Injured Correspondent Taken to Military Hospital in Germany (AP via CNN)
CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier was "doing as well as can be expected" a day after being critically wounded, according to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. "I was present when they unloaded the bus, and she was moving her toes," said the hospital commander Col. W. Bryan Gamble. Updates: Throughout the day via FishbowlNY and TVNewser.

Couric Ready to Begin Her Next Chapter (WaPo)
Asked about critics who don't like her style and foresee a rocky transition from freewheeling morning personality to sober evening journalist, Katie Couric says "it's just part of being in such a highly visible position. If everyone likes you and you're so white bread, you kind of stand for nothing." USAT: Couric eyes quiet exit.

Judge Orders Private Drafts Turned Over in Leak Case (NYT)
The judge, Reggie B. Walton, of Federal District Court, said that because the interviews that "Scooter" Libby gave to some reporters were at the heart of the criminal case against him, news organizations had no privilege to withhold their confidential materials and drafts of articles from his lawyers.

Arizona Republic Revisits Journalist's Murder on 30th Anniversary (Arizona Republic)
On June 2, 1976, a bomb exploded beneath Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles' car. Eleven days later, he died. Today, there are still those who believe Bolles' slaying is something of a mystery.

Did U.S. News Orgs. Fail on Enron? (LAT)
Tim Rutten: The American press failed badly and generally not only on the Enron story, but also on those of WorldCom, Tyco, Rite Aid, Adelphia, HealthSouth and most of the corporate debacles that followed on the heels of the Houston energy trader's bankruptcy. It's worth asking why.

Richmond Times-Dispatch Reporter Fired Over Fabrications (AP via Roanoke Times)
Paul Bradley, who worked in the newspaper's Northern Virginia bureau, was dismissed for a May 17 story that the newspaper said contained fabrications. "What I did was wrong and an indefensible journalistic sin," Bradley wrote in an email statement to the Associated Press.

FCC Set to Take Fresh Look at Media Ownership Limits (WSJ)
A vote to reopen the debate of media ownership limits may occur at the Federal Communications Commission's regularly scheduled meeting next month. The FCC will take a comprehensive look at what changes should be made, but the review isn't expected to be completed this year.

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