2009 PCLI Media Awards winners

4. June 2009

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2009 PCLI Media Awards winners

News 12’s Pat Dolan, Newsday and Long Island Press win top honors

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Remembering SPJ’s Terry Harper

3. June 2009

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Remembering SPJ’s Terry Harper

Society of Professional Journalists President David Aeikins announced that Terry Harper, SPJ's longtime executive director, died Tuesday after a two-year battle with brain cancer.

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Fair use or infringement? Don’t assume!

29. May 2009

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Fair use or infringement? Don’t assume!

Copyright laws offer guidance, but much depends on a case-by-case basis, according to a PCLI panel held at Newsday on May 28.

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4. May 2009

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Pat Dolan named Outstanding LI Journalist

Pat Dolan named Outstanding LI Journalist

Dominick Miserandino, executive editor of TheCelebrityCafe.com, to receive Phil Spahn Award; Brad Pareso of the Long Island Press named Cub Reporter of the Year.

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17. June 2009

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Verizon to start a local news operation

Long Island Business News says the TV station, called FiOS 1, "would be available to subscribers of Verizon’s FiOS fiber-optic television service, offering traffic and weather reports in addition to news coverage." It could be available as early as Monday.

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14. May 2009

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Suffolk Police F.O.I.L. forms go online

The Suffolk County Police Department announced that Freedom of Information Law (F.O.I.L.) requests for police and motor vehicle crash reports can now be made online through the police department’s Web site, www.suffolkpd.org.

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29. April 2009

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Leary: ‘Still a great future for newspapers’

Leary: ‘Still a great future for newspapers’

With bad news about the media industry being spit out as fast as you can say “Tweet,” you might expect Michael Leary, managing editor of the bankrupt Philadelphia Inquirer, to have a pretty sullen view of the future of the news business. Well, maybe a little. But let's not throw in the towel just yet.

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22. April 2009

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March board meeting briefs

March board meeting briefs

A roundup of the PCLI board's March meeting.

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20. April 2009

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Aggregating doesn’t have to be aggravating

Aggregating doesn’t have to be aggravating

It's okay to let sites like Twitter and FaceBook point to trends in breaking news, but it still takes good, old-fashioned journalistic fact-checking with trusted sources, to write it right.

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13. March 2009

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O’Connell named aide to St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal

O’Connell named aide to St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal

Press Club of Long Island President John O’Connell marched up Fifth Avenue on March 17 for the 248th annual St. Patrick’ s Day parade as an aide to the Grand Marshal.

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5. March 2009

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April 16 panel: Twitter, Facebook and why social media matters

April 16 panel: Twitter, Facebook and why social media matters

By now you've probably got a Facebook profile, a Linked In account and maybe, just maybe, a Twitter page. OK, you're connected. But you're still wondering how these tools can benefit you.

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