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		<title>Did You GiveBIG on May 2? Then GetBEER in May!</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/29/givebig-on-may-2-and-getbeer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington News Council</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPECIAL OFFER: If you GaveBIG! on May 2 as part of The Seattle Foundation’s campaign to help ALL non-profit organizations in our community, then you can GetBEER! any day in May (M-F, noon-6 pm) at the WNC office above the Pyramid Alehouse across from Safeco Field. The Washington News Council is offering ONE FREE BEER [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vitae Foundation v. KUOW &#8211; Video of the hearing</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/24/vitae-foundation-v-kuow-video-of-the-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington News Council</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday March 31st, 2012, The Washington News Council had a hearing on the Vitae Foundation v. KUOW case involving a story on Vitae&#8217;s youroptions.com website. You can read about the results of the case and watch the hearing in its entirety below. Also feel free to check out some of the &#8220;press&#8221; surrounding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalism Students take the TAO pledge!</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/16/journalism-students-take-the-tao-pledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hamer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Do you like tattoos?” was my standard pickup line. OK, pretty cheesy, but hey, it worked most of the time. I was sitting at a table at the Washington State Convention Center for two days last week surrounded by about 4,000 high-school journalists from all over the country. It was the national Journalism Education Association/National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Wallace asked: Who will watch the watchdogs?</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/10/mike-wallace-asked-who-will-watch-the-watchdogs/</link>
		<comments>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/10/mike-wallace-asked-who-will-watch-the-watchdogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hamer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Wallace changed my life. I never actually met him, but he had a huge influence on my career. Here’s how: Back in the 1990s, I co-edited a media-critique newsletter called CounterPoint  (motto: “Who Will Watch the Watchdogs?”) and co-wrote a column that ran in Seattle Weekly and Eastsideweek called “Watchdogs” (motto: “Woof!”). Barking at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint against KUOW largely upheld at WNC hearing</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/02/complaint-against-kuow-largely-upheld-at-wnc-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/04/02/complaint-against-kuow-largely-upheld-at-wnc-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington News Council</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vitae v. KUOW]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vitae Caring Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watch the hearing video in its entirety National coverage from CPB Ombudsman Joel Kaplan National coverage by Mike Janssen of Current.org National coverage by Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times Local coverage from Mark Griswold of Sound Politics Local coverage from NW Daily Marker&#8217;s Bryan Myrick Local coverage from PubliCola&#8217;s Erica Barnett The Washington News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarship Applications due May 1 &amp; June 1, 2012!</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/03/26/scholarship-applications-due/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington News Council</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dick Larsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herb Robinson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington News Council is accepting applications for two $2,000 scholarships to be awarded in 2012 to Washington state students planning careers in communications: •    The Dick Larsen Scholarship will go to a past graduate of a Washington high school currently enrolled in a public or private college/university in this state. NOTE: Application deadline is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WNC To Hold Hearing on Vitae Foundation vs. KUOW Complaint</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/03/05/wnc-to-hold-hearing-on-vitae-foundation-vs-kuow-complaint/</link>
		<comments>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/03/05/wnc-to-hold-hearing-on-vitae-foundation-vs-kuow-complaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington News Council</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martin Neeb]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NPR Ethics Handbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organization of News Ombudsmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Selis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott Forslund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shannon Myers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Boyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Rahr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Walt Howe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[***UPDATE*** we now have the hearing video and full set of documents involved with the complaint as a downloadable PDF. We also have national coverage by The Washington Times and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting&#8217;s Ombudsman. Plus local coverage in Sound Politics and the Northwest Daily Marker. The Washington News Council&#8217;s Board of Directors has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Council Wins New Grants from Gates Foundation and Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/03/04/news-council-wins-new-grants-from-gates-foundation-and-microsoft/</link>
		<comments>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/03/04/news-council-wins-new-grants-from-gates-foundation-and-microsoft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington News Council</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington News Council has just been awarded two new grants to sustain our operations in 2012: A $100,000 matching grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This is the third year of a Gates challenge grant, which the WNC matched by raising more than $100,000 from other sources in 2011. A $10,000 community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students nationwide sign up for TAO of Journalism program</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/02/27/students-nationwide-sign-up-for-tao-of-journalism-program/</link>
		<comments>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/02/27/students-nationwide-sign-up-for-tao-of-journalism-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Schrier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student journalists from across the U.S. took the TAO of Journalism Pledge during annual Scholastic Journalism Week, Feb. 19-25, promising to be Transparent, Accountable and Open (TAO) in their work as journalists. Student journalism groups are invited to take the TAO Pledge at any time, but Feb. 22 was set aside as National TAO of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are newspapers sexy?</title>
		<link>http://wanewscouncil.org/2012/02/14/are-newspapers-sexy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hamer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Newspaper Association of America recently unveiled a new advertising campaign: “Smart is the New Sexy.” I wrote a snarky blog about it, asking “Whose idea was this?” But I’m having second thoughts. I just read the Valentine’s Day issue of my daily newspaper, The Seattle Times. Yikes! This paper is smokin’. Take Page One: [...]]]></description>
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