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Great article on the man who co-founded Apple and left for $800

JNOW Staff — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:51:59 +0000

“Ron Wayne is usually just another gambler at the Nugget Hotel & Casino in Nevada. He comes here a couple of days a week to try his luck on the video poker machine. But on this trip, he drew some curious onlookers, as he was escorted by a CNN camera crew. A gift-shop worker asked him if he’s famous.” You bet he is.

He’s the Pete Best of the IT Industry. Read more here

CNN war zone photojournalist Margaret Moth RIP

JNOW Staff — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:59:00 +0000

from CNN:
“CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth, who survived a near-fatal gunshot wound to the face while filming in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the wars there in the early 1990s, died Sunday. She was 59. CNN spokesman Nigel Pritchard confirmed that Moth died in Rochester, Minn., where she was in hospice care. A CNN obituary says she had suffered from colon cancer for three years.

Moth, a camerawoman, was seriously wounded by sniper fire that hit a CNN van in July 1992 in Sarajevo. After several reconstructive surgeries, she returned to the war-torn country two years later, according to a documentary on her life. She was among scores of journalists hurt or killed covering the conflict in Bosnia and Croatia during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. Read more here…

Anderson Cooper saves boy in Haiti, now catching grief for it

JNOW Staff — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:21:58 +0000

Anderson Cooper was in Haiti doing a segment on the aftermath of the earthquake, when he saw a bloodied young boy who was stuck in the head by looters throwing rocks.
Cooper ran to the boy’s aid and carried him to safety. See the video here:

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David Hinckley of the Daily News thinks it’s Uncomfortable,
or rather: “The promotion of those stories, which is a separate media business issue, still can emit an uncomfortable vibration.” We think it was a heroic act, plain & simple.

CNN 1, Fox News 0 in Earthquake coverage according to LA Times

JNOW Staff — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:24:48 +0000

Fox News, a “moneymaking juggernaut” according to the LA Times, had about 20 employees in Haiti by midweek, nine of them on-air personalities. However, only one of those correspondents seemed able to get into the heart of the capital, with much of the reporting coming from staging areas and the secure airport.

CNN, in contrast, succeeded much as it did five years ago, when it dominated coverage of the Indian Ocean tsunami. CNN had nine correspondents and anchors and some 40 others on the ground, along with generators and equipment that allowed it to broadcast pictures far superior to the Fox News’ grainy images. Read more at the LA Times