Archive for December 30th, 2006
Forgive the bragging here, but as I go through the links from 2006, I am awestruck by how many sites from different countries have linked to Lost Remote. I write this not so much out of bragging (OK, a little) as out of pride that people around the world share our vision of better journalism through the web. Thanks to technorati, we see we have been linked from Japan, Australia, Italy, Israel, Sweden, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, England, Ireland, Canada and Norway, in Polish, and in Chinese. 17 countries, 12 languages. So, in any language, thank you and Happy New Year.
December 30th, 2006
Video of Saddam Hussein’s body, shot on a cellphone, is apparently the first to show him after his death. CNN has posted the video that is from Shiite Iraqi channel Biladi TV. While not verified by CNN or other sources, the video does indeed appear to be legitimate. (Screengrab below.)
December 30th, 2006
RTNDA VP of Communications, Marketing and Membership Noreen Welle has died. Noreen had cancer - multiple myeloma - and had been fighting it this past year. Sadly, she succumbed to the illness on Friday. We have had the pleasure of working with Noreen on many occasions. She was wonderful. Noreen edited the first piece I wrote for the RTNDA’s “Communicator,” and worked with Lost Remote on the presentations we give at RTNDA conferences. She was a strong believer in the best that journalism could be, and was a cheerleader for new media ideas. Whenever I lost my membership number or password to the RTNDA site (which was often), Noreen graciously looked it up without so much as a scolding. As you can tell by her title, Noreen had an impossibly big job and was part of the RTNDA’s very DNA. We have lost a kind mentor and dear friend. Kindly read the RTNDA’s announcement following the jump.
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