadcaster William G. James dedicated his Six Australian Bush Songs to Dame Nellie Melba?

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... that the Alexandria Daily Town (pictured), the principal newspaper of Central Louisiana, was established by Irish immigrants on St. Patrick's Day in 1883?
... that Paris-based Naye Prese was the sole Yiddish-language communist daily newspaper in Europe during the interbellum period?
... that Martynas Jankus, Lithuanian journalist and "Patriarch of Lithuania Minor", was penalized around forty times by Prussian authorities for his public activities?

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...that Japanese American journalist Bill Hosokawa and his family were released from the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center (pictured) in 1943 in order to take a job as a copy editor with The Des Moines Register?
... that Bill Flemming called over 600 events as a broadcaster for the ABC Sports' Wide World of Sports during his career?
... that Valda Cooper became the first female managing editor of any daily newspaper in New Mexico?

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...that, between 1945 and 1947, correspondent John Roderick spent seven months living with Mao Zedong and other Chinese Communist leaders in the caves of Yan'an (pictured)?
... that Sudanese journalist Mahjoub Mohamed Salih was awarded the 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom, despite being from "one of the most restrictive media environments on the African continent"?
... that the Portland, Oregon magazine Portland Monthly was founded in 2003 and by 2006 was the seventh-largest city magazine in the United States?

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