Taking Out The Trash, 02.27.07

  • Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman of the Hartford Courant are the 2007 winners of the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for their series exposing the US military’s recruitment and deployment of mentally ill soldiers into Iraq. The $35,000 annual prize, presented by the School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, recognizes the year’s outstanding work in investigative journalism that led to direct results.” (Hat Tip: Romenesko)

  • Aoife McCarthy and Anne Schroeder wonder whether the Supreme Court weigh in on OJ-like car chase news coverage.

  • DCRTV reports that “Washington Post Radio morning man David Burd has returned to the airwaves” after suffering a concussion last week.

  • Real Blitzer Critiques Fake Blitzer

  • Tim Russert is down from two crutches to one.

  • Bob Woodruff: Turning Personal Injury Into Public Inquiry

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