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- Industry Loses Leader with Death of News-Post Publisher Randall
George Elliott Randall, the editor and publisher of The Frederick News-Post and former
president of the Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association, died May 12 of
brain cancer at his home on Gibson Island. He was 53.
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- Internship Program is Good News
I learned this past week that 54 young journalists had applied for MDDC's Reese Cleghorn
Internship Program.
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- Director's Update: Looking Ahead to Rest of 2004
Thanks to everyone taking advantage of MDDC's professional education workshops.
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- Profile of Gary Anderson
Gary, circulation director of The Frederick News-Post since 2002, is a 21-year newspaper
veteran.
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- All Records of Public Bodies Should be Open, Not Just Final Reports
Audits performed by governmental bodies are a good source for stories, but there is no
need to stop at getting only the finalized, approved version of the audit.
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- St. Mary's Sheriffs Lose Round Three
The federal trial court in Baltimore has ruled that the law enforcement defendants in St.
Mary's County are liable to St. Mary's Today Publisher Kenneth Rossignol for violating his
civil rights on election day in November 1998.
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- Awards, Roundtable are Successful Events
The Annual MDDC Advertising Awards Luncheon was held Friday, May 7, 2004, a the Greenbelt
Marriott.
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- As Easy as ABC or the Lottery
To grow circulation, newspapers must think more like other consumer product marketers.
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